Green Home
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Gorgeous Green-Roofed 2 Bar House Springs Up in Menlo Park, CA
Inhabitat &bull Feb 2, 2012
Feldman Architecture designed and built this beautiful green-roofed 2 Bar House in the San Francisco Bay Area. The building is divided into a bedroom area and a perpendicular living room, and big expansive windows suffuse the space with natural daylight.… Full Story »
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Your Nose Knows When Your Green Home is Sick
Green Living Online &bull Jan 27, 2012Did you know that many house-related health problems - whether it's a conventional house or a green house plan - can be sniffed out with your nose? Yup, your sniffer might just be the best advantage you have for discovering that your home is creating health problems… Full Story »
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5 Easy Green Home Goals for the New Year
Re-Nest &bull Jan 27, 2012
These green home goals are immediately gratifying and won't ask you to "exercise more." The new year is a time for growth, and whether or not New Year's resolutions are for you, it's a good time to rethink things and… Full Story »
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Brad Pitt's Green Home Charity Gala Snags Big Names
ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip &bull Jan 27, 2012
According to the site, performers like Rihanna, Sheryl Crow, the Neville Brothers and Seal will entertain. Josh Brolin, Djimon Hounsou, Spike Lee, Blake Lively, Bennett Miller, Chris and Jada Paul, Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey are on the host committee.… Full Story »
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The green home audit v.2
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Jan 27, 2012
Before decamping to Cancun for a week, my friends Amy and Dave asked me if I could cat sit their little ones, Merle and Mona. What was the first thing that ran through my head a solid three weeks before… Full Story »
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Au revoir D.C.! Solar Decathlon relocates to sunny Southern California
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Jan 27, 2012
It's official: The SD is landing in the OC. Having taken place in Washington, D.C., since its inception, the 2013 edition of the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon will be located in Irvine, Calif. Well, it looks like the Solar… Full Story »
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Au revoir D.C.! Solar Decathlon relocated to sunny Southern California
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Jan 26, 2012
It's official: The SD is landing in the OC. Having taken place in Washington, D.C. since its inception, the 2013 edition of the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon will be located in Irvine, Calif. Well, it looks like the Solar… Full Story »
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Gorgeous Green-Roofed Cliff Home Sits on the Water's Edge in Gig Harbor, Washington
Inhabitat &bull Jan 26, 2012
Read the rest of Gorgeous Green-Roofed Cliff Home Sits on the Water's Edge in Gig Harbor, Washington Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", cliff house, eco design, eco home, gig harbor, green architecture, Green Building,… Full Story »
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London's Flint House is a High-Performance Handcrafted Green Home
Inhabitat &bull Jan 24, 2012
Read the rest of London's Flint House is a High-Performance Handcrafted Green Home Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, eco home, eco house, flint house, green architecture, Green Building, green design, green home,… Full Story »
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Playing catch up: Comings and goings
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Jan 21, 2012
This week: A community garden in Brooklyn and a popular green home design blog both sail off into the sunset while a Passive House 'sharing platform' and an abandoned frat house-turned-green dormitory are born. Architectural Record goes back to school… Full Story »
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PHOTOS: 125 Haus is Utah's Most Energy Efficient and Cost Effective Single Family House
Inhabitat &bull Jan 17, 2012
Read the rest of PHOTOS: 125 Haus is Utah's Most Energy Efficient and Cost Effective Single Family House Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", 125 haus, arj, atelier Jorg Rugemer, eco design, eco home, energy… Full Story »
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Eddie Van Halen Donates Guitars to Benefit Music Education
ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip &bull Jan 14, 2012
With tickets to their upcoming tour going on sale in the next few days, as well a recently announced new album, Van Halen is back! But lead guitar front-man Eddie Van Halen has made headlines with other endeavors, and it's… Full Story »
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Watch: 'Passive Passion'
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Jan 13, 2012
Like trance music and white asparagus, Germany's uber-stringent Passivhaus building standard is slowly but surely catching on in the U.S. Filmmaker Charlie Hoxie tracks its progress in the short doc, 'Passion Project.' The Passivhaus movement (known as Passive House here… Full Story »
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- Energy
- Architecture
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Playing catch up: Predictions aplenty
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Jan 7, 2012
This week: A few hunches, educated guesses and assumptions as to what 2012 will hold for the world of green home design and architecture. Plus, the growing trend of 'LeBron James-size' furniture. Buildipedia take a look into the green home… Full Story »
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Green Home Design Predictions
Healthy and Green Living &bull Jan 5, 2012
As we wade into a sparkling new year, heres what we know to be true: every item we use has an impact on our planet. Knowing this implores those who design our products for our homes to make ecologically sound… Full Story »
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West Hollywood Is First City To Ban the Sale Of Fur
ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip &bull Jan 5, 2012
In a bold move this past fall (which became official just about a month ago), the city of West Hollywood, CA has enacted a ban on the sale of fur clothing. Wedged between Beverly Hills and Hollywood, West Hollywood is… Full Story »
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Tiny apartments garner big attention in Vancouver
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Jan 5, 2012
A historic building on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside that formerly housed a SRO is transformed into a rental property containing 30 transformative 'microlofts' measuring under 300-square-feet. Aside from an almost overwhelming explosion of energy-efficient lighting options, if there was one single… Full Story »
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HOW TO: Make a Recycled Mustache Mirror
Inhabitat &bull Jan 3, 2012
Read the rest of HOW TO: Make a Recycled Mustache Mirror Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: diy fashion, diy projects, DIY tutorials, do it yourself, eco design, green design, green home decor, green how to, how… Full Story »
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Why the Green Movement Needs Women's Voices (Video)
TreeHugger &bull Dec 27, 2011From Alex Wilson's Your Green Home; James Howard Kunstler's Long Emergency; Starhawk's Empowerment Manual or Dan Price's Radical Simplicity, New Society Publishers have long been at the forefront of disseminating ecological consciousness and new ways of thinking about our role… Full Story »
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Stuff this: Green design and gardening books
Plenty Magazine - Environmental News and Commentary &bull Dec 22, 2011
Although it may not fit too comfortably into you average holiday stocking, an eco-living tome purchased from a local independent bookseller makes for the ideal last-minute gift. Okay folks, not to send you into a panic or anything but we're… Full Story »
