Once again, it was another great week of stories on Greenopolis

1. Four Conservation Patriots for July 4th
   Today is the day we celebrate the United States’ Declaration of Independence from Great Britain in 1776. One of the things that make our national freedom worth having is the sheer natural splendor and abundance we have been blessed with in this spectacular land.
2. Tesla Roadster 2.5 Unveiled
   Tesla Motors announced a new version of their iconic roadster last week which will debut along side two new stores in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Newport Beach, California.
3. Hemp Underwear
   You Don’t Have to Wear it to be Green!
4. The Recycled Junk Mail Artwork of Sandy Schimmel
   Artist Sandy Schimmel creates beautiful mosaic artwork from greeting cards, photos, post cards, calendars and other junk!
5. Free Willie! Willie Nelson That Is: Hemp, Biodiesel and Freedom
   The legendary music of Willie Nelson may not be his greatest contribution to the planet. It may be biodiesel made from …hemp. Yes, Willie didn’t smoke it all; he saved some to power his tour bus, my tractor and maybe your car, too!
6. Pelican's Rising
   An artist’s tribute to the oil spill in her hometown.
7. Ride the Old Wood: Firebird Long Boards
   I still remember being 13 and cutting a piece of plywood in the shape of a surfboard, painting it black with yellow racing stripes, and screwing couple sets of roller-skate wheels to the bottom of it. This was life before safety, and I’ve got the elbow scars and missing teeth to prove it. My intention was just to go down a hill as fast as I could.
8. Scientists Make Air-Purifying Cement, Cuts Emissions by 45%
   Dutch scientists have created an air-purifying concrete that can reduces the nitrogen oxide found in tailpipe emissions by up to 45-percent.
9. Biomechanical Sculptures of Life and Motion
   Lewis Tardy’s unique style of sculpting metals evolved from his early appreciation of mechanics.
10. Bamboo Living – Green Prefab Homes Made from Sustainable Bamboo
    Architect David Sands builds sustainable bamboo prefab homes…sometimes in only two days!