Open the Door to Greener Options III

Whether you are upgrading your old, damaged interior doors, or building new construction, there are many options out there for the environmentally-minded consumer looking to add some character with reclaimed wood doors. A great option is to visit your local architectural salvage shop where you’ll find solid wood doors in need of [...]

11th Annual Tucson Innovative Home Tour Scheduled

The 11th annual Tuscon Innovative Home Tour and Solar Tour is scheduled for this weekend, November 1st and 2nd. Visitors can speak with homeowners, designers and builders to gain an understanding of the latest green building techniques for new and existing homes in southern Arizona.

Open the Door to Greener Options II

In January, I wrote a post about green options for new interior doors, where I talked about Humabilt’s formaldehyde-free wheatcore doors and TruStile’s formaldehyde-free MDF doors. Of course, since then other manufacturers have followed suit and now offer eco-friendly options—all of which have no added urea formaldehyde.

Bright Green Buildings Are Profitable

The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) announced today the release of a comprehensive report on “bright” green buildings. “Bright” green buildings combine the best of intelligent and green building design and increase profits, [...]

My First Podcast!

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak about my blogging efforts with Tom Tucker of GreenBlogosphere.com during a podcast interview. I spoke about my inspiration for writing a blog about sustainability, green building, and eco-friendly living, as well as related topics. Click on the play button on the audio player right below to have a listen!

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Green Business Conference Will Show the Way to Success

If your business is looking to green its operations, the Green Business Conference presented next month by Co-op America’s Green Business Network can help. The conference will feature workshops on: ‘responsible sourcing, reducing your company’s carbon footprint, creative financing, effective marketing, and growing green businesses in a challenging economic environment.’

Save a Tree: Use Less Paper

Americans use more paper per capita than any other nation which goes right along with our outrageous lifestyle of consumption. Approximately 4 billion trees are cut down each year just to make paper. While many trees are replanted, our growing demand for paper products exceeds the growth rate of many tree species. [...]

Greening the Office

There are many ways to start making your office more eco-friendly. Easy things to do include:

recycling
sending emails rather than paper memos
using washable coffee mugs, kitchen utensils & dishes
purchasing recycled-content office paper

Book Club for Green Building Professionals

The U.S. Green Building Council has created GreenWorks, a great resource to obtain the latest and greatest books on sustainable design and green building. The online book club is the place for “professionals to connect with others in the field, share their thoughts on various books, ideas and authors, as well as learn more [...]

Green Workshops for West Virginia Small Businesses

Small businesses in West Virginia can gain valuable insight into green building and energy efficient concepts, as well as biofuels production and renewable energy, at the “Advancing Sustainable Development” workshop series this month in Beckley.

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