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The fog rolled uphill from the Golden Gate Bridge and across the Bay, cooling the air and cutting off the top of Mount Diablo in the distance. The pungent bay trees’ musky perfume scented the moist air. While we hiked the three-mile loop, examining the unique native flora, folks shared their favorite hikes and chatted about staying healthy and hiking for fitness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_5690\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 216px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/Huckleberry-216x162.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5690\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5690\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/Huckleberry-216x162.jpg\" alt=\"Huckleberries, found in the parks, were just coming to ripeness.\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huckleberries, found in the parks, were just coming to ripeness.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003ca title=\"Healthy Parks, Healthy People Central website\" href=\"http://www.hphpcentral.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Healthy Parks, Healthy People (HPHP)\u003c/a> is a national movement afoot in the Bay Area, bringing people out to the parks for a healthier lifestyle. Hoofing it in the parks can help people achieve their fitness goals as well as relax and improve their mental outlook. Spearheaded by the \u003ca title=\"East Bay Regional Park District HPHP website\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/activities/hphp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Bay Regional Parks\u003c/a> and the \u003ca title=\"Institute at the Golden Gate HPHP website\" href=\"http://instituteatgoldengate.org/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institute at the Golden Gate\u003c/a>, 26 agencies are part of \u003ca title=\"HPHP Bay Area announcement\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/Assets/HPHP/HPHP+BayArea+Announcement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HPHP Bay Area\u003c/a> and include physicians and health care professionals. Daphne Miller, a local family physician and associate clinical professor at University of California San Francisco, wrote an article for the Washington Post, \u003ca title=\"Washinton Post article by Daphne Miller\" href=\"http://www.nps.gov/public_health/hp/hphp/press/Take%20a%20Hike%20and%20Call%20Me%20in%20the%20Morning.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Take a hike and call me in the morning.”\u003c/a> These “\u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/11/20/nature-deficit-disorder/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nature prescriptions\u003c/a>” could really help adults and children struggling with obesity, diabetes, and other negative health trends resulting from our more sedentary lifestyles. Obesity and many of its associated chronic diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease, currently affects 1/3 of adults in the United States and, disturbingly, \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/childhood-obesity-kids-fight-back/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">17% of our nations children and adolescents\u003c/a>. Low-income, inner city areas are disproportionately affected with “1 out of 7 pre-school children obese and at risk for chronic disease,” according to the \u003ca title=\"Center for Disease Control data\" href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html\">Centers for Disease Control\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_5691\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 216px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/Monkey-Flower-216x162.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5691\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5691\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/Monkey-Flower-216x162.jpg\" alt=\"Sticky monkey flowers lent summer color to the trail at Huckleberry Preserve.\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sticky monkey flowers lent summer color to the trail at Huckleberry Preserve.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\">One of the benefits of Healthy Parks, Healthy People, along with healthier living, is developing a new appreciation for our local outdoor spaces. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"audio-wrap\">\n\u003ch2>Listen:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2013/07/2013-07-15-science.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" link=\"file\" ids=\"5477,5479,5480,5478,5482,5481,5484\" width=\"640\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a few weeks, the largest solar plant of its kind in the world will start producing power in California’s Mojave Desert. The \u003ca href=\"http://ivanpahsolar.com/\">Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System\u003c/a> will supply both Northern and Southern California, inching the state one step closer to its ambitious renewable energy goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But like many of the large solar projects being built in the Mojave, Ivanpah ran into delays and controversy over its environmental impact. 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The project became political fodder after getting a $1.6 billion federal loan guarantee, like the bankrupt solar company Solyndra. And then there’s the desert tortoise – the controversy that’s made Ivanpah famous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t have gray hairs before this project,” said Doug Davis, senior compliance manager for the project. 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It’s been watched closely by critics like Ileene Anderson of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/index.html\">Center for Biological Diversity\u003c/a>, one of the groups concerned over the loss of desert habitat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not a big fan of the super-large projects,” she said. Utilities were on the hunt for large renewable energy contracts after California set a \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/03/29/ca-moves-forward-with-renewable-goals/\">goal of getting 33 percent\u003c/a> of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020. There was a rush to get big solar farms underway to meet the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program deadlines. In addition to Ivanpah, six other major solar projects are expected to open in California over the next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of the projects when they were first proposed and we would see the application, see where the map was, it was like ‘oh no, this is going to be a nightmare project,” said Anderson. “Put it on previously disturbed lands where there’s very few conflicts because the landscape has already been impacted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other environmental groups raised concerns from another perspective: climate change, something that could harm desert wildlife in the long run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you care about desert tortoises, you better care about climate change,” said Carl Zichella of the Natural Resources Defense Council. “Without some large scale renewable energy projects we do not hit our climate goals. We do not replace fossil fuels with clean energy in this country. It just does not happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if we paved the whole California desert with solar plants, it’s not going to save the planet,” Anderson responded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/audio/as-worlds-largest-solar-thermal-plant-opens-california-looks-to-end-solar-wars/ivanpah_map_400/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5531\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5531\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2013/07/ivanpah_map_400.jpg\" alt=\"ivanpah_map_400\" width=\"400\" height=\"358\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These differing views sparked a “green vs. green” debate between those who wanted to file lawsuits to stop projects and those who didn’t want to see solar developers driven away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it has been tough,” Zichella said. “It’s been personally painful. We are very good at stopping things. 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Bourque said this is because containers with different designs, like yogurt cups, have different chemical compositions and must be processed separately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The plastics that we’re adding are plastics that some people put in anyway, so we’ve been sorting them out and selling them instead of sending them to the landfill,” he said.\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-103197\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/Berkeleyside-logo-small.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeleyside-logo-small\" width=\"163\" height=\"38\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wide-neck No. 1 and No. 2 containers will now be accepted in the blue curbside carts, along with some No. 4 and No. 5 items. 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The center has consistently collected No. 1 and No. 2 because, according to Bourque, “they have end uses that we’re quite familiar with.” No. 1 plastics go into making fibers for carpet and clothing and are sometimes remade into plastic bottles, while No. 2 plastics are remade into many kinds of durable plastic and plastic lumber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Rosenau, an artist who works with found objects, said he supports the idea of expanding recycling as long as there is in fact a market for those recyclables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it’s really getting recycled, I’m thrilled,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Berkeley residents have pushed for increased plastics recycling for years, the Ecology Center has had to weigh the costs of processing and the market demand for recyclables before expanding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After collecting and sorting plastic items, the center typically sells plastics to firms in China for recycling. 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