Greensburg, Kansas

Appropriately named, Greensburg, Kansas is officially going green. After being destroyed by a tornado, the town has decided to rebuild using green technology, utilizing solar and wind power. They've also decided to build a series of "Eco-Homes", which are extremely energy efficient. We should look up to this community and use them as role models.

Read more:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/29/green.kansas.town/index.html


-Leslie

Jones Soda Goes Green for Earth Day

Employees at Jones Soda headquarters go green for a day by shutting off the electricity and using pedal bikes to power parts of the building.

Read the print story here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30369223/

-Leslie

Our first blog!

Well, I thought I would kick things off with a blog about Daniel Burd, a 16-year old student from Ontario. Daniel won the national science fair competition in Canada with an experiment in which he can significantly increase the decay rate of plastic bags- and by "significantly" I mean "by hundreds of years".

Read more here:
http://news.therecord.com/article/354044


-Leslie