TV Barn (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Kansas native Brian Schodorf was one of the very first people with a video camera let into Greensburg, Kansas, following the EF-5 tornado that wiped out 95 percent of the town last year. His documentary, **"Greensburg,"** is airing at 8...
Shedworking (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
Students from KSU’s College of Architecture and Design have been designing and building 10’ cubed modular buildings to be located in Greensburg. Greensburg GreenTown is a nonprofit organization established to provide the residents of Greensburg, Kansas with the resources, information and support they need to rebuild Greensburg as a model green community following the May 2007 tornado.Each cube has...
TV Barn (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
**Four months ago it was my privilege to spend a day in Greensburg, Kansas, listening to people talk about rebuilding their town after an EF-5 tornado in May 2007.** Now it's your turn. “Greensburg,” a 13-week series on the new...
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
This Sunday July 15th, The Discovery Channel’s new network - Planet Green , premieres the television docu-series ‘Greensburg’ . As Sustainability Consultant for the rebuilding of Greensburg, Kansas , the folks at the Discovery Channel have asked me to blog on the town’s efforts. I’ll be posting on progress of the reconstruction, offering information on green building, green energy, and thoughts on...
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Taylor Schmidt says the people in his hometown of Greensburg, Kansas, grew stronger through tragedy. On May 4, 2007, a tornado leveled most of the buildings in the town of about 1,600.
Canadian Cynic (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
From the wreckage of a tornado in Greensburg, Kansas, straggles this four-legged survivor: He's placed in the back of a rescue car, where he is clearly still a little shell-shocked: You wouldn't think anything would survive this: but, lo and behold: She's looking a bit forlorn, too ... But, hang on ... what's this? All right, then ... we're good ... What ho! A couple more survivors ... I'm sure we...
Inhabitat (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
It’s been just over a year since a massive tornado leveled Greensburg, KS and rebuilding efforts have hit full swing since Inhabitat last reported. If you’ve been wondering what all the buzz is about, you’ll soon get an inside look at what’s been going on, thanks to Planet Green. Tune in Sunday, June 15th at [...]
Biofuels Digest (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
General Motors will become the exclusive automotive sponsor of the new 24-hour Planet Green television network, which debuts in 50 million homes on June 4, and GM will sponsor the series “Greensburg”, documenting the rebuilding of Greensburg, KS as a model “green” city after being destroyed by tornado in May 2007. GM will donate several [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Ceremony on One-Year Anniversary of Tornado Tragedy Marks Groundbreaking of SunChips Business Incubator PLANO, Texas, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- SunChips, Frito-Lay's popular line of multigrain snacks, is stepping up to help rebuild the city of Greensburg, Kansas, which was tragically struck by a devastating tornado that destroyed nearly all of the community. In conjunction with Discovery Communications'...
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
When I had the interview Greensburg mom Sharon Schmidt she sounded tired. Much like you'd expect a mom who has been through a lot recently, putting her life back together while ensuring her son has the best possible experience as a high school junior despite the fact that their entire town has been rebuilding from a tornado that took it off the map. She puts a human face on what it means to be a mom...
Mr_Blog's Left Turn (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
President Bush made a surprise appearance Sunday in Greensburg, Kansas... to award a presidential Medal of Freedom to a very special player in the town's rebuilding. "The people of Greensburg should be proud to see this medal going to the one most responsible for this reconstruction--the tornado," said Bush. "The rebuilt homes, businesses and city services you see today were possible because of that...
Pro-Life News (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
GREENSBURG, KS -- Shirley Phelps-Roper, daughter of Westboro Baptist Church pastor Fred Phelps, confirmed to The Signal Friday morning that "probably 15 to 20" persons affiliated with the congregation will be in Greensburg the afternoon of May 4 to picket...
Climate Progress (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
For the rest of their lives, high school students in Greensburg, KS will remember two things about this last year of their life. Most memorable will be the date 5-4-07, when a 205-mph, F-5 tornado tore through their community and changed everything about their lives. And it will be pretty hard to forget [...]
Gene Healy (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
I’m back in DC in front of a computer again, and I see that George W. Bush recently returned to Greensburg, Kansas to speak at a high-school graduation, a year after he’d been there the first time. Greensburg, you may or may not recall, got pretty hard by a tornado a year [...]
Dependable Renegade (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
President Bush delivers the commencement address during a graduation ceremony at Greensburg High School in Greensburg, Kansas, May 4, 2008 . . . REUTERS/Jim Young . . . and spends the rest of the day at the post-graduation kegger. REUTERS/Yuri...
