Whole Foods Market
Grocery store.
Omaha—smack dab in the middle of America. Juicy steaks and producer of Oma-Gro compost…..wait…Oma-Gro compost? That’s right! The city markets its own brand of compost. Omaha also recently switched to single stream recycling and has upped the types of plastics it accepts, making it easier for residents to divert waste away from landfills. on the city would do well to turn its attention to upping public transit ridership. In our survey, it 48th of 50 in this department. Mayor Mike Fahey is thinking about resuscitating the city’s old streetcar system; he might also consider offering alternative transportation subsidies, as many higher-ranking cities do. The biggest limitation to making Omaha more sustainable may lie in getting more people to buy into the idea of living green, says the mayor’s deputy assistant, Andrea Fox. To help with outreach, the city is collaborating with the Green Omaha Coalition, a group that aims to promote a healthy, sustainable community through public-private partnerships, educational programs, and proposing policy solutions.
(Photo by Ron Reiring)
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Grocery store.
Restaurant serving vegetarian/vegan dishes as well as free range chicken and fresh seafood.
Biodiesel fueling station.
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...Cars in their present form are no more a permanent fixture of our built environment than were the oxcart, the chariot, or the horse and buggy. We happen to live in the historical apogee of the internal-combustion automobile, but even the smallest degree of historical perspective makes plain that it's merely a temporary visitor--and an increasingly troublesome one--on planet Earth. —Arrol Gellner, Architect and Writer
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