From Tidal Power to Alternative Transportation: Revolutionary Ways We are Protecting the Environment
Designed to exceed environmental standards, these municipalities and companies are leading the way in green initiatives. From LEED certification to ingenious heating systems, each of these ideas is transforming the how people deal with the environment. Lowering carbon footprints and supporting greener building methods paint only part of the picture. At the heart of these initiatives is the desire to transform how we protect the environment and everything in it.

Alternative Transportation and Greener Tenants

Considered a revolutionary for its business model, Destiny USA has also implemented exceptional new designs within their buildings. Destiny USA, the hotspot for Syracuse entertainment, requires each tenant within their expansion to become LEED certified. In addition, Destiny has worked on promoting greener transportation methods. People who use electric cars can get the best parking spots. At these parking spaces, drivers will find charging stations for their car. In an effort to promote greener lifestyles, Destiny USA also has 200-bicycle rack space. Employees who want to bike to work can use specially designed shower rooms. The property is linked with the Creekwalk to make it easier to reach the pedestrian bridge across Hiawatha Boulevard. Each of these greener transportation methods is designed to lower the use of fossil fuels and creation of greenhouse gases.

Warming Households with Waste

In Salt Lake City, eight tons of carbon dioxide is saved due to sewage. After Hurricane Katrina, gas prices spiked and city officials had to find a way to lower costs. The alternative heating and cooling system they created was with the help of engineers from Sound Geothermal Corporation. This new system takes heat from warm sewage water. Then, the water warms a glycol and water solution. Once this is done, the solution is piped back to households where it heats the rooms. During the summer, the system works in reverse and heat from each house is piped underground. Overall, this heating method uses 40 percent less energy than its traditional counterparts.

Transforming Tides into Electricity

Manhattan has had to deal with an electricity shortage in the last few years, but New York City has found a solution. Through new underwater turbines, the city hopes to create enough electricity to power 8,000 homes. These turbines will be submerged near Roosevelt Island.  This new project relies on triple-bladed rotors that spin every two seconds. Every turbine produces 36 kilowatts for the Roosevelt Island Grid. When all of the projected 300 turbines are installed, the tidal power plant should produce a total of 10 megawatts of power.

These revolutionary ideas may have started with one city, one company or one idea, but they are spreading fast. The tidal power project in New York City will be used in Ontario and Seattle in the coming years. As these projects pick steam, they have the possibility of changing the environment and the world.

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More than 400 guests gathered at Hereford Cathedral on Thursday (9^th May) in a dual celebration of the unique role of orchards and the contribution that people with learning disabilities make to the richness of life in Herefordshire.

A  Service celebrating orchards was organised by the Bulmer Foundation and highlighted the work undertaken by the charity’s Orchard Art project.  Into its 3^rd year, the project has enabled children and adults with learning disabilities to visit orchards and create artworks inspired by their surroundings.

A  Service celebrating orchards was organised by the Bulmer Foundation and highlighted the work undertaken by the charity’s Orchard Art project.  Into its 3^rd year, the project has enabled children and adults with learning disabilities to visit orchards and create artworks inspired by their surroundings.

The Cathedral  Celebration featured a selection of orchard-centric paintings, sculptures, songs, poems and plays produced and performed by groups that participated in the Orchard Art project against the backdrop of an orchard of thirty apple trees in full blossom.

Juliet Stroucken, who leads one of the groups which took part, observed, “The confidence, joy and sheer delight shown by each and every performer was inspiring. Our students have absolutely loved being involved in this project, and they had a brilliant day.”

The Cathedral was filled by a congregation of families, friends, orchard owners and enthusiasts, senior managers from Bulmers and its parent company HEINEKEN, and members of both the Bulmer and Heineken families. The guest of honour was Mrs de Carvalho-Heineken.

Core funded by HEINEKEN, the Bulmer Foundation is a charity that supports sustainable development, primarily within Herefordshire.  In addition to Orchard Art, the Bulmer Foundation works in partnership to deliver a range of other projects addressing health, food, education and land use issues in Herefordshire.

Stefan Orlowski, UK Managing Director for HEINEKEN, said, “This remarkable Orchard Service showed that our contributions are being put to considerably good use.  It also demonstrated the significance of orchards to Herefordshire and the people who live there. Not only do they support the rural economy through long term contracts, they are also places of artistic inspiration and provide a natural haven for wildlife.”

Utter genius!

http://youtu.be/5NV6Rdv1a3I

Flyer for Pop-Up-Foundation Planting ideas@Chelsea Fringe 18 May 2013

great Feelgood performance from 1976 in France in what looks like a village square great Monday evening folks !

http://youtu.be/Q0Q9Zc7nZjw

has to be classed in the education section