Greensburg, Kansas

Slate

A small midwestern town decides to re-build sustainably after being destroyed by a tornado in 2007.

A decade ago, a tornado wiped out the small town of Greensburg, Kansas. But the town decided to rebuild—as a totally green community. Ten years out, has the green rebuilding program been successful, and is this a model that might be used by other towns? Or is going green harder than it seems?