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Saving the Environment Saves More Than the Earth(0)
Copyright Laura Silver
I was intrigued by a comment I heard on a radio show about retirement planning a while back. The guest said it that was impossible to determine how much money to plan for unless you had some idea of what would make you happy in retirement—that most people tended to look for a [...]
Growing Green Communities: Eco-villages & Co-housing
by Laura Silver
One of the things I like best about the green-building movement is that it looks at more than carbon footprints, energy use, healthy and renewable construction materials, (all of which are both necessary and laudable). It also rethinks the basic tenets of why and how we build.
Green construction has taken the concept of [...]
We Need a New Metaphor
by Laura Silver
There’s a bumper sticker from the sunsetting Dubya Bush era that I just love: At Least the War on the Environment is Going Well. Kinda’ sums up a lot of issues in one short phrase.
It also makes me think about our tendency to use combat imagery for difficult social issues: The War on [...]
A Different Kind of Tree House
by Laura Silver
I’m mildly obsessed with trees — real trees, images of trees, and almost anything with a leaf motif. So it’s no wonder I keep going back to my November/December 2007 Natural Home magazine, with its article on Chrysalis Farm — a sustainable home designed by whole-tree architect, Roald Gunderson.
Gunderson’s designs use whole young [...]
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