Chipotle Says it Will Double Local Produce Served in 2011

If you’re familiar with Reset San Francisco, you’re probably familiar with our love of taco trucks. Today, instead of just talking tacos, we’re going to talk burritos too – specifically the almost unnaturally tasty burritos and tacos thousands of San Franciscans eat every day from the fast food chain, Chipotle.

San Francisco is home to dozens of local tacquerias and when given the choice, we find it more delicious (at least for our soul) to support these small local businesses. But for sustainability to have a broad impact it needs to go beyond the mom-and-pop store and be a part of the entire economy. And that includes big chains.

So the question becomes, does the fast food burrito empire, Chipotle, deserve credit for its recent announcement that it intends to double the amount of local produce it uses in 2011? Read More

By: Phil Ting

The digital divide, or the gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technology and those without, is becoming an increasingly critical problem in San Francisco. As more and more information becomes electronic – health records are just the latest example – the inability to get online can leave whole groups at a dangerous disadvantage.

San Francisco, the birthplace of the web 2.0 revolution, is currently at risk of creating two classes of citizens – those who have access to the web’s job markets, educational opportunities, health care resources and government services, and those who don’t. Think of it as the 21st century’s have and have-nots. Read More

It seems like lately Reset SF has got a serious case of New York envy. That’s because the City keeps creating forward-thinking ways to advance and promote Government 2.0, like having a Social Media Day and appointing a Chief Digital Officer for the city.

New York Crowdsources Ideas to Make City Better

New York’s latest Gov 2.0 project is a website called Change by Us NYC. The site is created by Local Projects (responsible for the 9/11 Memorial Museum and urban think tank CEOs for Cities) and run by the City of New York. The website aims to crowdsource ways to make NYC better, by allowing members to post their ideas for the City. Read More

Freecycle sounds like recycle for a reason — it means free recycling. Freecycle is a global network that allows users to save reusable items from life in a landfill by providing an online registry where users can get and list free items for reuse or recycling.

Now, a new London idea called Ourgreendistrict is taking the concept of Freecycle and applying it to businesses. Like Freecycle, Ourgreendistrict enables businesses to post unwanted office items online, where other local businesses can take them for reuse. Read More