The NYC Green Awards
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BEST USE OF GOD'S OLD HOUSE ('Cause He's Long Gone...)
Gotham Greens
While the P.S. 6 kiddies learn about ecology, Gotham Greens, who
last brought you greenhouses on a boat, are kicking it up a notch: they
just won New York's Green Business Competition with their plans for a
garden in Jamaica, Queens, on the roof of a church. "Won't that just
use a lot of power?" No! It'll have solar panels! "Well, it couldn't
produce that much food." Wrong! They plan to produce 30 tons of
produce. "That's a lot of food; won't that require a lot of our water?"
No! It's using captured-rainwater irrigation. "Great, more gas-guzzling
trucks driving food around." It'll be delivered by vans running on
biodiesel! "Wow, it's really hard to be cynical about this project."
Yes, it is. (Until you hear evil corporation Whole Foods plans to be a
major buyer.)
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