Boston Latin School Green Roofscape Project

February 6, 2010 Kids and Gardening

Boston Latin School, the oldest school in the US, is living up to its motto, “The oldest school, the newest thinking” by an ambitious effort to transform their school into a model of sustainability. One of their projects is a Green Roof Initiative/Learning Lab where the students will implement a design that reflects multiple goals: [...]

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2010—The Year Of Urban Agriculture In Seattle

February 6, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and City Council members announced the “2010: The Year of Urban Agriculture” campaign to promote urban agriculture efforts and increase community access to locally grown food. This campaign will work through city agencies and private organizations to encourage more food growing in Seattle, develop new policies to promote local food at [...]

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The Death Of B.C.’s Cut-Rose Industry

February 6, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

This is the conundrum of globalization: how do roses from Ecuador and Colombia compete with locally grown roses with prices equal or lower when they have been flown thousands of miles on jets powered by expensive fuel? Steve Whysall writes in The Vancouver Sun,
Today, only three growers remain and two of them are struggling to [...]

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Urban Farmers Fight Nationwide To sow Green Biz

February 6, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Raquel Maria Dillon writes for the Associated Press,
Tara Kolla fancied herself a green thumb-turned-green businesswoman when she planted an organic flower plot in her yard and sold poppies, sweet peas and zinnias at the local farmers market. For her neighbors, it was an eyesore.
Where Kolla saw her efforts as creating a lush sanctuary, her neighbors [...]

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