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EcoSherpa | Sustainable Living » Green Construction
Common Fire Housing Co-op
Each week many of our readers reach out to us via email to help inform us of the many wonderful eco-initiatives they support and are involved with. We received an email today regarding the Common Fire Housing Co-op in New York’s Hudson Valley. The Common Fire Housing Co-op is a 3,600-square-foot building located on [...]
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From Pool to Pond
I came across a really interesting webpage this morning during a random StumbleUpon session. It describes the conversion of a 24′ x 16′ x 7′ swimming pool into a beautiful backyard pond - undertaken by Erik Kilk shortly after moving into his new home in Portland Oregon. It’s not every day you hear about someone doing something [...]
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Green Options For Your Driveway
A recent question from one of our readers re: ‘green driveways’ inspired me to do some research on the topic. From what I can tell there are two main approaches: 1) creating a driveway that is literally ‘green’ with vegetation, and 2) using some form of porous concrete or asphalt. Both of these options have the advantage [...]
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‘EcoManor’ - 6000+ Sq Ft Green Home
Just came across an interesting article at CNNMoney.com. Apparently Ted Turner’s daughter, Laura Turner Seydel, and her husband have built the largest eco-home in the U.S. - it will be the first home over 5000 sq ft to receive LEED certification. She and her husband, Rutherford, an environmental lawyer, spent $1.5 million to construct EcoManor [...]
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Green Roof Training (Ontario)
Just came across these: Green Roof Training in Toronto Related ItemsArticles Education & Research Roofing Sustainable Design Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (the North American trade association for the green roof industry) is bringing the following courses to Room 304, Metro Hall, 55 John Street in Toronto on the following dates: March 29th, 2007: Green Roof Design 101 [...]
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Nathan Phillip Square Redesign Winner
Image courtesy of Plant Architect Inc In one of our Green News posts a little while back I included a link to an article (from Torontoist.com) about Toronto’s Nathan Phillip Square redesign competition - more specifically, an article providing a run down of the four finalists vying for the crown. Just the other day I saw [...]
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Garbage Warrior - Earthship Documentary
Thanks to Linton for the heads-up at Hugg about Michael Reynolds’ (of Earthship Biotecture) new documentary. The YouTube video features a trailer for the movie. Some info from the Garbage Warrior site: Shot over three years in the USA, England, India and New Mexico, Garbage Warrior is a feature- length documentary film telling the epic story [...]
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Santa Giulia Apartment Complex
Interesting article in Newsweek (link to follow) about a green apartment complex being built in Milan. …Norman Foster’s Santa Giulia complex, now under construction in southeastern Milan, is part of a new wave of “sustainable architecture” that is turning green a luxury. Foster’s 120 square hectare “city within a city” will have classic energy savers [...]
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Webcast With James Hansen & Ed Mazria (Feb 20th)
In case you have not already heard… From It’s Getting Hot In Here This Tuesday, February 20 from noon-3:00pm, The New York Academy of Sciences will host the “2010 Imperative: Global Emergency Teach-In.” The teach-in on “global warming, climate change, and the built environment” will be broadcast live on the web at www.2010imperative.org. Speakers include James [...]
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Ramsay Green House Project
Sorry for the slow week! Looks as though Steve and I have entered another busy period with work commitments etc. Have no fear though - with spring approaching (and exciting outdoor plans brewing) I have a feeling we’ll be posting much more regularly! Anyway… When I wrote my green dream house post last week, we received a [...]
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