World’s First LEED Net Zero Home: Eco Kitchen – buildaroo.com

We took a trip to Sebastapol, California to tour the first LEED home in the world! The home was built from the ground up by Paul Rosen, Founder of North Bay Energy as well as a builder and sustainability consultant. Amazingly, the house is so energy efficient that the total annual utility cost is less that $10! Skeptical? Well we were too, so Paul invited us to tour the home while he explained all the different design features. We like this home because its energy efficiency coupled with the fact that it produces most of its own electricity during peak energy hours means that its carbon footprint is very low. In addition, this home has some really cool design elements and a stunning landscape. This episode covers the home’s beautifully and efficiently designed eco-kitchen. Some of the kitchen’s eco-friendly features include: sustainably manufactured and locally sourced tile countertops, high end durable appliances, water efficient dual drawer dishwasher, natural daylighting with strategic skylight placement, task lighting and reclaimed wood flooring. To see other parts of this sustainable home, stay tuned for the upcoming episodes of this series. If you are interested in more information about the home, contact us at contact@buildaroo.com, and we will put you in touch with the owner. This video is the second part of a series on this home. Check back soon for part 3 at www.buildaroo.com And for more videos and information about sustainable green building check out www …

Reed Elementary Receives First Ever Green School of the Month Award from EcoLifeSTL.com

Cyndee Blank, of EcoLifeSTL.com, presents the first ever Green School of the Month award to Dr. Chris Schreiner, Principal of Reed Elementary in Ladue. Reed School received the award because of their ongoing efforts to promote green living in St. Louis. The Waste Free Wednesdays where students and staff bringing lunch and snack from home are encouraged to pack waste-free every Wednesday, the Walking School Bus Program, which encourages more children and parents to walk to and from school, and their Bike Rodeo are excellent examples of what meaningful steps schools can take to becoming greener. Schools are encouraged to go to EcoLifeSTL.com to get ideas on how go green.

Solar 2, NYC’s First Net-Zero Energy Building

At 8000 sq feet, with solar panels and geothermal wells, Solar 2 will be the building of the future. Coming soon… Meanwhile, learn all about it from this video by the world-reknowned Ogilvy & Mather.

MDOR Green Recycling Company Completes First Shipment

MDOR.OB Rubber Buffing Production as of 12/12/2008. This is the Bagging, conveyor, magnetic, and separator system. MDOR.OB is a fully reporting public recycling company trading on the Nasdaq OTCBB. Magnum’s 98000+ sq ft mixed use building on approximately 10 acres of land islocated at 2035 Rene-Patenaude Magog (Quebec), J1X 7J2 within the Technology Center of Magog. Magnum currently holds open contracts with NSS, LLC equating to over $130 Million USD over the next five years for the production of both rubber nuggets and rubber buffings. Magnum owns the exclusive rights to North America and future Global Rights to an array of next generation cost-saving custom compounds, patents, process technology, and trade secrets of Sekhar Research Innovations srielastomers.com that will allow for rubber to be reconstituted and specially blended into EPDM powders, and EPDM compounds. Magnum/SRI have and are developing new high tech custom compounds, processing aids, recycling solutions, and advanced state-of-the-art equipment. Recent photos: magnumresources.net

Green Life – Taking those first small steps

Green Life – Taking those first small steps

 

Making small changes as and when you can puts you firmly on the road to

living a much greener lifestyle. Trying to jump into it all at once can be counterproductive, in fact, because the subject area is immense and is growing all the

time. Instead, decide what your priorities are: Think about where it would be

easiest for you to begin. Start there, and work up to the bigger or more difficult

issues.

 

Your priorities may not be the same as other people’s, but that’s okay:

They’re yours, and you’re entitled to them. Be prepared to adjust them as

new information becomes available, however. Research is ongoing in most

areas of green living, so arguments will change. In the meantime, take one

small step every time you’re ready to, and keep aspiring to be greener.

 

We chose them specifically because they make you significantly greener with minimal effort. Examples include replacing your light bulbs as they burn out with compact fluorescent models and replacing your cleaning supplies as they run out with environmentally friendly ones.

 

Another tip that’s super-easy to implement is to buy items with less packaging.

Consider, for example, what would happen if you bought toilet paper in

double rolls, which contain twice as much toilet paper in a roll than regularsize

rolls. That cuts down the number of cardboard tubes inside the rolls by

half, and it also decreases the amount of plastic that’s used to wrap the packages!

If you recycle the cardboard tubes that remain, even better.

 

And if you slit the plastic wrap open only at the top of the package, you can reuse the wrap, perhaps as a trash bag. See how easy that was?

As you read through this book, jot down a list of actions that you could see

yourself taking fairly easily. When you have a list, it’s easier to prioritize the

tasks so that you don’t feel you need to tackle them all at once.

Turning Green Choices into Habits around Your Home

 

Reducing, reusing, repairing, and recycling are the four most important

actions when it comes to adopting a greener lifestyle because they all contribute

to conserving the Earth’s resources.

 

Tips throughout this book help you reduce your consumption of everything from packaged goods to energy.

Your home is one of the best places to start making green living changes

because you have the control to make the choices that are best for you.

 

Along with energy efficiency, water conservation is a major issue, and it’s

where you can really make a difference. Between the source and your faucet,

water has to be pumped at various stages, and that takes energy, as does the

process of treating the water. If you conserve water, you do double-duty by

conserving both water and energy, and that helps to reduce the amount of

carbon emissions pumped into the atmosphere.

 

 

 

Most of the water used in homes — whether it’s for flushing, washing, cleaning,

or drinking — is processed to the point of being high-quality drinking

water. Although systems do exist to divert greywater (water that’s been used

in sinks, for example, for hand or dishwashing) to toilets for flushing, they’re

not yet a common feature of home building and renovations.

 

However, you can make a difference by preventing as much good-quality water as possible from running down the drain into the sewers from where it has to be

reprocessed back into drinking-quality water.

 

When it comes to waste, reduce what you buy as much as possible — including

choosing the least amount of packaging possible — as this will naturally

reduce the waste you generate.

 

Then assess your waste to see what can be reused or recycled — what’s waste to you may be useful to your friends and neighbors or to a nonprofit group.

Of course, your home extends to your yard, as well.

 

Making Your Greenbacks Even Greener

 

When it comes to spending and saving money, your dollars can go a long way

toward greening your lifestyle. Start with the necessities of life — choosing

what you eat and what you wear — and assess how you can do both in ways

that are both socially and environmentally responsible. Then expand these

issues to the banking arena, looking at where you can park your money and

how you can invest your savings to help you as well as your community

and the planet.

 

Shopping greenly and ethically Shopping is a great opportunity to make your lifestyle more sustainable.

 

Choose the greenest options available to you, such as food produced using

as few chemicals as possible, grown locally in season, and transported over

as short a distance as possible to reduce the amount of fuel used.

 

Other green options include clothes made from organically produced materials,

goods made from recycled materials rather than resources that have to be

mined from the earth, secondhand or vintage goods, and those made from

biodegradable materials.

 

Ethical issues, including how the people and animals involved in the production

processes were treated, are also important to consider. Ask stores

whether the workers, producers, suppliers, and farmers involved in the production

chain are paid fairly, have good working conditions, and can sustain

their production (meaning that they have enough left after feeding themselves

and their families to maintain their premises or buy new equipment

and seeds).

 

Avoiding goods produced using child labor or in sweatshop working conditions also may be a priority for you. Animal welfare is a growing concern as well; consider choosing meat and dairy products that come from animals raised in humane conditions rather than intensively farmed, overcrowded pens and cages.

 

Support your local community socially and economically by buying your

food, gifts, crafts, home items, and clothes from local producers and businesses.

If that’s not possible, look for Fairtrade-certified products that assure

you that growers and producers were treated fairly.

The First EV (Electric Vehicle) Taxi is Debuted in Tokyo, Japan

www.betterplace.com Witness an environmental milestone as on April 26th, 2010, the first switchable-battery EV (electric vehicle) taxi takes to the road in Tokyo, Japan. Watch scenes of the battery switch process which takes as little as 60 seconds to complete. Tokyo plans to eliminate up to 20% of their total car CO2 emissions by eliminating taxi emissions with the use of EV (electric vehicle) taxis.

German autonomous car takes its first spin in Berlin

Designs approved to rebuild school
The Mesquite ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved plans to rebuild Floyd Elementary as a two-story structure during its regular meeting on Monday.

Read more on The Mesquite News

New Cree High-Voltage, Lighting-Class LEDs Enable More Efficient LED Bulbs
Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, extends its lighting-class LED leadership into high-voltage LEDs with the commercial availability of new XLamp MX-6S and MX-3S LEDs.

Read more on PhotonicsOnline

High-level green officers are sprouting in N.J. corporate suites
Market, customer and social pressures are prompting companies to put executives in charge of sustainability near the top of the corporate tree so that they have more clout and to send a message about the companies’ seriousness in address green issues.

Read more on The Record

Outlook for Shale Gas in Europe Is Uncertain
Environmental concerns and other issues could complicate the extraction of shale gas in Europe, said the chief executive of one of the world’s largest oil and natural gas services companies.

Read more on New York Times

German autonomous car takes its first spin in Berlin
As Google engineers and Italian scientists take on autonomous cars, so too does a group in Berlin. They hope to kickstart the industry with new kinds of cars within a decade or sooner.

Read more on Deutsche Welle

Tour the First LivingHome with Steve Glenn on Be Green

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The Wedding Channel Couture Show Debuts Its First Ever Green Pavilion Hosted By The Green Bride Guide

New York, NY – Organizers of the WeddingChannel Couture Show and the Green Bride Guide today announced the addition of a special Green Bride Pavilion at New York’s Premier International Bridal Market, October 16-18, at the InterContinental The Barclay, New York.

“This is an important event for us and our members,” said Kate L. Harrison, the founder of the Green Bride Guide. “This is one of the most influential bridal events in the country, and it really brings this trend to the forefront of the industry.”

Harrison and her team are hosting the pavilion in the InterContinental’s Madison Room 1, and will be providing background information on the Green Bride Guide and how other event participants and attendee can “go green.”

“The Green Bride Guide has done a great job demystifying what it means to be ‘green’ for our industry, and that’s why we wanted to invite them this year,” said Jane Heflin, the WeddingChannel Couture Show’s director. “It’s more than just about a trend and what’s hot – it’s an important challenge that every industry must face, and Kate has shown us that it can be done with style.”

The Green Bride Guide is the comprehensive and credible resource for green wedding product and services. The site’s directory connects couples with green wedding service providers in their area, such as restaurants that serve local, organic food and limousine companies that use hybrid vehicles. The directory includes vendors throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

“When my husband Barry and I began thinking about and planning our own green wedding, we were surprised by how little information was available to assist us. The book, The Green Bride Guide: How to Plan an Earth-friendly Wedding on Any Budget (Sourcebooks 2008) was the first step in compiling the results from the hundreds of hours I had spent researching green wedding ideas,” said Harrison. “When I launched the website in 2009, I was thrilled with the user feedback and response as it quickly became the #1 green wedding website. The Pavilion at the Wedding Channel Couture Show is the next step in the evolution of this idea, as it brings together green wedding vendors and the industry decision makers at a live event.”

For further information on the pavilion and the Green Bride Guide, go to www.greenbrideguide.com/WCCS. For more information on the WeddingChannel Couture Show, go to www.wccoutureshow.com.

Members of the press and bloggers that visit the pavilion will receive a complementary ECOBAG and green media kit.

GREEN BRIDE MEMBERS IN THE GREEN BRIDE PAVILION
(A full description of each company in the pavilion and the list of “remote vendors” participating in the ECOBAGs are available at www.greenbrideguide.com/WCCS)

1) Divine Chocolate, Fair Trade Chocolate Favors: Contact is Marvin Mack, (202) 525-0371, www.divinechocolateusa.com

2) Gwendolyn Gleason Eco-Chic Couture, Gowns, Hats, Facscinators and Bridal Accessories: Contact is Designer Gwendolyn Gleason, (413) 374-1787, www.gwendolyngleason.com

3) Invitesite.com, Modern Eco Invitations: Contact is Helen Driscoll, (626) 793-4600, www.InviteSite.com

4) Milo Paper, Personalized Holiday Cards, Notebooks, Invitations, Announcements and Stationery: Contact is Mari Kalorides, (202) 256-2150, www.milopaper.com

5) Ruff & Cut, Conflict Free Jewelry: Contact is Eugene Torres, (866) 920-7898, www.ruffandcut.com

6) Seams, Bridal Couture and Partywear: Contact is Designer Harper Della-Piana, (978) 473-3398, www.SeamsTheShop.com

7) Smartbride Boutique, Wedding Classifieds Website (wedding gowns and other products): Contact is Leah Andrew, (416) 727-1561, www.SmartBrideBoutique.com

Visit http://www.greenbrideguide.com for getting more details and information.

Source:
http://www.1888pressrelease.com/the-wedding-channel-couture-show-debuts-its-first-ever-green-pr-245102.html

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