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ReGeneration Roadtrip: Earthships ahoy! Living off-grid in a reclaimed gravel pit	Sarah van Schagen	30 Sep 2008	Gristmill
As sustainably minded folk, we tend to curse the environmental disruption that occurs when new roads are built through beautiful wilderness areas. But for a number of residents living just north of Taos, New Mexico, it was the creation of a nearby highway that actually helped pave the way for their unique community. That's because their homes are actually built in a reclaimed gravel pit -- taking land that was cast off as worthless and turning it ...
Topics: off-grid, green building, green living, New Mexico, ReGeneration Roadtrip, video (all these topics)

ReGeneration Roadtrip: For them, the bell tolls Bridging architecture and ecology at Arcosanti	Sarah van Schagen	29 Sep 2008	Gristmill
To get to Arcosanti, you must drive 70 miles north of Phoenix -- one of the fastest growing (read: sprawling) areas of the country, through gorgeous saguaro-covered desert hills to a 2.5 mile dirt road in the middle of the Arizona wilderness. At the end of that road, youll find what has been called one of this centurys most important urban habitat experiments. Yes, urban. The not-yet-fully realized vision of architect/urban designer/dreamer Paolo Soleri ...
Topics: green living, green building, Arizona, ReGeneration Roadtrip, placemaking, video (all these topics)

ReGeneration Roadtrip: Degrees of sustainability Living and learning at Arizona State University's School of Sustainability	Sarah van Schagen	29 Sep 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post by my travel partner, Todd Dwyer, head blogger for Dell's ReGeneration.org, where this post originally appeared. ----- The folks at Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability really rolled out the red green carpet for Sarah and me when we met them on a hot Friday afternoon. Through conversations with the school's key players and highly personalized tours of their facilities and features, they walked us through ev ...
Topics: Arizona, video, green living, LEED, green building, education, ReGeneration Roadtrip (all these topics)

ReGeneration Roadtrip: Verde in Vegas Hitting the Vegas strip to see the world's largest LEED certified building	Sarah van Schagen	26 Sep 2008	Gristmill
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas ... except when it comes to spreading the news about exciting green ventures. To do that, Todd and I hit The Strip (official work business, I swear!) to visit the world's largest LEED certified building: the brand-new Palazzo Resort-Hotel. Situated next to the Venetian, amongst all the flashiness of Sin City, the Palazzo Hotel-Resort is 50 stories of luxurious and classic elegance -- built to LEED silver standard ...
Topics: LEED, green building, green living, ReGeneration Roadtrip, holiday, Nevada, video (all these topics)

For Quad and Country Seven tips on green campus organizing from a Harvard pro	Katharine Wroth	17 Sep 2008	Grist Feature
Leith Sharp. When Leith Sharp left her native Australia for a five-month tour of the U.S. and Europe in the late 1990s, she could hardly have guessed that she'd be gone for a decade. But that's exactly what happened. Sharp had spent five years piloting eco-efforts at the University of New South Wales, in a paid position that was not only a first for the school, but was also one of the ...
Topics: campus activism, education, grassroots activism, green building, green living (all these topics)

Southern exposure The hybrid solar home, part 2	biodiversivist	14 Aug 2008	Gristmill
My thoughts have turned lately to the challenge of heating and powering residential homes in the Pacific Northwest with renewable energy. My goal was not to just find a way to reduce fossil fuel use, but to eliminate it. When I started this exercise I wasn't at all sure it could be done (in an affordable manner). Here in the Seattle area we average a little more than two clear days a month for six months of the year! Back in January, I mulled over the concept of a ...
Topics: green building, green living, hybrids, Seattle, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

New definition of green Cabins are not 'earth-friendly'	biodiversivist	15 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Green: A marketing scheme used to sell environmentally destructive crap to unthinking dupes. Here's an eco-fantasy article crafted to sell second homes. Scaling from the French doors in one picture I calculate that this 'cabin' is twice the size of my own two-story, two-bath, four-bedroom home in Seattle. Half of this visible wall is window, having half the insulation value of a typical wall:Located 50 feet from the house are two solar-tracking arrays with a total ...
Topics: advertising, green building, green living, greenwashing (all these topics)

Climate change ideas for On Day One Day four of the UN Dispatch-Grist collaboration	Ideas for On Day One	26 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The UN Dispatch-Grist collaboration rolls on today with a discussion prompt submitted by On Day One user teiki: A key to the massive use of fossil fuels in the U.S. is gross overconsumption. We use way more than necessary, through a combined dependence on the automobile and an infatuation with big, gas-hungry cars, trucks and SUVs., through wasted energy consumption in our homes and offices in everything from their construction to ...
Topics: climate, energy, energy efficiency, green building, green living (all these topics)

Grandma wins green home HGTV sets her up in sweet South Carolina digs	Katharine Wroth	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Back in January, I mentioned that HGTV was giving away a green home in Hilton Head, S.C. Well, that 2,000-square-foot home done been given away (along with a hybrid GMC Yukon). The winner is a grandmother and medical billing clerk now living in Florida. Marsha Coulthard hasn't decided whether to live in or sell the $850,000 house -- which boasts solar panels, rainwater collection, energy-efficient appliances, and more -- but says she's leaning toward the former: ' ...
Topics: energy at home, green building, green living (all these topics)

Smart(ish) Cities A Grist special series on unexpected urban progress		12 May 2008	Grist Feature
Hear the phrase "smart growth" or "green city," and chances are you'll think of one place: Portland, Ore. That progressive pocket of the Northwest has become synonymous with sustainability, landing atop many a list and capturing more than a few hearts and minds along the way. Not far behind, other stars of the Northwest and Northeast vie for the top spot -- places like Seattle, Vancouver, Boston ...
Topics: green building, green living, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics)

DiCaprio's new digs Leo's new condo full of green amenities, paparazzi	Sarah van Schagen	08 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Attention, paparazzi: It's Leonardo DiCaprio's 11th Hour in his current New York abode. He's Departed (or will soon) for a new LEED-certified condo in Manhattan's Battery Park City neighborhood.DiCaprio's new digs are quite the eco-residence, featuring solar panels, a green roof, and units "decked out with locally obtained renewable materials and low- or nonpollutant paints, sealants, and adhesives." Of course, the place also features a 50-foot lap pool, ...
Topics: celebrity, energy, green building, green living, movies, New York, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

If It's Broke, Fix It EPA announces new lead standards for renovation of older buildings		31 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 3:04 PM on 31 Mar 2008 Contractors will have to train workers to follow "lead-safe work practice standards" when renovating or repairing older dwellings that house children or pregnant women, according to new standards introduced Monday by the U.S. EPA. The new requirements are an attempt to keep lead out of the bloodstreams of babes, as structures built before 1978 are likely to contain ...
Topics: green building, green living, health, news, placemaking, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Play Ball! Washington Nationals will play in first U.S. green-built stadium		28 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:00 PM on 28 Mar 2008 The Washington Nationals will play their baseball season opener Sunday in the first green-built professional stadium in the U.S. The LEED Silver certified ballpark was built on a restored brownfield, and many building materials were produced locally. The stadium boasts efficient lighting and plumbing, drought-resistant plants, a concession area with a green roof, filters to keep stormwat ...
Topics: green building, green living, news, placemaking, sports, Washington DC (all these topics)

Bruce Almighty An interview with green designer and TV personality John Bruce	Sarah van Schagen	29 Feb 2008	Grist Feature
John Bruce is living in a material world. But he's no cone-chested pop star -- he's a green designer. A green designer who, during the course of an hour-long conversation, speaks excitedly about various eco-building materials, professing his love for natural clay plaster and calling sunflower-seed-based particle board "super beautiful." He even credits his love of such materia ...
Topics: green building, green living, green products, interview, TV (all these topics)

Not-so-dirty dancing NYC nightclub groovin' to a green tune	Sarah van Schagen	12 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Dirty dancing is so 2007. An NYC hot spot aiming for LEED certification could become the first eco-club in the U.S., W Magazine reports:Jon B., owner of Manhattan nightclubs Home and Guest House, plans to open Greenhouse -- the first eco club in the U.S. -- in time to make it New York Fashion Week's buzziest hot spot. In the three-story space on 10th Avenue, LED lights replace standard bulbs, the toilets are programmed to use less water, furniture is covered wi ...
Topics: green building, green living, New York City, placemaking (all these topics)

Please do disturb New certification in the works for green hotels	Katharine Wroth	11 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Saw a passing reference in a piece on travel trends about a new certification scheme for green hotels. Supposed to be developed in the next 90 days, says Joe McInerney, president of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. AHLA's site, meanwhile, has a list of hot green hotel progress, ranging from Motel 6 using sensors to turn off heat and AC in unoccupied rooms to the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas pursuing LEED certification in part by building a monorail to the Bel ...
Topics: green building, green living, greenish companies, business, travel (all these topics)

Right Club Brad Pitt wants you -- to help with his NOLA green-building project		03 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 1:27 PM on 03 Dec 2007 Brad Pitt -- OMG he's so dreamy! Sorry, reflex. Where were we? Brad Pitt today unveiled designs submitted by architecture firms for his Make It Right campaign to build 150 affordable, sustainable, storm-safe houses in New Orleans. Architects were asked to design a 1,200-square-foot, three-bedroom house for about $150,000. Pitt also unveiled a display of pink fabric "houses" ...
Topics: celebrity, green building, green living, news, placemaking (all these topics)

The Gingerbread Diaries Building an eco-home from a favorite holiday sweet	Roz Cummins	29 Nov 2007	'Tis the Season
When my friend Deanna told me that she wanted to make a gingerbread house this year -- and, in particular, to do so on Black Friday, aka Buy Nothing Day -- I immediately asked if we could make an environmentally sound house. The chances of my ever being able to afford the real-life eco-house of my dreams are slim unless I win the lottery, but I figured I could at least afford the gingerbread ver ...
Topics: food, green building, green living, holiday, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

The House That Love Un-Built Green un-building catching on in the U.S.		18 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 12:14 PM on 18 Oct 2007 What's the opposite of green building? Green un-building (aka, deconstruction)! And it's catching on in the United States in that if-you-have-the-time-and-money-and-inclination kind of way. About 245,000 houses are torn town in the U.S. each year and roughly 1,000 of them are carefully deconstructed with up to 85 percent of their parts going to other projects or getting recycled. The remains ...
Topics: green building, green living, news, United States (all these topics)

Teach Your Children Well Schools across the U.S. go green		11 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:10 AM on 11 Sep 2007 Perhaps in an attempt to prepare students for an eco-college experience, many elementary, middle, and high schools are getting in on the green-building trend. Sixty schools across the U.S. have been certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, and 360 more are waiting to have applications approved; in 2000, only four schools applied for certification. The new generation of educational edifices boasts fea ...
Topics: education, green building, green living, news (all these topics)

Loan star Making energy efficiency possible for cheapskate homeowners	Clark Williams-Derry	20 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Apropos of my recent realization that if I had bought a new furnace on credit rather than waiting to save up the cash I'd have saved a bundle of money over the last 5 years, here's something I've been meaning to write about for months: a Vancouver developer that came up with a smart -- I mean, diabolically smart -- financing scheme to build a super-efficient condo complex. (Proving, I suppose, biodiversivist's point that spreadsheets are, in fact, wonderful thi ...
Topics: energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green building, green living, placemaking, Vancouver (all these topics)

You Look Radiant On radiant heating	Umbra Fisk	18 Jul 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, We're trying to build a really small house and be really economical as we do it. Radiant floor heating sounds practical for the first floor, although it's expensive. What do you think about radiant floor heating, pluses, minuses, efficiency? Radiantly yours, Kerry Florence, Mass. Dearest Kerry, Thank you for helping me to write about radiant floor heat basics by sending in your question as requested. How I have coveted a ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy at home, energy efficiency, green building, green living (all these topics)

Heads You Lose On replacing toilets	Umbra Fisk	09 Jul 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I'm selling my house in Los Angeles and my toilet is not low-flow. One of the inspectors is trying to tell me I need to replace my toilet with a new low-flow. Well, I know the old ziplock baggie filled with water trick. But I saw that you made mention of some kits to reduce the flow from 3.5 gallons per flush to 1.6 gallons a flush. I believe in recycling. I don't feel that I have to replace my working toilet. Can I modify ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, ecological footprint, green building, green living (all these topics)

Two Green Builders Take Trains Leaving From Different Stations... U.S. schools betting on benefits of going green		29 May 2007	Daily Grist
Two Green Builders Take Trains Leaving From Different Stations... U.S. schools betting on benefits of going green When we were kids, the only thing green about our schools was the vomit-hued paint on the bathroom walls. But times change, and these days, schools across the U.S. are incorporating green features that save money, improve student performance, and help protect the planet. The trend is ...
Topics: education, green building, green living, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Water is more precious than gold Material intensity in water use	Gar Lipow	08 May 2007	Gristmill
(Part of the No Sweat Solutions series.) Before discussing water savings, we need to define what we mean by 'use.' The EPA refers to withdrawal and consumption. Withdrawal is the amount taken from surface water and the water table. Consumption refers to the amount chemically combined with something (so that it is no longer fresh water) or evaporated. Water discarded instead of consumed is referred to as 'returns,' because it is supposedly reusable. This does not even ...
Topics: agriculture, green building, green living, water crisis, water pollution (all these topics)

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