Green Source Magazine is backed by a MAMMOTH: McGraw Hill Construction. To give you an example of how powerful they are, McGraw Hill’s construction related web site is construction.com. Anyone who can get their hands on that web domain is a major player in the building industry, if not one of the largest. McGraw Hill […]
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This web site has some cool stuff. It is called Conservation Technology and has a very sensible approach to building green. They really get it.
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I was checking out some cool plant pottery at this site PedlersWaggon.com. The pottery holds water and lets it out slowly, keeping the plants fresh during times of no rain. Very cool. And then I noticed on the shopping cart page a little note that said: “We ask that wherever you may live to refrain
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‘We learned that a product doesn’t sell just because you’re trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly.” Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s, on their “Peace Pop” product that flopped. This is an important point for those of
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The Green Builder Magazine is slick. The magazine certainly isn’t green with it’s glossy pages and radiant colors. Whoever is behind it appears to have good funding. Or they are really proffessional. Their staff is large and their sponsors are too – Dupont, Home Depot, Whirlpool. Mainstream of Green Magazine The magazine has good content
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Home Energy Magazine is a mag for those green builders who believe the world can be saved through a more energy efficient home. It’s the mechanics and not really the people that will save us. Their magazine is full of reviews and pictures of houses without people. No people to be seen anywhere. Lots of
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If you have ever wondered how much it would cost to install a green roof on a Brooklyn brownstone, how long it would last, how much you would save in heating and cooling, the payback and all sorts of other information then you can go to this green roof cost/benefit calculator. It is called the
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The NY times ran an article on the Transition Town. The concept of a Transition Town is simple: The world is going to crap. Lets get together in a small community and get ready for it. This means becoming a self sustainable town. It is basically survivalist meets commune meets small town. I wonder how
One of the cool things about being a Brooklyn green contractor with my very own green show house is that I get to have all sorts of visitors to talk shop with. It is like a mechanic showing off his custom hot rod or a farmer with his fields. I get lots of green minded
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