Welcome back, you few people who have remained loyal visitors during this long period of inactivity. You know something? Running a website is hard work, especially when you also work 50-65 hrs a week, from 3:00 am to 3:00 or 4:00 pm every day. Actually, it's not the working that gets in the way so much as the eating and sleeping that you constantly have to keep up on. So all this complaining is just to say that, yes, activity has slowed down here on the site, but Big Green City will still live on. There have been some big developments over the past few weeks, and we haven't been blind to them. Probably the biggest news was the release of the long-awaited IPCC report, citing with a 90% probability that humans are in fact to blame for the global climate change. Though it's not a definite yet, the report should still stiffle a few of those naysayers out there who were still clinging to the belief that global warming is just a natural phenomenon. It does make us greenites feel pretty good about our cause, but I still hold true to the idea that regardless of what science finds about global warming, we should be mindful of our impact on the environment and our ability to make smart choices. It'd be nice to decide on our own to not irradicate all species of wildlife or rain forests, or to keep our air clean just because we like clean air. Anyway, I digress. For a good, easy summary of the report, check out this report on the the report at Grist.org.
In other news, the drama continues to unfold in the story of Kansas City's proposed Light Rail system. Advocate Clay Chastain has run up against some apparent opposition from the mayor and the city council as they have raised flags regarding legal issues that could prevent the plan from ever happening. Well, one KC Star reporter has some words of cautious optimism for Mr. Chastain. You, meanwhile, can draw your own conclusions by keeping up on the latest at KCLightRail.com. That site has been added to our list of links, as well.
Also added to the links page, BlogKC and KCTalk, two blogs about news, happenings, and life-in-general here in good ol' Kansas City. I also added a few new events to the BGC-KC calendar, which you can find by logging in to our forum (or by clicking the calendar link on the left if you want to make it difficult for yourself, sheesh).
I haven't updated the featured business or link yet this week (or last week...or perhaps the week before, I don't remember now), but look for that to happen soon.
And, for the time being at least, I must announce that the much-anticipated* BGC-KC newsletter will not be making it's debut anytime soon. Thanks to those of you who signed up for it; you are definitely registered to win the neat-o books. Unfortunately, time and resource constraints have kept the newsletter from becoming a reality at the moment. For the present, you'll just have to bookmark the site and check back regularly. If you've already signed up, you'll be notified as soon as we do have a newsletter--which will hopefully be soon--and if you haven't signed up yet, do so before February 16th and you too could win a couple of great eco-books. Check the Contests page for details.
Until next time.
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