Monday, July 05, 2010

Ben Franklin's old school attempts to blow $5 million on carbon dioxide hoax

WHDH-TV - Boston Latin School changes for environment
After Arnold showed her class, An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary about climate change, her students were immediately inspired to act.
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Their most ambitious plan was to transform the school's roof into a state-of-the art green learning center.

The design called for wind turbines, solar panels, vegetation to absorb run-off and a greenhouse to grow food for the cafeteria.
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Scientific data collected from the roof will be downloaded and studied by students at other schools.

The project's estimated price tag was $5 million, with most of the fundraising being done by Youth CAN students who actively courted school alumni, city officials and private industries.

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