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Japan wants to build a space-based solar energy farm

At 16 years old, her resume is already more impressive than some twice her age. On the day we spoke, she was busy wrestling a solar panel project into fruition, laying the groundwork for a farm at her high school, and gearing up to deliver a TEDxKids B.C. talk titled “Don’t Eat Your Farmer.”

The coolest green infrastructure you are likely to see Print this page Posted November 27, 2012 in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably Tags: greenfutureslab, greeninfrastructure, landscapearchitecture, seattle, smartercities, smartgrowth, sustainablecommunities, universityofwashington Share | | |   Just yesterday, I was making the case for bringing more nature into urban environments, to soften the perceived and real effects of density and thus make density more appealing.  Today, I came across maybe the best example I have seen.  It is certainly the best I have seen integrated into a vertical wall; this is key in downtown districts, where green space on the ground can be hard to come by.

Photograph by AFP/Getty ImagesFrequent floods Markets & Finance Investors Seek Ways to Profit From Global Warming By Matthew Campbell and Chris V. Nicholson on March 07, 2013 Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Google Plus 39 Comments Email Print Companies Mentioned MS Morgan Stanley $23.22 USD 0.31 1.34% GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The $156.62 USD 2.49 1.59% width: 2px; background-color: green; float: left; position: absolute; left: 8px; height: 2.259428571428572px; bottom: 5

chs (GS), and other firms took stakes in wind farms and tidal-energy projects, and set up carbon-trading desks.

Matt Damon brings the fracking fight to the big screen By Daniel Penner Focus FeaturesAlternate title: We Bought a Gas Farm. Been jonesin’ for a Hollywood movie about a hot-button environmental issue? One without animation, penguins, or Al Gore?

Mystery Malady Kills More Bees, Heightening Worry on Farms