Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Rooftop to Tabletop: Urban Farming Spreads Roots
Posted by Linda H on 12:55:00 PM
He grows great leafy bunches of kale and chard, stalks of wheat and oats, chubby potatoes, sweet strawberries, and even deep-rooted rhubarb. He grows Jerusalem artichokes for diabetics at the nearby community center and basil to sell at the farmer’s market across the street.
Sweet Potatoes Exports Boost Economy
Posted by Linda H on 12:27:00 PM
The humble sweet potato - a staple in Southern cuisine and perennial favorite on Thanksgiving tables - is suddenly looking a lot more cosmopolitan.With U.S. consumption growing slowly, farmers have found a market for the vitamin-packed, cholesterol-free sweet potato on the tables of health-conscious Europeans. Between 2005 and 2009, the value of U.S. sweet potato exports more than doubled to $51.4 million, with much of that growth coming from Europe, especially Great Britain.
Arizona job outlook encouraging
Posted by Linda H on 12:17:00 PM
TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) - For the first time in nearly three years, Arizona's job market is firmly headed in the right direction. Not only is unemployment down, but new jobs are up--and show no signs of slowing down in the immediate future."I never rely on somebody else to get me a job," says self-employed Tucsonan Maria O'Reilly. "I just go out there and do what it takes. It's been rough ride (the last three years), but I knew we'd get through it."
I'm Grateful Slideshow
Posted by Linda H on 9:23:00 AM
On Thanksgiving Day a tribute to President Obama was made on the Black Water Dog blog went a bit viral and generated some extremely moving posts, some of them from people who are not even Americans – most of them beautiful. A slideshow of the images and a few comments are included in this video produced by Pismo2000.
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Rooftop to Tabletop: Urban Farming Spreads Roots 2
Posted by Linda H on 9:00:00 AM
He grows great leafy bunches of kale and chard, stalks of wheat and oats, chubby potatoes, sweet strawberries, and even deep-rooted rhubarb. He grows Jerusalem artichokes for diabetics at the nearby community center and basil to sell at the farmer’s market across the street.
November 29, 2010
In California, Carports That Can Generate Electricity
Roofs made of solar panels are altering vistas and promoting a philosophy of green thinking among the young. Yet the primary driver of the solar roofs is economic.
November 28, 2010
Car Share Service - Rent Your Car for extra $$
What if someone else could be using them when we don't need them? GetAround provides you with a keyless entry system for your car. You can then register it on their site so that someone who needs wheels nearby can find it, and rent it from you. It's sort of like a hybrid of Rentalic and ZipCar.
November 27, 2010
Insurance Companies Required to Spend More on Patient Care
In 2011 health insurers will have to follow a new set of rules that details how much money they must spend on patients' medical care, according to guidelines the Obama administration released Monday.
The rules are part of the health care reform law, which mandates that insurers spend a minimum of 85 percent of the premiums that they take in on patient care rather than administrative costs or profit (insurers who sell to small groups and individuals will spend a minimum of 80%).
Watch Whitehouse Whiteboard Presentation
November 26, 2010
Giants Delivered A Solar-Powered World Series
When Game 1 of the World Series started in San Francisco’s AT&T Park, the hometown Giants took the field in a stadium that boasts solar panels and was recognized in April for energy efficiency and sustainability by the U.S. Green Building Council. Their opponents, the Texas Rangers, regularly recycle everything from infield grass clippings to cardboard and office paper, according to MLB.com.
November 25, 2010
16 People Receive Kidneys Just Before Thanksgiving
Sixteen people received kidneys in the world's largest paired kidney exchange ever accomplished. Georgetown University Hospital coordinated 32 operations, most involving people from Maryland.On the eve of Thanksgiving, 16 people gave a rare gift to 16 others and nearly all met for the first time that day.
November 24, 2010
Help Your Neighborhood Go Solar
November 23, 2010
Do-It-Yourself: Winter Break Camp Co-ops
If you are looking for ways to save on childcare and day camp over the holiday, consider forming Holiday Camp Co-op through Care.com. By creating your own day camp with other parents in your neighborhood, you can be certain that the care will be affordable, trustworthy, and provide unique learning experiences for your child.
November 22, 2010
Builders of Hope - rebuilding homes, neighborhoods and lives
This story has it all, saving older houses from demolition, reducing waste at landfills, creating "green" homes, providing affordable housing and giving the homeless and recently incarcerated folks a job.Builders of Hope is a remarkable North Carolina-based charity that saves older houses from demolition (frequently moving them to a new site), remodels them to green standards, and then sells them at below-market rates to qualifying buyers.Watch the video, read the article and be inspired.
November 21, 2010
Cities offer homeless free storage
Last Thanksgiving, Phillip Black says most of his belongings were thrown away by the police.
Police told Black they mistook the bags in a Whole Foods shopping cart for trash. "I couldn't even enjoy my Thanksgiving," he says.Finding a place to safely leave possessions is one of many challenges homeless people face each day, homeless advocates say. Some cities, including Portland, Ore., St. Petersburg, Fla., New York, San Francisco and Chicago are trying to help people in Black's situation by offering free storage space to the homeless.
November 20, 2010
23 yr old Invents Solar Fridge
November 19, 2010
San Francisco Recycling Best in Nation
The city of San Francisco managed to divert 72 percent of all recyclable material from the landfill, claiming the highest recycling rate of any city in the country, according to office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. The percentage inches closer to the city’s goal of 75 percent landfill diversion by 2010 and zero waste by 2020.Watch the video and
November 18, 2010
Paint, brushes, and volunteers clean up graffiti and build communities
Since 1984 she has put paintbrushes in the hands of more than 35,000 city kids. The program has brought art to prison inmates and drug addicts, as well as wary stoop sitters. The waiting list for murals to be painted here is 2,000 walls long. Artists far beyond Philly want in on the design work.
November 17, 2010
Louisville Leopards take Manhattan
The Leopards don't read music; instead they learn new songs by ear. For Diane Downs, their teacher, it's all about the kids' talents and their desire to play music.
Thanks to Leigh and John Nouveaux for sharing this story.
November 15, 2010
India Develops $35 "laptop"
"We have reached a (developmental) stage that today, the motherboard, its chip, the processing, connectivity, all of them cumulatively cost around $35, including memory, display, everything," he told a news conference.
To see the laptop in action select the "Read More" link below:
Apple Needs to Make it in America
