By Sensible City SM on January 29, 2010
School District Meets Army
Deployment, anxiety, and hard work are constant factors in this Texas district.
By Jen Scott Curwood
“You know what’s hard about being the new kid at school?” asks Gail Siller, superintendent of Fort Sam Houston Independent School District (FSHISD). “Not knowing where to sit at lunch.”
Siller’s district serves children of active military personnel currently [...]
Posted in Bottom News, Clients In The News, Education, Government | Tagged district websites, echalk, edtec, educational technology, gail siller, k12, online learning environment, roland rios
By Amy Senn on December 21, 2009
Самодостаточность – понятие субъективное. Вот как может быть самодостаточным квартал большого города? Оказывается, вполне может. Именно таким должен быть квартал Forwarding Dallas, который должен появиться в городе Даллас через несколько лет.
Застройщик Urban Revision со штаб-квартирой в Сан-Франциско и португальская архитектурная фирма Atelier Data and MOOV выиграли конкурс на застройку одного [...]
Posted in Clients In The News, Government | Tagged Central Dallas CDC, Dallas City Hall, dallas sustainable square block, Forwarding Dallas, Sustainable Building, urban revision
By Sensible City SM on November 10, 2009
The following comes from Florentina Chichita, with our Action Affiliate in Romania:
As of December 1st 2009, bloggers in the US will be obliged to declare sums of money or goods received to blog about a product or service. The VIPs of social media will have to declare material benefits received to promote a company on [...]
Posted in Government, Social Media | Tagged blog about product or service, FTC gag, FTC requirements for blogging
By Andrew Fletcher on August 3, 2009
The Hunter’s Point Shipyard in San Francisco is so dangerous that the U.S. Environmental Agency has designated it as one of the most polluted sites in the nation.
But instead of letting the site fester, San Francisco has just announced plans to rid the shipyard of its toxins and build the U.N. Global Compact Center, a [...]
Posted in Government
By Amy Senn on June 10, 2009
The crews from Orange TV and Vision TV cover the happenings at Green Cities Florida. The report focuses on flipping the switch on the solar array, Orange County taking the lead on environmentalism, and what Senator Constantine calls ‘a green revolution”. Among the convention center’s many green advances are recycling, low flow faucets and reclaimed water [...]
Posted in Bottom News, Clients In The News, General Media, Government, Green Events, Sustainable Cities | Tagged Buddy Dyer, florida solar, green cities, Orange County Climate Change Center, Orange County Convention Center Solar Array, Richard Crotty