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January 25 - Free to the public: Tours of some of Wichita Historic Buildings; Free Screenings of two Videos and a Repair and Paint Certification for Lead Paint (Fee for Workshop)

January 26 & January 27 - Preregistration or Walk-in - Fee required.

January 28th.  -  FAIR  Free to the General Public. 

Wichita Ranks Last in 2011 US Sustainable Cities Survey and Complete Streets Forum Report

While gathering information for the 2011 Sustainable Cities Survey, I realized I hadn’t reported on the successful results of the Complete Streets Forum held in July.  So, this blog has two topics:

Wichita Ranks Last

Did you know this year we were ranked dead last in a 2011 survey for sustainable cities?  Kent Portney, Ph.D., Tufts University, has released results of a survey that shows Wichita is last among 55 of the largest US Cities for sustainability.  The Wichita Eagle’s Ron Sylvester interviewed the professor and highlights were published on Saturday, August 6^th, in an article  "Environment study ranks Wichita last".

Sylvester also discussed sustainability and and the survey in his weekly column – Keeping the Plains where he provides a list of sustainable actions under the subheading Tip Off.  The reporter has taken a bold step in asking Wichitans to help improve our score. 

I am asking Wichitans to do the same.  Go online to Keeping the Plains and pick an action that you commit to take over the week to help us out.  IF we all pitch in and sustain our efforts, we can move that dead last ranking up the line to a better position.  The Wichita Eagle has now published an Editorial on this topic so check this out, too - Take Ranking Seriously.  (Updated blog - 8/16/2011.)

AN INTERVIEW FOR THE BLOG AND WICHITA ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY NIGHT.  A BLOG FIRST!  A few months ago I got an email out of the blue from Bella Ruse, a Minneapolis band!!! I was surprised to learn that they were coming to town and wanted to talk about how important it is for them to be carbon neutral - to reduce their impact on the environment as much as possible.  The message said "GREEN" band Bella Ruse would be coming to play in Wichita on June 10th at the Bay Leaf Restaurant. Never heard of such a thing...a green band.