LEED certified

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Water purification, nutritious food, mosquito netting, affordable housing, and a pair of shoes. PlanetShifter.com Magazine is down with Chicago Sustainability Designer Karen Kranz.

Generation Green is not an age group. It’s not about politics or personality, demographics or geography. It’s all of us. You are Generation Green, and we want to know:

What are you doing to redefine our future?
- USGBC

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Rush in the Goddesses: PlanetShifter.com Magazine Interview with Designer Amanda Fetterly, Manager of Communications, University of British Columbia

Campus Sustainability

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The New Global Community Engine from CoolTribe.com & PlanetShifter.com Magazine

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Brian Bose Goes to China with CoolTribe.com: The PlanetShifter.com Magazine and Networks Interview by Willi Paul

How do you define sustainability?

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Tianjin and the "China Green" Men: Defining Sustainable Soil (Two Emails at a Time) - from PlanetShifter.com Networks.

"What China proposes to develop harmonious society and especially to harmonize economic and social development and the environment is a way towards sustainable development," Munasinge said.

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“Skylights and Rough Sawn Wood” - The PlanetShifter.com Interview with Transcontinental / Green Architect Kristina Hahn

Congratulations, I just saw the interview with Ed Begley, Jr. on the planetshifter web page! What a coincidence; Ed called me a few weeks ago when he was looking for a “green” architect for his residential project… Kristina

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Green Building Information Modeling (BIM): The Planetshifter.com Interview with EcoDomus.com Co-founder and President Igor Starkov

“ Using EcoDomus it’s much easier for the average facilities manager to find items within the building (i.e. which valve to use to stop the leaking water pipe on the 3rd floor – you can trace in 3D the whole system; or select an item in 3D and see its design intent value and what a building sensor is telling about this piece of equipment at this moment and when the last inspection was performed).”

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10 Ways to Help Cities Grow Smarter - The Smart Growth Manual by Andres Duany, Jeff Speck, and Mike Lydon. GreenWay News from PlanetShifter.com Networks

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Starting-Up Green: The Planetshifter Interview with Sustainable Business Consultant and Author Glenn Croston

Green Business Planning for Green Business Success

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Kauai Hindu Temple Demos Sustainable Concrete - GreenBuilding News from PlanetShifter.com

Here’s a graphic illustration for how the quick is often the enemy of the sustainable. Kauai’s Hindu temple got a foundation built to last 1,000 years…it just took longer to dry (via Hinduism today).

Sure, builders love ‘modern’ reinforced concrete which reaches full strength in two days, whereas the ancient fly ash concrete takes three months. Yet, the quick-curing concrete only lasts for decades, while the other lasts for millennia.

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Submetering energy in dorm land: Greening Up that Energy Star rating thing.

Background to NY Times Article:

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“Every Job Needs to be Green”- The PlanetShifter.com Interview with Sustainability Consultant / Author Bill Roth from www.earth2017.com

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Just Because You Say It’s Green? The Eco-Certification Scene from Marc Stoiber, maddockdouglas.com

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Eco-certification and eco-labeling are hot – and hotly disputed – topics in business today.

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“Sustainable Innovations, Vision Made”: Interview with Gary Barker, President / CEO, Greenheart Global by PlanetShifter.com

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EPA Has Money for ”Smart Growth” - Write a Letter of Interest – GreenTech News from PlanetShifter.com

ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE: Approximately $70,000 per recipient in contractor support
COMMUNITIES SELECTED THIS YEAR: 3 to 4

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Catching Up with Lane College’s Roger Ebbage: Teaching Tomorrow’s Building Energy Managers!

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Five Easy Questions for Ruta Stabina, Sustainability Leadership Program Coordinator - The University of Oregon

About Sustainability Leadership at UOregon.edu

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Show us the money, Obama! Tom Kelly from Berkeley’s KyotoUSA / HELiOS Project “sees yellow in Copenhagen, COP15!”

Communiqué Tom Kelly from Berkeley’s KyotoUSA / HELiOS Project

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This SFIA EcoDesign Studio Project is by Trey Farmer and Michael Laham. Please ask the authors for their Project PDF.

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Building the East Bay Green Economy:
Critical Steps for Supporting & Engaging East Bay Green Businesses
by Elizabeth Redman

[ Please download the entire report - attached as pdf below]

Executive Summary

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By MIREYA NAVARRO
Published: August 30, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/science/earth/31leed.html?_r=1&hp

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Ecotech Design Studio, Malibu, California

Our goal is to develop zero carbon emission energy solutions for architecture and green high-value products through the reuse of materials producing zero landfill production techniques.

Our team of dedicated designers, engineers, and LEED certified architects, from around the world, strive to bring aesthetic green solutions to the world marketplaces.

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Dark Days for Green Energy
Peter DaSilva for The New York Times
Published: February 3, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/business/04windsolar.html?em

Workers at an OptiSolar plant in California inspecting solar panels. Because business has slowed, OptiSolar recently laid off workers.

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The Designers Accord ...
http://www.designersaccord.org/

is a global coalition of designers, educators, researchers, engineers, and corporate leaders, working together to create positive environmental and social impact.
The Designers Accord is made up of over 100,000 members of the creative community, representing 100 countries, and each design discipline.

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