Topic: Greensburg
With all eyes on US efforts to combat climate change at next week's UN summit in Copenhagen, one Kansas town is going green in a big way -- and setting an example for American communities.On the evening of May 4, 2007, a ...
A high-level Sino-US economic meeting here has generated an unlikely partnership between a small town hit by a tornado and one destroyed by a powerful Chinese earthquake.Greensburg in the US state of Kansas was wiped out by winds of more than 200 ...
"They are really making a wonderful opportunity out of an absolute tragedy," curator and architect Susan Piedmont-Palladino said of Greensburg. "Masdar and Greensburg do make a really good pair because they're both looking at the whole package of green technologies - from ...
Building Museum features tornado-torn Kansas town that's become model for green constructionTiny Greensburg, Kan. , rebuilding from scratch after nearly being wiped away by a tornado last year, is quickly becoming a model for going green.Along with Masdar City, a planned car-free ...
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Cash For Clunkers Shortages
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The Story of Greensburg, Kansas
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Re-Building Greensburg
Greensburg, KS - A town that was devastated by a tornado ...2010-06-02
