Tale 1: A half block up from San Francisco City Hall, a 13-story glass tower, topped by an array of solar panels and wind turbines, will soon begin to arise from what, for months, has been a giant hole in the ground. Complete with water recycling, "daylight-harvesting" regulated internal lighting and other energy-efficiency measures, it's being called "the greenest urban office building in the U.S." |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.