What’s the buzz on the latest issues in the Green Community? Check out what you may have missed this last week:
Building a 'Triple Bottom Line' economy with full spectrum employment – Consumption is down and so is the economy. Is the solution to get consumption back up? No, the solution is to move towards building a Triple Bottom Line economy with full spectrum employment.
Photo review: "Re:Create: The Art of Upcycle" at The Roosevelt Art Gallery – The Roosevelt Art Gallery hosted its grand opening exhibition, "Re:Create: The Art of Upcycle" this past Saturday, January 30th, beginning a series of public exhibitions demonstrating the process of converting their antique building into a sustainable art gallery and performance space under the heading “Project 3.0”.
Clearwater Mayor to speak at SPC on mass transit – Discussion of the mass transit issue has even greater consequence since President Obama announced last week that Florida would be the recipient of more than a billion dollars in federal funds to support the construction of a high speed rail line from Tampa to Orlando.
The US ranks a mediocre 61st in the Environmental Performance Index – Every other year the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is released at the World Economic Forum. It's a list of the greenest, cleanest nations (and the not-so-green) compiled by environmental experts from Yale and Columbia universities.
A revolutionary new machine that converts office paper into toilet paper (video) – A Japanese company has created the "White Goat", a machine that takes unwanted office paper and transforms it into toilet paper!
This article appears in Feb 10-16, 2010.