Archive for November, 2009
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 [...]
Behind the Scenes at EarthFair 2010, part 1
by Laura Silver
The 21st Annual EarthFair will be held on April 18, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Balboa Park, San Diego. If it seems a little early to be talking about it, that’s because you aren’t responsible for creating it.
EarthFair remains the world’s largest annual environmental fair and Earth Day celebration, with [...]
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To create an online resource for authentic, positive information on sustainability and green issues in our community.
To educate and encourage site visitors in their efforts to make “green consciousness” part of everyday life.
To show that being green is cool, forward- looking and fun. There is plenty of doom and gloom reporting about what is going [...]
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