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Can Excess Fruit Fight Urban Hunger?

Image credit: Food Forward Fresh fruit isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when I think about LA. Nevertheless, we’ve already heard about Fallen Fruit —an art project turned activist movement which aims to liberate unused ‘public’ fruit. (The movement eventually lead to a take over of LA Art Museum with some edible environmental art .) Another crew of Angelinos seeking to redefine their cities relationship to food is

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Cate Blanchett Shines on Australia’s Second Largest Rooftop Solar Installation

Photo: Sydney Theatre Company Better known for lighting up the stage and screen, Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, (with husband and Co-Artistic Director of the Sydney Theatre Company) has teamed up with Australian federal government, the University of New South Wales and the NSW Government Architect’s Office to shine the light in a project known as, Greening the Wharf. The light in this instance will be sunlight. Or more precisely the capture of it. The Sydney Theatre Company’s blog on the matter notes that EnergyAustralia have calculates the 1,900-plus solar panels (and energy efficiency savings) will generate about 614,000 kWh a ye… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cate Blanchett Shines on Australia’s Second Largest Rooftop Solar Installation