Garden Work Day

If you are interested in developing a school garden at the South Campus, we will be having a work day on Wednesday, September 16th from Noon till 4:00 p.m. The school garden is located on the back side of the gym, cut through the new tennis courts and then look for the 2 older courts.

Please bring seeds you want to plant, empty 2 liter bottles, a bag of top soil, and garden tools.

Sustainable FSCJ- Green Club Announcement

Florida State College at Jacksonville is starting a Sustainable Green Club. Our first meeting is scheduled for Friday, September 4th, 2009 at noon in room T-221.

The agenda includes:
incorporating as a club
discussing the school garden
other community projects we want to participate in such as Kayak Quest, St. John's Riverkeeper and others.

For more information, please email tgilmore@fscj.edu

The World's 10 Largest Renewable Energy Projects

http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow.cfm?id=10-largest-renewable-energy-projects & SID=mail & sc=emailfriend

Environmental Comics

The Amazing Indian Air Car: Coming to America

Perhaps you have heard that India's largest automaker, Tata Motors, has created the world's first commerical car that runs on air. The good news is that they're bringing it here.
A few fun facts:

It is powered by compressed air- Zero Pollution Motors will produce the American Version.

It is price at $17,800- Reservations in the United States will be taken midyear- delivery expected in early 2010.

Zero Pollution Motors estimates that the Air Car will run up to 1,000 miles per fill up at speeds up to 96 mph.

Made out of fiberglass instead of sheet metal, it's expected to be safer and easier to repair than a traditional car. It is also rust-proof.

It seats six

For more information: http://www.mdi.lu/english/oneflowair.php

Infra What??

A brief look at where that $100 billion worth of infrastructure money is going. For more information go to www.good.is


Roads
It's unclear where the $27.5 billion set aside for highways, roads and collapsing bridges will go. Will it be used to fund more lanes and new construction. Or will it be used to repair and redesign existing highways to reduce traffic. Time will tell.

Rail
$8 billion dollars have been set aside for high-speed passenger rail. This will be a boon to commuters who travel long distances to work. Intercity rail will get the priority. Amtrak gets $1.3 billion with repairs and upgrades the priority.

Public transportation
About $8.4 billion has been set aside for public-transit associations for new equipment. $100 million dollars will help local transportation agencies many of those plagued by rising costs and lowered operational budgets.

Rural broadband
The $7.2 billion dollars committed to extending broadband wireless internet to rural areas has been a hot button issue. Only 41% of rural Americans have reliable high-speed access to the web.

Weatherizing
The $6.2 billion dollars in the bill for home-weatherization could make a significant impact on homeowners. It will extend the life of the buildings as well as reduce the carbon-dioxide emissions by at least 8 million metric tons annually according to a recent report. In addition to helping the planet, it's big savings in your pocket.

Comic from the Daily Green

Cool comic strip called The Artic Circle