As the economy took a beating, a number of construction projects were stalled and abandoned. The Boston Globe asked architects to have a look at such sites and come up with new projects that would be feasible, and also help improve the city. One of such buildings is the Filene development in downtown Boston. The structure of the building is up, but it is just a shell full of holes.

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The UN food agency – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is warning of a looming food crisis in Africa. The reason – global increase in food and fuel prices. The reason – increase production in bio-fuel at the expense of food production. The reason – climate change.

Kenyan agriculture assistant minister said, “that in as much as bio-fuel continues to draw attention due to the increasing prices of fossil fuels, there is need to focus on providing access to sustainable sources of energy.”

The assistant minister also said “thousands of bags of food are lying at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) stores and blamed the ministry of special programs for delaying its distribution to the hungry.”

“Hundreds of thousands of people are reported to be starving in a number of districts especially those in arid and semi arid regions.”

So, what should we do when we try to decrease our dependence on fossil fuels by increasing the use of bio-fuels so that we can save our environment but in the process people die for lack of food? Does anybody have an answer? – via Cri.cn

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Eight teams completed a 4,022.5km (2,500 mile) car rally, “Grease to Greece,” from London to Athens. The event was aimed at promoting awareness of cheap environmentally-friendly bio-fuels.

Londoner Andy Pag is the brains behind the idea. The eight teams were required to beg for oil from restaurants, motorway cafes and fast-food joints along the way. Or they could go to KFC and just squeeze their own.

Pag drove a Peugot 405 for no cost from London to Athens.

Pag has also driven a truck powered by waste chocolate from Timbuktu to Mali. His next challenge – a round-the-world trip using aviation fuel from recycled plastic bags.

What I want to know is – who are the fuels, fools who are wasting chocolate??!!