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Hi Folks:
Been a little quiet in our corner of the ‘net lately for several reasons, but partly because of the holidays. There are so many different traditions and celebrations this time of year it’s hard to count them all, from the Islamic New Year (a different calendar, but [...]
Hi Folks:
It’s Friday evening as I write this week’s ‘Being Green‘ post. I had the opportunity this past week to watch a webinar on Biomimicry presented by Marie Zanowick, Certified Biomimicry Professional at the US EPA. The talk was called, “Biomimicry in Action: Using Nature-Based Principals to Promote Sustainable [...]
Hi Folks: It’s Thursday as I write this week’s ‘Being Green‘ post, even though you won’t get to read it until tomorrow. It’s just that tomorrow also happens to be the birthday of someone very special to me, and, well, we have other plans.
Today is also Thanksgiving for our [...]
Hi Folks:
A short ‘Being Green‘ post this week, and a day late it is, too. T’is now November 20, and that means the Greenbuild International Expo is winding down for this year; people are taking down their booths and taking in their final tours of the ‘Windy City’. I [...]
Hi Folks:
Friday once again, and time for this week’s ‘Being Green‘ post. The title for this week’s post came from a webinar I watched this week called, “What is Biophilia, and What Does It Have To Do with Sustainability and Illusions of Nature in Architecture?“ It was the title [...]
Hi Folks:
Friday once again, and time for this week’s ‘Being Green‘ post. Before I get started, if you happen to be in Victoria, BC this weekend, the Cascadia GBC Vancouver Island Branch Emerging Professionals and Jawl Properties are hosting an art exhibition with eight artists on the theme of sustainability. The [...]
Hi Folks:
Friday once again, and time for this week’s ‘Being Green‘ post. The title for this post is ‘Getting Buy-In‘, and since developing a sustainability strategy affects everyone in your home or business and extends out to include suppliers and clients as well, I thought I’d toss out a [...]
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Friday once again, and time for this week’s ‘Being Green‘ post. I wasn’t going to write about this, but the biggest ‘green’ news of late seems to be the class action suit filed in the US against the USGBC and their LEED certification; after reading the articles [...]
Hi Folks:
Friday once again, and time for this week’s ‘Being Green‘ post. Before I get to that, however, I want to add a couple of things. First, in last Friday’s ‘Being Green’ post I talked about taking the ‘long view‘ on making sustainable choices. This past week I came [...]
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Happy Friday!! The basis for this week’s ‘Being Green‘ post comes in part from a couple of articles I read recently on the ED+C magazine website. The first, titled, ‘An Ethical Equation’ was quite surprising to me and begins with the following:
“According to a recent study by [...]
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