First Solar-Powered City to Fuel Clean Industry at Babcock Ranch, FL

The 17,000 acre Solar City of the Future located in Southwest Florida, just launched its website www.babcockranchflorida.com

Real estate developer Kitson & Partners announced a landmark agreement with Florida Power & Light to build the world�s largest solar photovoltaic power plant at Babcock Ranch, Florida. The new city will consume less power than the proposed city on-site solar facilities will produce allowing it to become the first city on earth powered by zero-emission solar energy!

The website offers a virtual tour of the proposed city with a �smart grid�, commercial and residential building constructed according to Florida Green Building Council standards, and large areas of protected greenways and open space. The new city is projected to generate 20,000 permanent jobs across a wide range of industries. The groundbreaking is targeted for late 2009 with construction of the city center targeted for mid 2010.

This project truly does make Florida the Sunshine State!

Earth Day

Forty years later! Observe Earth Day at www.earthday.net  I remember celebrating the first Earth Day. It is hard to believe that so much time has passed and we are still not as advanced as I had imagined we would be when I was a teen. Yet, the technology has progressed enormously and the ideas are not simply ideals. April 22, 2009 is a good day to �Follow the Power of the Sun� and make the positive changes for our earth.