Ancient Town, Modern Power

Zach Frechette
Former Editor in Chief of GOOD

October 4, 2010 • 9:55 am PDT
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An ancient town in Italy is on the cutting edge of energy technology: it's powered entirely by wind turbines. (Via Gizmodo).

Posted in: GOOD Blog,; Environment,; Technology,; News,

Tags: environment,; energy,; sustainability,; italy,; wind,; turbines,; technmology

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