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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-04-20
By: Elise Podhajsky
The small town of Greensburg, Kan., was devastated by an F5 tornado - the largest and most dangerous kind - on May 4, 2007. Now, almost a year later, the city has begun the rebuilding process in an unconventional way, and the K-State Department of Architecture is lending a helping hand.
Aaron Vanderpool, fifth-year student in architecture, said Greensburg is working to make its town the first green community in the nation. Architecture students are assisting by developing complexes to help educate community members on ways to create sustainable and environmentally friendly homes, offices and facilities as they rebuild.
The project is called Greensburg Cubed, and the complexes are just that - 10-by-10-by-10 foot mobile cubes. Each cube, or pavilion, provides information on a different aspect of sustainable living - which includes what green building materials are available, how to use them and where to purchase them - and will be on display in various areas in Greensburg, Vanderpool said.
For more information, go to Greensburg Cubed
Source: Kansas State Collegian, April 15, 2008 |
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SundanceChannel.com to Launch Original Webseries "The Good Fight" |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-04-18
Focus on Greensburg
Sundance Channel will launch the original web series, "THE GOOD FIGHT," hosted and created by award-winning environmental journalist Simran Sethi on April 22, , 2008
"THE GOOD FIGHT" will feature webisodes exploring issues of environment justice such as the rebuilding of Greensburg, Kansas as a green town, in-depth interviews with leaders in the environmental justice field, an area for blog posts discussing themes raised in the series and discussion boards available on www.sundancechannel.com/thegoodfight.
For more information, go to The Good Fight
Source: sundancechannel.com
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Last Updated on Sunday, 06 September 2009 23:59 |
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Green-building trend picking up steam in KC |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-04-08
Business
By: Alan Goforth
Not so long ago, the term "green building" probably referred to the choice of paint colors. Today, however, green building is creating significant new possibilities for cost savings and environmental responsibility.
"There has been a big change in awareness in just the past 18 months," said Mike Gillaspie, senior project manager for Zimmer Real Estate Services in Kansas City.
"Interest among business owners is growing quickly."
Gillaspie discussed green building in late March as part of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce's Business Brain Food series, presented by the Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
For more information, go to Green-building trend
Source: The Kansas City Star, April 7, 2008 |
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Kansas City planting thousands of trees |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-04-14
By: Matt Campbell
Kansas City is in the process of planting more than 2,800 trees of about 30 species all around town. The project, funded with $500,000 in bond funds, is part of the city's climate protection plan, said Forest Decker, head of forestry operations for the city's parks department.
For more information, go to Trees
Source: The Kansas City Star, April 13, 2008 |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 06 September 2009 23:58 |
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GreenTown, Realized |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-04-08
The Reinvention of Greensburg
By: Frank Tankard
One week after the small town was destroyed, Daniel Wallach, who lived 35 miles northeast of town and had founded a number of nonprofit organizations over the years, presented to city leaders a concept paper he'd scrapped together and offered to help lead a rebuilding project focused on environmental sustainability.
Wallach, now the director of Greensburg GreenTown, is amazed at how the city has progressed in close to a year. "What's been accomplished in a year," he says, "is really nothing short of remarkable."
The national spotlight, instead of fading after the story had been told and the president's helicopter had flown in and flown out, has not left, but rather shifted its focus from a tale of destruction to one of building what's been called a "model green community," almost from scratch.
Last week, one day before talking with lawrence.com, Wallach was interviewed by the London Observer, CNBC and Agence France-Presse (the French AP). The New York Times Magazine is soon publishing a story and Time did one recently, as did NPR.
For more information, go to Reinvention of Greensburg
Source: lawrence.com |
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