I must move to Santa Monica.
The city has the coolest new LEED silver certified library. (via The Elegant Variation)
Features: solar panels, cistern to capture runoff for landscape irrigation, energy-efficient roof, recycling bins everywhere, sustainability educational programs.
And a sunny courtyard! With a soon-to-open deli –
I sat for a couple hours reading Utne and Raymond Roussel’s Impressions of Africa. Ahh — the grad student life. It would be perfect if I could walk there –
Update, 5/15/06: The main library also has free wifi!
Update, 6/2/06: I’ve moved to Santa Monica, and I have a new library card :)
Santa Monica Public Library. 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica. 310.458.8600.
HOORAY FOR SOLAR!
I just wanted to bring some attention to the fact that In 2004, an estimated 350 new coal-fired power plants were expected to be online by 2012 in the US, India and China. Nearly 100 of these are expected to be built in the US. The output from these power plants would dwarf any greenhouse gas emission savings from the Kyoto Protocol. Co-op America is currently undertaking an action regarding this to tell three major corporations in the US – Peabody, Sempra, and Dominion that coal is NOT the answer to affordable power and that they should be investing much more in solar and other renewable energy technologies. This action can be found at: http://www.coopamerica.org/takeaction/coalpower/. I urge you all to take it, let people know about it, and really help raise awareness about this issue. Imagine if those billions could be invested in solar!
Comment by Ann Church — April 6, 2006 @ 2:07 pm