Sustainable Design Bike Tour

By Bryan Goebel
Oct 3, 2010

Compostmodern is offering a free bike tour of sustainable LEED certified architecture in SF. The tour will end at the Ferry Building at 1:30 PM. All participants should bring water and a bicycle. Pre-registration: http://www.350.org/compostmodern-sustainable-design-bike-tour

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