Be Wise! Be Healthy!
Be in the know about Sustainable Living and Green Building, Products & Experts
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June 2007
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by Elaine Ireland
Once the weather begins warming up, folks start getting the notion to look for greener pastures. We want something new, something different, something that feels better, greener — whether its looking to move to a new home, buy a new car, go on vacation or just get outdoors. But, now its not so simple. Greener has a new meaning. (read on) |
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Glidehouse
a whole new way of building homes
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General Features |
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by Jon Dougal
In the first week of May, The American Institute Of Architects held its150 year anniversary. Remarkably the entire conference was focused on green design. Maddeningly, the AIA dilly-dallied while the USGBC, the IIDA, CSI and other organizations took the lead forging support amongst their members for sustainability initiatives. Finally the AIA arrived and, wow, did they do themselves proud at this Green Rally. (read on) |
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Global Warming |
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by Kevin Kelly for The Long Now Foundation
There are two kinds of historians, Brian Fagan says — parachutists and truffle hunters. Parachutists command an overview of the landscape, while truffle hunters dig deeply to uncover marvelous treasures. Fagan, a parachutist, says that "in our lookout from the parachute, we can see evidence that people in the past have suffered through global warming periods before." (read on) |
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by Jon Dougal
Sydney, Australia dwellers, both businesses and individuals, turned off their lights for Earth Hour - March 31st - as a sign of their commitment to reduce global warming. (read on) |
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"Greenhouse gases come from thousands, even millions, of different types of activities. It's not going to be one thing you do that's going to do it. It's adding it all up."
Judi Greenwald
Director of Innovative Solutions
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
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Outdoor Air Issues — Health & Toxins |
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| From asthma to Teflon, from cosmetics safety to pesticides, concerns mount about chemical risks. IEHN unveils fiduciary guide as 2007 proxy season heats up. Did your pet die from contaminated petfood? (read on) |
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| Just when you thought it was safe to eat Chicken again! When "throwing away," remember there is no “away.” Wherever non-biodegradable wastes reside there will be bio-accumulated wastes/toxins, except in bio-fuels. The University of Georgia received an EPA grant to study the environmental fate and transport of hormones in broiler chicken litter (waste). (read on) |
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RRR (Reduce/Reuse/Recycle) |
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by Steve Powell
Almost fifty years ago a unique waste disposal method was developed that converted Municipal Solid Waste (ordinary garbage) into a humus material similar to potting soil. No objectionable odors were produced by the process. There were no emissions such as smoke, noise or loose paper. (read on) |
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| “We're ready to pour cement, bring in the generators and make electricity!” says Calvin Hildebrand, VP and Director of Operations for Four Peaks Energy, and Waste-to-Energy Project Manager at Camino Real Landfill. (read on) |
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Building & Construction |
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by Jon Dougal
There is a whole new way of building homes that is more cost effective. Many buyers would have a negative image of this new construction method if it were labeled mobile homes, because that is essentially what it is they are. Mobile home manufacturing has taken on a new identity and now called “off-site” or “factory built” buildings. (read on) |
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| The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Research Committee has called for a higher level of funding for research that will advance building design, technology and operations that minimize environmental and human health impacts. (read on) |
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Leaders of the green building movement urged members of CoreNet Global, concluding their spring Summit in Denver on May 3rd, 2007, to implement sustainable building practices across their corporate real estate portfolios that reward them for saving -not spending - money and for eventually becoming producers of energy, not users.
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| A Home Buyers Story by Kerry Mitchell - a real estate broker and freelance writer. (read on) |
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| There it is in the lobby: a real-time display of how much energy this new, green hotel is using and saving, moment by moment - along with the energy contribution from the solar panels on the roof. (read on) |
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Lifestyle - What You Can Do |
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| Beware this could happen to you! California drivers who buy inefficient vehicles like new Hummers, Ford Expeditions and other big vehicles that emit high levels of greenhouse gases would pay a fee of up to $2,500 per year. Could this happen to Mc Mansions as well? (read on) |
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| Honda, the most fuel efficient car company in America, has earned the title of America's “2007 Greenest Automaker” from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) for the fourth consecutive time. The award is given by the UCS on a biennial basis to the company with the lowest overall production of smog-forming emissions and global warming emissions (primarily CO2) in its U.S. automobile fleet. (read on) |
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by Sam Hopkins
How woefully far behind the United States has fallen in its Monrovian position of most valuable player and protector of the Western Hemisphere. (read on) |
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IEQ Interests (read more about Indoor Environmental Quality in our Sage Learning Center) |
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by Mariana Figueiro, PhD, Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Six lighting principles that can help specifiers, builders, facility managers, and homeowners light interior spaces to optimize for our visual and circadian systems. (read on) |
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Green Products |
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| Vinyl recycling program offers monetary credits toward purchase as well as LEED® credits. InPro regrinds old vinyl and either remolds it into new InPro products, or brokers it to other plastics manufacturers. The keys are that no PVC is ever sent to a landfill AND reground materials may qualify for LEED MR 2.1 or 2.2, which encourage diverting construction waste from disposal. (read on) |
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Green Expert Profile |
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Green Supplier Profile |
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Olive Designs Sustainable Furniture |
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Calendar of events |
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Dozens of Green Events Around the World to Participate in |
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