Greensburg, KS. Greensburg is a small rural town in the USA (~1200 people), which was almost completelydestroyed by an EF 5-strong tornado in 2007. It leveraged the disaster to rebuild itself as“Greensburg-Greentown, the greenest town in rural America.” Greensburg indicates that creating a safe andparticipatory space for creativity, exploration, experimentation and innovation is possible in a disaster contextand can be leveraged to shape a town’s sustainable development especially related to green building andrenewable energy developments [