Battle of the C towns, Community engagement + can Rio Ferdinand keep fit on his green roof?

I'm a friendly fellow and as always I'm looking for more ways to get to know my neighbors. Yes magazine comes through with a great article about the awakening the power of families and neighborhoods.

-The local food movement is expanding throughout the US heartland, Indianapolis keep doing your thing!

-Whole Village , just an hour from Toronto, is looking for more folks to join their eco-village. Previous members have moved on there's a terrific opportunity for those interested to join right away!

-Interesting developments in Colorado, Colorado Springs. 1/3 of the traffic lights have been turned off, evening and weekend bus service was eliminated entirely. Sounds like the anti-Cranston, Rhode Island.

-Soccer is the best sport in the world...I can state that unequivically and there is no way one can argue that. :) Exhibit one, when you have luminaries of your sport, like Rio Ferdinand, building eco-friendly homes (which will include a green roof, naturally) how can your sport be beat? The house will be 12,000 square feet, however. Don't laugh, I didn't say footballers were perfect!

They're ready to grow in Venezuela

-It took 131,552 farmers four days to sign up in Venezuela to learn the ins and outs of urban agriculture. Since then, another 40,000 have signed on. I'm looking forward to reading more about Agro Venezuela!

-Often people ask me about "cool roofing", which I know nothing about, and I don't know where to send them. Now I do!

-Sweet eco-village in Los Angeles.

Tis all.

All is quiet on the living architecture front...

Over the last week there has been a mysterious dearth of interesting living architecture articles and stories. Perhaps people are holding back for April, international gardening month?

So in the meantime, we'll feature and revisit a Popular Science's feature from last August, 8 solutions for feeding over 9 billion people by 2050.. One suggestion that was unfortunately not on the list is using food more wisely. Estimates vary that more than 30% of food is actually wasted.
Speaking of waste, I'm sure many have heard about the strawberries being trashed in Florida. Hundreds of thousands of pounds uprooted and disposed of because they wouldn't fetch a fair market price. However at least one farmer is letting people pick for free and shipping to food banks.

-Permaculture websites in Spanish are gaining in popularity, but this may be the first in Porteguese that I'm aware of.

-Oh and I can't forget the City of Chicago's main portal for the green roofs open to the public.

-Okay, well, maybe one last thing.Five easy steps on how to start an eco-village.