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The New York Times Magazine features a piece on Greensburg in their April 20th edition all about the green movement in this country. CNBC will air a segment on Greensburg today, April 21 and the French News Service AFP (the third largest news service behind AP and Reuters) has an article here following their reporters visit to town. Also coming up are an article in Angie's List Magazine, and interviews with Greensburg folks on the Sundance Channel website on premiering on Earth Day. The Weather Channel was here last week and will air a segment for Earth Day.   Watch this space for updates.

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A LONDON OBSERVER Reporter's View of Greensburg

Reporter Paul Harris spent a day in Greensburg recently and wrote this article for the Guardian's website.

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Time Magazine

Time's environmental news reporter Bryan Walsh spent a couple of days in Greensburg interviewing residents for a story on the green rebuilding efforts. The story appears in the March 17 issue (on page 8), and also on their website. Here is the text of the article.

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Plenty Magazine

Plenty reporter Eric Mack highlights the green initiative here.

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Eco-structure January-February Issue

Eco-structure is a magazine devoted to sustainable building and products that is distributed free to builders and architects.  Click here to read an article about Greensburg's green rebuilding featured in their January-February 2008 edition. On page 4 you'll find a summary of GreenTown's Demonstration Home Project; eco-structure is partnering with a team of experts in green building to sponsor one of these model homes.

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Compressed Natural Gas Honda and filling station donated

This is a story that aired on KAKE News, the Wichita ABC affiliate on December 4, 2007.

http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/12123696.html 

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National Public Radio 12/27/07

Frank Morris from Kansas City Public Radio came to Greensburg on 12/20/07 and filed this story which was run on NPR's "All Things Considered" 12/27/07. It is uncommon for this national program to run a story of this length- over seven minutes.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17643060 

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Good Morning America August 15, 2007

This story is the result of much preparation. Greensburg GreenTown spent several hours working with the associate producer at ABC News and three hours with Bob Woodruff and his crew on the day of filming. There has been a great deal of feedback since this positive story aired. http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3481957 

Posted on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 10:59PM by Registered CommenterAdministrator | CommentsPost a Comment

ABC World News Video

ABC World News Video Aired August 15, 2008 http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3481990&page=1

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ABC News Text as seen on ABCNews.go.com

Devastated Kansas Town Goes Green

Farming Town of Greensburg, Kan., Is Nearly Wiped out By Tornado, but Finds a New Idea for Future

The tornado that ripped through Greensburg, Kan., three months ago was ferocious and unforgiving. More than 90 percent of the town was simply flattened and 10 residents died, including Norman Volz's wife of 34 years, Beverley. "Our anniversary would have been a week ago last Saturday," Volz said. "Really that's the only reason I've kept going. She would have wanted me to." Gene Bender and wife Gerry were born in Greensburg more than 70 years ago. "We're alive and we're going to rebuild and be happy," Bender said.

Since just a few days after the tornado, the small farming town has made ambitious plans for rebuilding green, from a wind farm at the electric plant to green homes and businesses. Sketches of future plans for the city include a more walkable downtown and an energy-efficient city hall. Greensburg also hopes to leverage the strong winds in Kansas to power some of the town's electric needs.

Daniel Wallach, founder of the nonprofit organization Greensburg GreenTown, explained that green living comes naturally to his community. "Self-sufficiency and independence are strong values out here. Farmers and ranchers all make their living from the land, so they have an awareness and sensitivity to it that is unique," Wallach said. Residents are being encouraged to build energy-efficient homes, and the town is looking to the sun and the wind to help power its comeback.

Follow link for full story... http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=3481990&page=1

Posted on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 09:11PM by Registered CommenterAdministrator | Comments3 Comments
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