5. Another Reason to Love Mushrooms – Bioremediation California experiments with mushrooms. It’s not what you think.

4. Greensburg, Kansas Rebuilds Itself – Completely Green Follow Greensburg, Kansas as it reconstructs itself from the ground up, and tries to live up to its name.

3. Where in the World is the Green in That? Matt Lauer Playing Carmen Sandiego = A Good “Going Green” Spokesperson for NBC? A few differing opinions on this one. There’s still time to add your thoughts.

2. Tuesday Travels: Could You Be Smart Material? Ali explores the newest Smart Cars and whether or not they would fit into America’s mindset. And lastly…

1. Friday Favorites: Caves Reveal Climate, Amazon Sighting, Eco-Friendly Tourism, Soaring Solar and More… – Months later, this one is a perennial favorite. Thanks, Ali! Hope you are doing well!

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Daily Tomorrow Looks Back at Its Favorite Five Posts

A new water tower rises high above denuded elm trees. New houses are springing up. The brick bank building, the only one on Main Street to survive the storm, is still standing, boarded up and vacant, next to a hole in the ground where the movie theater used to be. The old red brick schoolhouse is gone, replaced by a collection of mobile trailers — a marvel in the eyes of people who once doubted that there would be school at all.

And quotes Mayor John Janssen as to his reasons around a new city ordinance which requires all public buildings to adhere to high standards of energy efficiency:

“There were people who said we need to build it back just like it was, and I said, ‘Fine, we’ll order plywood for the windows on Main Street at the same time,’ ” he said. “But when you have a blank palette, why not do it right? And right was green.”

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President Bush Gives Commencement in Greensburg, Kansas

One year ago, a massive tornado plowed through the town of Greensburg, Kansas leaving nothing behind.  Greensburg’s 1,500 residents made the choice to rebuild the town, to make it structurally sounder, and to do it Green.

Blown Away: Greensburg, Kansas tells the story of Greensburg and what the town is doing to ensure that their homes in the midst of tornado alley won’t blow away again. Led by Mayor John Janssen, who inherited the office three weeks after the tornado struck, Greensburg is now looking at wind as an ally and an economic resource, not an enemy. Their new City Hall will generate electricity from solar panels on the roof and a wind turbine in front of the building. Several homes are now geothermal.

Blown Away: Greensburg, Kansas is part of a sneak preview of the Discovery Channel’s newest addition Planet Green which aired on the Discovery HD Channel earlier tonight. It is scheduled to air again at noon (EST), Sunday, May 4th – the one year anniversary of the tornado.

The 13-part Planet Green series “Greensburg” premieres Sunday, June 15th on Planet Green.

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Greensburg, Kansas Rebuilds Itself – Completely Green