Having a green roof is becoming the thing to do in urban environments and Green Roofs for Healthy CIties is an organization all about that. They have also a list of top ten cities with green roofs in North America. They are:

Chicago, Il
Wilmington, DE
Baltimore, MD
Brooklyn, NY
Virgina Beach, VA
Royersford, PA
Tronto, On
Calgary, AB
Washington D.C.
Philadelphia, PA

Last year there …
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Barenakeds – talk to the butt
The first time Barenaked Ladies (BNL) ever played under that name, in 1988, it was at a benefit for Second Harvest, a food bank that turns unused fresh food from city restaurants and grocery stores into meals for the hungry. Its all down to their leader Steven Page, interviewed here.
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Grants pay half the cost
Massachusetts is one of 10 states in the nation with specific financial incentives and regulatory policies for solar panel installation.

the full list is California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.
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Magic Jack

So far so good on the Magic Jack, I did have a problem with it though, it seemed that I could not call the 2 main people I wanted to call, my Dad and sister. For some reason it would not complete calls to local numbers (in the 817 area code for me), I discovered …
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Delft University library roof
If you are building off-grid, or simply changing the roof on your existing home, consider a sedum roof or “green roof”. It transforms the feeling of a building as well as the appearance. You suddenly remember how closely we are connected to the world around us.
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Cambridge DJ duo
Cambridge radio show CUR Green carried a one hour interview with Off-Grid editor Nick Rosen. The award winning station CUR 1350 is hosting the show for the next month – so listen while you can.

Its the second half of the first hour of the show presented by Salman Chaudhry and Tobias Bown. And the first half of the second hour.
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A new report was released by the U.S. Dept of Energy’s Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (Berkley Lab) shows that renewable energy is being supported by a growing number of states. This is being done by the creation of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) which this report gives an overview of …
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Cooler than Beth Ditto
Seed sales have risen by 60% since the beginning of the credit crunch as consumers tighten their belts and prepare for an era of food rationing

Growing vegetables has moved from being a pursuit for wrinkly old allotment holders to an essential element of survival for families everywhere. Yesterday I got a bunch of rainbow carrots, as well as a bunch of rainbow chard from an allotment owner.
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Got my Magic Jack today, it’s been in the mailbox for a couple of days, but since it’s a 12+ mile round trip on a rocky, dusty, dirt, washboard, up and down, in and out road, I don’t get out there very often.

I hooked up the MJ and it installed fairly easily, there was the smallest of hiccups …
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