Cucumbers on the 23rd floor?, by EcoGeek

Engineering tricks allow for sunlight and heat to enter through the windows and create greenhouse conditions, while also blocking them in summer, reducing air-conditioning needs. Given that the gardens are elevated and interior, fewer insects wander in, hence less call for pesticide. Purified gray water from the residences and rain water drawn from the roof are collected for automated irrigation, allowing for virtually fuss-free gardens.

Raising money for charity, by Seth Godin

Squidoo is giving $2 per vote (up to $80,000 total) to charity. Visit this page, pick your charity and you’re done. There is no catch. One vote per person, feel free to organize mass group voting.

But far far more important:
Give people a break.
The break you probably deserve yourself.
People are out to do good, 99% of the time.
You probably are too.
Say thanks out loud and a lot.
Try making someone’s day.
Chances are they’ll make yours in return.

Going Solar: Lessons from Experience, by Treehugger

Blogger and Transition Town founder Rob Hopkins:
Somehow all these things it is OK to buy because we want them, we think they will make us happier, or because we feel we need them. When it comes to solar panels those criteria no longer apply. Odd that. I am buying them because they will increase the resilience of my family, they will reduce our footprint, make us less oil vulnerable, but ultimately it is actually because I want them, in exactly the same way that people want the things on the list above.

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