Jun 12, 2004

Sometimes No News Isn't Good News

There's nothing going on in the nation right now. No bombings, no terrorism, no real change in Iraq.

I know this, not because the news hacks at CNN + elsewhere actually come out and say it, but because they've spent the last 5 days covering Ronald Reagan's funeral.

Yes, it's sad that he died. Yes, he was a president. The problem is, these are the only to facts that have been full and accurate truths in all of the "over and over" coverage. I only watched for 5 minutes here a nd there while I was trapped in an office or store where it was on the tube.

Jimmy Breslin's article over at NY Newsday sums it up beautifully.

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Green Roofs Come to NYC

New York is starting to push the concept of "Green Buildings," offering incentives to designers and builders to include environmentally friendly concepts into their structures. The "Green Roof" is a main feature of this movement, providing a landscaped park on the top of the building as a community space and also to help regulate water runoff and heat.

On the large scale, if enough buildings were to change their massive black-tar rooftops to "Green Roofs." it would both lower the temperature in the city by 2-3 degrees and significantly reduce the amount of rainwater runoff the sewage system needs to handle. Check out the article in Natural Health's July Issue for more information.

O C V Architects are one of the main proponents of the Green Building initiative in New York, and they're designing Common Ground's Christopher Nels Larson Residence. Presumably, once phase 2 of construction is complete, the rooftop will be refashioned into into a landscaped park. I can't wait to hang out up there and eat lunch, all while helping the environment. Mmm... Tasty activism.

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