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One Kansas City Provides Lesson In Rebuilding After Disaster
ResumeJohn Janssen, the former mayor of Greensburg, Kansas, says that communities in Japan can learn a lot from his small city. Two years after almost all of Greensburg was destroyed by a powerful tornado, the city has managed to rebuild and, Janssen says, become a better city.
We talk with Janssen about how Greensburg rebuilt and became more energy efficient.
- The Environmental Magazine: What ever happened to Greensburg, Kansas?
- YouTube: Rebuilding Greensburg, Kansas
- Greensburg GreenTown: Photo gallery
This segment aired on April 1, 2011.