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Up on a Roof

By  in October 3rd 2012   10 Comments »
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The West Oakland, CA, post office as it is today, left, and as the author imagines it with a rooftop refuge. (D.C. Carr/USFWS)

As South Bronx eco-entrepreneur Majora Carter was explaining her block-by-block green-the-ghetto philosophy to a plenary session at the Conserving the Future conference in Madison, WI, last July, the following appeared on the big Twitter-feed screen next to her:

@dc_carr

Urban refuges? Imagine a partnership-based NWR entirely on the roofs of urban buildings #visionconf

I posted that tweet. What was I thinking? Allow me to tell you.

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TCF: The Planet’s Partner in Conservation

By  in May 3rd 2011   1 Comment »
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The Conservation Fund is taking steps to green their offices by replacing trashcans with mini trashcans, using reusable cups and mugs, and replacing standard lightbulbs with more energy efficient ones.

At The Conservation Fund, protecting land is only the beginning of our story. As America’s partner in conservation, our team combines a passion for conservation with an entrepreneurial spirit to protect your favorite places before they become just a memory.

This April, in an effort to marry our day-to-day actions with our enthusiasm for land and water conservation, we launched our TCF: The Planet’s Partner in Conservation campaign. In the beginning of 2011, our Arlington Headquarters was approached by the Arlington County Government to participate in the Arlington Green Games. The Arlington Green Games are modeled after Chicago’s highly-successful 2009 Green Office Challenge which, in its first year, resulted in a reduction of more than 70 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and 54,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide – equal to removing more than 10,000 cars off Chicago streets.

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