Archive for November, 2009

  • Incentives and Financing for Renewables Spawn Growth

    Incentives and Financing for Renewables Spawn Growth

    The Solar Expansion Project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. In March, the Forest was given $400,000 to add 250 additional solar panels to a facility that already had 50 previously installed. D.J. Group from Beverly, Ohio was awarded the contract. Photo by Alex Snyder According to the New [...]

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  • Topsoil in Cities

    Topsoil in Cities

    More than 200 volunteers helped to transform the turf and landscape around Petaluma City Hall into a water-saving area. The project will save the city about 3.5 million gallons of water and $25,000 annually. All those urbanites growing organic food in the city has a certain appeal for the media, but to the average person, [...]

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  • Vancouver Aims to be Greenest City in the World

    Vancouver Aims to be Greenest City in the World

    Vancouver is already known for savvy city planning. Vancouver’s Mayor Gregor Robertson recently announced an ambitious 10-year plan to make Vancouver the world’s greenest city by 2020.  Robertson presented the plan to the “Gaining Ground-Resilient Cities” conference at the Vancouver Convention Center. Robertson says that Vancouver is still far too reliant on cars and on [...]

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