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- Green roofs could stop sewage from flowing into waterways
Cities could stop raw sewage from being dumped into local waterways during heavy rains if they installed more rooftop gardens on their buildings, says a Canadian environmental group.
SOURCE: cbc.ca – Green roofs could stop sewage from flowing into waterways: group.
- Markowitze to address rainwater conference - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Bobby Markowitz, president of Earthcraft Landscape Design, will be speaking at the American Rainwater Catchment System Association’s annual conference in Santa Monica this September.
Read more @ the SOURCE: Santa Cruz Sentinel – Markowitze to address rainwater conference
- Environment-friendly Olympic Village granted LEED gold award-Xinhua
Chen Zhili, head of the Beijing Olympic Village, received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold award here on Wednesday presented by the U.S. Green Building Council.
On behalf of the council, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson honored the award to Chen, who is also vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the […]
- Top Olympic athlete Yao Ming is the UN Environment Programme’s first-ever Environmental Champion
Basketball megastar Yao Ming, who plays for the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) and for China’s Olympic team, is one of the most famous athletes in the world today. He is a national icon in China and carried the Olympic Flame into Tiananmen Square on 6 August, as well as being his country’s flag-bearer […]
- Planned Ocean Parkway bike path meets opposition — Newsday.com
A long-planned 14-mile bike path along Ocean Parkway, stretching from Wantagh Parkway to the Robert Moses Causeway…..
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- Reclaiming the Yonkers waterfront for city’s residents | lohud.com | The Journal News
The Yonkers Community Development Agency has proposed a revised Master Plan for the Alexander Street corridor that incorporates the input, recommendations and concerns received during the recent environmental review process.
Read more @ the SOURCE: Reclaiming the Yonkers waterfront for city’s residents | lohud.com | The Journal News.
- Pamela Anderson building eco-friendly hotel in Abu Dhabi-The Economic Times
Former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson is building an eco-friendly hotel in Abu Dhabi.Anderson fell in love with the city when she went there recently for a charity trip with the Make A Wish Foundation, reports contactmusic.com. The royal family there asked her to become a hotelier.
SOURCE: Pamela Anderson building eco-friendly hotel in Abu Dhabi- […]
- Green roof quashed due to extra cost
Asheville city has quashed the idea of a green roof as the council moved this week to install a new plastic roof on the Asheville Civic Center. The green roof idea was dropped as the $1.5million extra cost over a traditional roof. The extra cost was due to the existing truss structure having to be modified […]
- Moving Downtown to save on car costs
The Associated Press and other news outlets have reported over the last few weeks on the growing trend for young people and empty nesters moving downtown in major cities across the USA to save on fuel costs and to reduce their travel time.
The other growing trend is more people opting to use public transport to get […]
- City Council considers changing floodway rules - Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Water pays no attention to jurisdictional lines as it flows toward the sea. In the Houston area, however, construction banned in one community may be permitted in another along the same stream.
If the Houston City Council approves changes in its controversial floodway ordinance today, it will alter one piece in the patchwork of regulations enforced […]
