Don’t get mad, get wordy
This Thanksgiving holiday, I can’t stress enough how lucky we all are for our health. When I think of the hot mess that is our healthcare system, I am amazed and grateful that I have remained mostly healthy and have not had to go through what some people do to get treated. When I think [...]
Green Building Policy in a Changing Economic Environment
The title of this post is taken from a report recently released by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), which I found through my daily Department of Energy update. The report can be found on this AIA’s Local Leaders in Sustainability Web page, which also has some great links to case studies done over the [...]
…and I dropped the blogging ball! More about the Solar Decathlon…
Sorry for going on hiatus after my last post from DC about the Solar Decathlon. The truth of the matter is that the weather was 100% miserable the entire time I was there, and I had not the time nor the space to blog: my hands were numb and it was raining, thus making it [...]
How much land do we need to power the world with the sun?
This is a question that I think about a lot, but fortunately someone else has already done the calculations for me! Behold this graphic from the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), which projects how much of the Earth’s surface we would need to power the ENTIRE world… on solar power alone! The LAGI did this [...]
Update / Al Gore
I wanted to post a quick update of my Unemployment Tour of the West Coast. The update is… I’m still unemployed! But I’m stationary because I’ve decided to set up camp in Portland, so I’ve given up “touring”, so to speak. I’m still looking for jobs, and since this city has embraced me so warmly, [...]
Don’t know how to clad your building? Use a plant
…or at least, if you are French architect Edouard François, this is a frequent choice. He builds with what are called “green facades”, which differ from “living walls” in that they do not require elaborate watering systems. Plants on the exterior facade of a building are a great way to help moderate the interior temperature [...]
7 years toward zero energy
The Beddington Zero Energy Development – BedZED for short – is now seven years old in England and a report has been drafted that describes how much its residents have reduced their carbon footprints. I won’t get too far into the report, as Treehugger does a great job of that already, but I think it’s [...]
It’s not easy being Green.
Per this recent tongue-in-cheek post on Twilight Earth, I’ve decided to attempt the Top 10 Things That Every Green Blogger Must Do. I realize it’s a joke but frankly I would feel left out if I didn’t at least try. So let’s take a look at the list. 1. Create some type of Green Top [...]
Ryan Reynolds is coming on tour with me
Ok, not really, but since I put all of my books either in storage or sent them home, I got this issue of Entertainment Weekly to have something to read and was delightfully surprised to find out that Ryan Reynolds’ favorite Web site is Treehugger.com. Treehugger is awesome and is my one-stop source for all [...]
Meet Dorothy.
Dorothy is my new set of wheels. Well, she is new to me, but actually she is quite old. She’s a 1995 Ford Escort Wagon with only 27,000 miles that I received from a private owner for a VERY reasonable price. She is in excellent condition for a car her age, and if I play [...]
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