As businesses across California and the country seek new ways to become sustainable in the 21st century, North Bay wineries are setting the pace for local agriculture.

Meeet John Garn, managing Partner of ViewCraft.

Our audio report on the greening of the wine industrycontinues below.

There's more information about the California Wine Institute's sustainability program here.

Not long after Neil Armstrong took his giant step, John Francis also began taking some purposeful strides of his own:

John Francis has documented his history and his travels in a newly published memoir, which is available directly from his website .

Francis explains his belief that how we relate to to each other as human beings also has an effect on the environment in the following adudio clip: