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Bill Brown is the newly-hired first Director of Sustainability at Indiana University.  An architect from Indianapolis, Bill Brown was an associate partner with Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects.  Has been a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) consultant on nearly a dozen projects in the past two years, including two projects with zero net energy consumption. He is the co-chair of the Indianapolis-Marion County Green Commission and chair of the Indiana Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. Brown began his new position as sustainability director on March 2, with the task of helping create a campus sustainability program.  He joins us in the studio to talk about the next steps in creating a greener campus.

With the official start of spring just one day away, gardeners and farmers around the area are busy getting seeds started and beds prepared for the 2009 growing season. One local farm, Strangers Hill, is working to expand production this season, with a focus on more sustainable methods. Located six and a half miles west of downtown Bloomington, Stranger's Hill Organics is a small farm specializing in produce and bedding plants. Operated as Stranger's Hill by founders Dale and Lee Jones for over 30 years, the farm and greenhouse operation have been certified organic since 1989. In December of 2007, operations were expanded with the purchase of the adjacent 80-acre Howard Farm. Farm founder Leigh Jones talks about Stranger's Hill and its plans for the future.