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Northeast (U.S.) Natural Building & Living Colloquium

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This natural Building Colloguium, hosted by Peaceweavers, I really think is great. No continuing education credits. No high-power, big-project architectural, engineering, interior designing firm reps to hobnob with. No suits, no ties, no shiny shoes. Sleep in a tent, eat vegan food. Learn about things like strawbale, cob, cordwood, timber framing, straw-clay infill, permaculture, community-supported […]

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Pew study: Green Jobs Growing More Than 2x as Fast as All Other Jobs

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This just out: Green Business is Booming. I agree. Eco Brooklyn is getting almost more jobs than we can handle. From the wire: The Pew Charitable Trusts has conducted the first-ever hard count across all 50 states of the actual jobs, companies and venture capital investments that supply the growing market demand for environmentally friendly

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Survey: Green Professionals Well Paid, Happy & Have Job Security

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This just out: Green workers are doing well. I would have to agree it’s good to be in green business right now. The only stress I have is growing pains. From the wire: The newly published, inaugural Carbon Salary Survey, is one one the first studies to provide detailed information about professionals working in the

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Green Building in Brooklyn – A 10 Year View

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Here is my take on green building in Brooklyn over the next 5-10 years. It is actually a lot wider than Brooklyn, but that is my focus. Rising fuel costs will drive people back into the city, this means there will be an influx of people into Brooklyn. This will keep housing prices more elevated

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Green Building – Conservation and Efficiency Before Renewables

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The concept of “Conservation and Efficiency Before Renewables” is an important green building practice. Lets break it down. Green Building Conservation The greenest building is to NOT build in the first place. In any green building it is important to constantly ask, “Is this building step necessary? Do we really need to buy this product?

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