April 4, 2008
Culture, Environment, Film and Tele, Green Building, In the News, Issues, People
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Colbert Talks Green Collar Jobs With Van Jones
Check out this interview with Green For All president Van Jones on how green collar jobs will benefit the economy by providing lower socioeconomic groups with jobs and getting rid of a “pollution industry.”
Van Jones Video on the Colbert Report
Jones has been dealing with green issues, jobs, class and race for over 15 years, while Green For All works is a coalition uniting business, environmentalists and low-income communities towards creating green collar jobs.
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April 3, 2008
Environment, Green Building, In the News
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First “Green” Stadium in Washington, D.C.
The Washington Nationals kicked off their season in their new eco-friendly baseball park this week. It is the first green professional stadium in the U.S., stated the U.S. Green Building Council.
The new stadium received certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) council last week.
How D.C. Nationals Get Green
The ballpark, built on a restored brownfield, features Read the rest…
March 5, 2008
Environment, Green Building, In the News
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Seattle Area Fires Linked to Eco-Terrorism
Four multi-million dollar homes went up in flames in Maltby, Washington, with evidence indicating that an eco-terrorist organization had burned down the buildings, claiming the buildings were not green enough.
“Built Green? Nope black!” was spray-painted on a sign with the initials of Read the rest…
January 25, 2008
Environment, Green Building, Issues
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Energy Star Certification Symbol
taken from EnergyStar.gov
ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.
January 11, 2008
Environment, Film and Tele, Green Building, In the News, Issues, Making Money Being Green
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Green News Headlines
Hunters Are Worried About Global Warming
Pulled from the SF Chronicle with Commentary from Matty Byloos for GEaP; April 9, 2008
Global warming could force elk and mule deer from much of the American West. Wild trout could disappear in lower Appalachian streams. Read the rest.
Aspen Environment Forum: The Word on Gray Wolves
By Lisa Hymas for GRIST; March 28, 2008
The gray wolf population in the northern Rocky Mountains is being dropped from the federal endangered species list on Friday. Read the full story.
Bats Perish, and No One Knows Why
By Tina Kelley for New York Times; March 25, 2008
Wildlife biologists fear a significant die-off in about 15 caves and mines in New York, as well as at sites in Massachusetts and Vermont. Whatever is killing the bats leaves them unusually thin and, in some cases, dotted with a white fungus.
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January 10, 2008
Green Building, Issues, Making Money Being Green
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Building Green — USGBC’s LEED Approach
Jake Kulju
As more homeowners become conscious of their environmental impact and the significant health risks that conventional building poses, a market for green building has been steadily growing over the last decade. To monitor the process, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) was established as an official regulator of LEED building projects.
What Is LEED?
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a rating system of the USGBC that gives green builders the tools they need to meet the five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. LEED acts as a benchmark for the “design, construction and operation of high performance green building.” LEED was formed Read the rest…
December 21, 2007
Green Building, Home, Stuff
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Teragren Bamboo Products
Teragren manufactures bamboo products using safe, renewable building materials. All of their products, from flooring to panels and veneers, are “made with environmentally safe materials from rapidly renewable Optimum 5.5™ Moso bamboo.”
Further, their “bamboo flooring, bamboo panels and bamboo veneer surpass stringent international and U.S. environmental standards and contribute to two U.S. Green Building Council LEED® credits.”
Products like their formaldehyde-free, food-safe bamboo parquet butcher block panels are eco-friendly pieces ideal for countertops, islands or tabletops in the environmentally-conscious dwelling.
To contact Teragren, visit their website, where you can order a brochure and samples.
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