Gwyneth Jones, of the Pound Green Commoners' Association which looks after the common, said Mr Chance probably came to the Worcestershire green to escape city life.

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He was their bureau chief there for a few years and his book, Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone, will be released tomorrow.

NPR: No Smoking in the Green Zone

For example, IBM developed a smart traffic system for Stockholm that resulted in drop in traffic, increased green vehicle and public transportation use, and an improved overall quality of life for the city's residents.

ENGADGET: IBM shows off Smarter Traveler traffic prediction tool

I'll be blogging about what I find in the coming days, but wanted to give you an initial flavour of life in this famous city, which sits on a dusty coastal plain just below a green, almost Tuscan, range of low hills.

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