{"57516":{"#nid":"57516","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Actions large and small make a different in our environment","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWinsten Salem Journal\u003C\/em\u003E - April 19, 2009\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe word \u0022sustainability\u0022 brings to mind images of wind and solar farms scattered across open, rural space. However, there are numerous projects around the United States aimed at sustainable communities. They include ideas for local power generation as well as more efficient management of electricity, water, land and other resources. Projects range from planting a community garden to designing and building a green city from the ground up.  Cities, such as New York, have plans to increase their sustainability. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced plans to build wind turbines on many of the city\u0027s buildings and bridges as well as in the surrounding waterways. He has a plan to rent roof space on public and private buildings to solar-power companies, which could sell the power to city residents...  \u0026#9632;  Guest Column by Juliane Rose is senior studying biology at Wake Forest University. Alexander Johnston is a fourth-year student studying industrial engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.journalnow.com\/content\/2009\/apr\/19\/actions-large-and-small-make-a-different-in-our-en\/opinion\/\u0022\u003ERead more\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"1999-11-30 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:25","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}