<div dir="ltr">It is ironic but part of the action/reaction pendulum.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Gennaro Brooks-Church<br>Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.<br>Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA<br><a href="http://www.EcoBrooklyn.com" target="_blank">www.EcoBrooklyn.com</a><br>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:55 AM, John Salmen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:terrain@shaw.ca" target="_blank">terrain@shaw.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thats the irony – also the home of wes Jackson founder of the land institute<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Greenbuilding [mailto:<a href="mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alan Abrams<br>

<b>Sent:</b> September-20-13 6:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> Green Building<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Greenbuilding] Kansas' bill to outlaw sustainability<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>

<div><p class="MsoNormal">in contrast, it's comforting to consider that Greensburg, the Kansas town that was wiped off the face of the earth in 2007 by a #5 tornado, was rebuilt as an emphatically sustainable community.  their municipal website boasts "The most LEED certified buildings per capita in the world."  It seems not all Kansans are reactionary.<u></u><u></u></p>

<div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">AA<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:22 PM, John Salmen <<a href="mailto:terrain@shaw.ca" target="_blank">terrain@shaw.ca</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Wow is right - there was also a bill that both sides of the global warming<br>debate had to be taught in schools. Since there is virtually no science left<br>on the 'doesn't exist' side perhaps that could be taught in creative<br>

writing.<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Greenbuilding [mailto:<a href="mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>]<br>On Behalf Of Chris Koehn<br>

Sent: September-19-13 3:19 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><a href="mailto:greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br>

Subject: [Greenbuilding] Kansas' bill to outlaw sustainability<br><br>Wow<br><br><<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-09/kansas-s-self-destruct-button-a-bi" target="_blank">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-09/kansas-s-self-destruct-button-a-bi</a><u></u><u></u></p>

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</div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <br><span style="color:#660000">Alan Abrams<b><br></b></span><i><span style="color:#666666">certified professional building designer, AIBD<br>

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