public utilities commission has won smartest building in the world and we have honors such as the greenest cityrth america, the walkable city, and the best green policies, the green tech of north america and forbes recognized that san francisco has the most green jobs in the united states. that's jobs. that's one of the most important things we are doing for the whole country. [applause] and we are creating and sustaining jobs as well as supporting new industries in our city. our energy watch program creates or sustains 180 jobs a year. san francisco has now achieved 80% landfill diversion rate setting the national recycling and compost records as the high of any city in north america. [applause] and by the way as a former public works director you ought ton how proud i am. we have the best compost in the united states and in fact it's sold to all of the wineries in napa that make and produce the best wines in the world. our partners employs over a thousand green collar employees and solar sf resulted in hiring from employees from disadvantaged communities in the work force program. i want to a

that we're doing, both in innovation, as well as being greener and trying to continue earning the greenest cityf america title that we earned just this past year. we've been pretty lucky. as i announced this innovation month, there has just been scores of ideas that has come forward about what we could do, how we could celebrate, and how we could expose a lot more about what our technology companies are doing here in collaboration with so many others. but i'll begin by saying, first, you know, there are some things happening in our city that are just incredible. you know, i didn't declare myself to be, you know, the tech mayor, even though i've kind of fallen into a lot of that. i actually wanted to be -- and earned the title being the jobs mayor. the jobs for the city has been my number one goal. and we've been doing pretty well. when i first began last year in 2011, unemployment rate here was 9.6. and just a few months ago, we celebrated the milestone that it went down to 7.4. and that's like the third lowest in the state. well, today, we got some even better news. so how about we flip 9.6, a

greenest megacity. >> the authorities in seoul recently launched an image campaign to convince citizens that the city's drinking water is as good as bottled mineral water. but in many parts of the world, access to clean drinking water is a huge problem. in western kenya, for example, it's a scarce resource. there water usually has to be boiled before it's fit for use. and co2 from woodfires is a big contributor to climate change. around the regional capital of kakamega -- not far from lake victoria -- an international company has now set up what it claims is the world's first truly sustainable water purification plan. it gives away filters for free, making profits with carbon credits. here's how it works. >> she's been away since six in the morning. now it's nearly midday. molly adhiambo is back from the mountain forests where she's collected nearly 20 kilograms of wood. >> the forest men chase us sometimes. sometimes we give them a little bit of something, even50 bob, for them to let us pick the firewood. because without firewood we can't survive. >> molly uses the wood to boil dirty water from the ri