An Autumn Observation

Has anyone in southeastern PA noticed how beautiful and brilliant the autumn leaves are right now?  It seems we’re at our peak, which typically occurs in mid-October.  Even though the season is called Fall, most of the leaves haven’t done that yet. As much as I appreciate the variety of vibrant colors, it is a […]

This Year’s Top 10 Green Building Products

BuildingGreen, publisher of the GreenSpec® Directory and Environmental Building News™, recently announced its selections for the top 10 green building products for 2007. The GreenSpec® Directory now features over 2000 innovative products. This years top picks

Environmentally-Friendly Nature Center to be Built

If any one thing in this world makes sense, it would be this! Nature centers, whose whole purpose is to be a venue where people can enjoy and learn about nature, should be built with the environment-at-large in mind. It’s nice to see this concept catching on.

South Jersey Gets its First Green Building

Being a Jersey girl, I know first hand why NJ is called the “garden state”, even though many people associate New Jersey with a less desirable ambiance. But the little state has everything: rolling hills, farmland, forests, cities, and the ocean, making it a great place to live, if you can afford the […]

Los Angeles Plans to Clear the Smog!

What, they don’t like the big gray cloud that hangs over the city?! The Los Angeles Planning Commission has just approved measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions through green building programs.

Green TVs?

Thinking about buying a new plasma or LCD television for that special someone? Well, now you can find TVs that aren’t quite the energy hogs as they used to be. A program to reduce electricity usage, and thereby reduce pollution and global warming, “Energy Star” comes to the rescue.

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