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Climate change sparks tension in India tea gardens
2015-05-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Usha Ghatowar smiles wryly when asked about the pay she earns picking leaves at a colonial-era tea garden in Assam. "Do you think 3,000 rupees are enough when your monthly expenses can be double that?" she mumbles, as she puts on her "jaapi" hat of woven bamboo and palm leaves and takes a sip of tea from a steel mug. As the women workers around Ghatowar nod in agreement the heavens open - it has started raining heavily in recent days after three largely dry months. Unrest is brewing among...
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Xcel Energy wants size limits on its Minnesota community solar gardens
2015-04-29 05:23:10| Chemicals - Topix.net
Community solar gardens proposed for Xcel Energy are considerably larger than this one at Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association's headquarters in Rockford. Xcel wants to scale back its program but says it still would be one of the nation's largest.
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Art center's gardens grow
2015-04-28 08:08:42| Agriculture - Topix.net
Kirsten Sebek and Jason Bartschy, both with Fifth Third Bank, paint boards that will be used to build raised beds for a community garden. Fifth Third Bank is helping to build a large garden at the Sofia Quintero Arts & Cultural Center that will provide 10,000 pounds of food a year in Toledo.
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Meijer Gardens dedicating a Iron Treea this evening
2015-04-21 01:09:57| Grocery - Topix.net
A large iron sculpture by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei that's designed to prompt thoughts about how different people and cultures come together is being dedicated at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park just outside of Grand Rapids. Made of 99 iron pieces, the sculpture looks like a tree without leaves, but oversize stainless steel bolts that hold it together give it a mechanical appearance.
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Meijer Gardens adds sculpture by artist-activist Ai Weiwei
2015-04-07 07:40:24| Grocery - Topix.net
A large iron sculpture by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei that's designed to prompt thoughts about how different people and cultures come together has been acquired by Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in western Michigan, the organization announced Wednesday. Made of 99 iron pieces, the reddish sculpture called "Iron Tree" looks like a tree without leaves, but oversize stainless steel bolts that hold it together give it a mechanical, somewhat awkward appearance.
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