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Annie Schumake stands outside her one-story house in the depressed city of Richmond, Calif., just north of Oakland, and watches her electric meter slow to a crawl, stop and then begin to tick backward. Schumake's solar panel, just installed on her roof and partly financed with low-cost loans from the city, is supplying free power and more. The panel was put in by a team of local workers trained by area nonprofit groups that prepare unemployed Richmondites for jobs in the burgeoning green building field. "I'm happy because I'm saving money," says Schumake...
...food emporium that's a favorite of the British royals. But Steve Benbow, 38, is not your average fancy-food consumer. He is one of many urban apiarists, or beekeepers, in the British capital, and although he usually enters Fortnum's by the staff door and heads to the roof, where he oversees four beehives, some days he can't resist stopping on the grand ground floor for the thrill of seeing his name on one of the store's posh products...
Come spring, when Benbow's hives return to the roof after a yearlong renovation at Fortnum's, hundreds of thousands of his honeybees will be buzzing over to Buckingham Palace, specifically its 42-acre (17 hectare) private garden, the source of pollen and nectar for their very fine honey...
...Housman to calmy take the ball downcourt and nail a three in his face to bring the Crimson back to 53-46. This is shaping to be another performance liek Princeton last year (18 of last 2o for Hous, taking over) 13:30: Lin can jump out of the roof, btw. 13:10: Lin finally makes a bucket, oh man, five point game, 53-48. This would be an epic comeback. Momentum is there, travelling on the other end, Crimson ball down 5. 12:20: Amaker is not happy with Harris. He's been sitting for over four minutes with...
Even in the cities, the Chinese people are serious about conservation. My grandmother will not throw out a single bottle or can or piece of paper and insists that the air conditioning be only minimally effective. My aunt’s new apartment has a solar-powered roof and water heaters programmed to generate more hot water only during hours of maximum use. This spirit of conservation is embraced so strongly throughout the country that I spent most my trip in China feeling like a wasteful and spoiled American...