Let’s get the New Year off to a fresh start by tackling this sickening situation. In public spaces across the country, including offices, stores, restaurants, airports, and schools, air "freshener" is being forced upon us. Daily we are subjected to known carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, and other toxic substances. Sounds like a horror film, but it [...]
A new 1,600-square-foot split-level on Voluntown Road, it is the Builders Association of Eastern Connecticut’s answer to a market in which new construction faces stiff competition from the surplus of houses for resale. The prototype is meant to showcase assets rarely found in older homes: ultra-greenness and affordability.
The problem, said Paul Stone of Lombardi Realty [...]
Tour of a productive no-till (weedless) garden ; short documentary about positive adjustments in a post peak oil wolrd; discussion group(s). Light lunch provided.
Saturday, October 15 · 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Gaia Grove
21255 NW CR 237
Brooker, FL
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NPR reports that according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this summer has been the second-hottest ever recorded in the United States, helping to push power demand in homes to record levels. As some worry that the growing use of fossil fuels to produce electricity for cooling is unsustainable, one [...]
Green Drinks Gainesville is pleased to coordinate with Linda and Ken McGurn of the Sun Center and Innovation Gainesville to host the September meeting of Green Drinks. Join us September 7, [...]
I can’t believe the feds are giving these unsafe things to the Indians. the trail of tears just goes on and on. when will our country honor those whose lands we stole? –tr*
Wanda Tiger and her husband needed a new home after a long-term house-sitting arrangement came to an end. But for members of their [...]
YOU’RE INVITED TO A HANDS-ON OUTDOOR DEMO OF EASY TO MAKE, LOW-COST ECO-PROJECTS:
*Rain Barrels
*Compost Bins
*Solar Dehyrdrator
*No-Till Gardening
Bat Houses
*Worm Bins
*Homemade Greenhouses
**Solar Oven
*Outdoor Shower
*Compost Toilet
*Green Low-Cost Cleaning Products
WHEN? Saturday, July 16, 9:30 – 11:30 am for ages 5 and up
12:30-4:30 pm for ages 15 & up. Optional Potluck [...]
The cost of solar photovoltaic systems could become cheaper than even fossil fuels over within the next ten years, according to technology advancement association IEEE.But IEEE said that to achieve this cost parity, the solar industry must continue to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic cell technologies and create economies of scale“Solar PV will be a [...]
Join Your USGBC Local Chapter for a Free Social and CEU Course at the Perry Construction Institute, 6/16, 5:30-7:30. Light supper provided.
The Course Title: LEED 254: The Costs and Benefits of Green Building: Putting the Research into Practice.
Anyone can attend… member or not. To attend the course is FREE. If you want the credits through [...]
Rooftop solar energy thrives in the Southland. But efficiency measures play a large role in satisfying California consumers’ demand for power. Using renewable energy better is one way to sell more rooftop panels.
On Jan. 12, 2010, a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, highlighting the population’s vulnerability after years of political corruption and ineffective or nonexistent building codes and water treatment facilities. 1.5 million people were left homeless. Thousands are still living in “tent cities,” where 30 to 40 percent have no access to toilets or drinkable water. Barrels of Hope (BOH), a local non-profit, is directly addressing housing and sanitation issues by training workers in Haiti and organizing volunteers in Gainesville to construct earthbag houses for victims of the earthquake.
The Secretaries of Energy and Interior have decided to move the national Solar Decathlon—a solar energy home design competition–off the National Mall when they hold the next event in the fall, says Bill Line, a National Park Service Washington Region spokesman, reports Chemical & Engineering News.
Students aren’t taking that without comment, though. The following statement [...]
David Sneed produced a detailed report on solar energy for the San Luis Obispo Tribune, a sunny Central Coast location that should be ideal for solar power.
Rooftop solar panels provide energy over your head
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/12/12/1405003/rooftop-solar-panels-provide-energy.html#storylink=mirelated
In several stories, he covers
Rooftop solar panels a renewable investment for businesses
Read more: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/12/13/1405921/rooftop-solar-panels-a-renewable.html#ixzz182H5HJBJ
Feed-in tariffs used to increase use of solar get [...]
Authentic EcoLodges by Hitesh Mehta
This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 200 bloggers take a stand to support books printed in an eco-friendly manner by simultaneously publishing reviews of 200 books printed on recycled or FSC-certified paper. By turning a spotlight on books printed using eco- friendly paper, we hope to raise [...]
Often feel tired and sick? Suffer from allergies? Your home could be making ill, according to naturopath and building biologist Nicole Bijlsma.
Busy roads, substations, old carpet, rising damp, harsh cleaning chemicals and air fresheners can all impact on your health, says Bijlsma, the author of Healthy Home Healthy Family.
via Sick building syndrome.
Cinema Verde Fundraiser at the new Urban Flats – Please bring your friends and join us for this opportunity to raise funds for Cinema Verde! From 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 9, Urban Flats (115 SE 1st Avenue) will host a fundraiser for Cinema Verde. All-you-can-eat and drink wine, flatbread and [...]
A candidate for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, the two-story residence is a showcase for sustainable building practices and products, from the locally sourced ash front door (the work of the late John Metzler of Pittsburg’s Urban Tree Forge), to the automated clerestory windows that admit natural light without heating up the [...]
By Dylan Klempner
During the September 1, 2010 Green Drinks meeting in Gainesville, Mike Amish of Indigo Green Building Solutions, the U.S. Green Building Council and Jacob Cravey of Earthbuilders described their project—Barrels of Hope —and offered community members an opportunity to help them build shelters for earthquake victims in Haiti using inexpensive earthbag construction.
Those [...]
Simply appalling. The money to help move us toward a sustainable world is sitting in the state bank account, but citizens can’t access it. Use your vote to create the government that reflects your values.
“Thousands of Florida homeowners who have installed – or who are planning to install – solar power and/or new, energy-efficient heating [...]
Getting rid of odors the non-toxic way
Trish Riley is the author of the award-winning Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Living (Penguin/Alpha Books 2007) and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Greening Your Business (with Heather Gadonniex, Penguin/Alpha Books 2009). Trish was gracious enough to talk about how we can take care of getting rid of odors [...]
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