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Energy-efficient, green housing is a trend that has really taken off in cottage country recently, says architect Brian Lee, adding that geo-thermal systems have become quite popular. "There is a sense people want to safeguard the environment for future generations." .
Gallatino makes good: Jonny Lives!
The days of deliberate and interminable debauchery are diminishing for Lower East Side-based rock band Jonny Lives! The wild carelessness of its first record, "Get Steady" - a genre-bending effort that channels a bit of classic rock, a bit of pop and a bit of Iggy-inspired punk - has evolved into an understanding of the need for social action in art.
Lead singer Jonny Dubowsky began as an activist while enrolled in NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. "I feel like my life has come back around almost full circle to my college way of thinking," Dubowsky said. "I always really loved actually being in school when I was at NYU. Being in that world of ideas is definitely a luxury."
Studying existential and physical awareness from the perspective of a performer, Dubowsky developed the lofty colloquium title "The Integration of Mind and Body in the Performing Arts" and "tried to figure out how to not be a lunatic musician living in New York" while in Gallatin.
KCMO Parks and Recreation Sponsors Lecture on George Kessler
Kansas City, MO - infoZine - Author and landscape architect Kurt Culbertson will present a talk "George Kessler and Kansas City" on Friday, April 27, 10 a.m., at the Liberty Memorial Auditorium. The lecture, sponsored by Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation, is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. In his presentation, Culbertson will discuss George Kessler and his contributions to Kansas City's development of its parks and boulevards system. Culbertson is a graduate of Louisiana State University with an MBA in real estate from Southern Methodist University. He is a full member of the Urban Land Institute, participating in the Recreation Development Council, and chair of the Rocky Mountain chapter of the Young Presidents Organization. Culbertson is the Chairman/CEO of Design Workshop, Inc.
Less trash, more strawberries
One by one, the two dozen students of Voyager Montessori Elementary School upturned trash bags into Renee Kok's waiting hands. Twenty-four hours worth of paper towels, food wrappers, bread crusts, crumpled aluminum, tooth floss and milk cartons tumbled into piles as Kok, the school's director, sifted through the debris and tallied up the weight. “In September we had 6.6 ounces per person," she said. “Today, we have 1.3 ounces per person. What do you think of that?" The kids let out a raucous cheer. “I had no garbage!" boasted one. “It was a much lighter load," said another. “And I feel a lot better," added a girl with a beaming smile. The Friday morning show-and-tell is just one earth-friendly lesson that helped Voyager win Kitsap County's 2007 Earth Day award for outstanding achievement in environmental education.
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