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Learning to “Speak Green” with Rite Mind!!
If you are like me, learning about the “Green” industry, living sustainably, developing an “ECO FRIENDLY” lifestyle and basically getting in tune with Mother Earth, has really opened up a whole gamut of new windows and doors, while CLOSING many others!
I have come to a personal realization that whether I believe it or not, our planet, [...]
WHAT IS UP WITH ALL OUR STUFF??
What is the Story of Stuff?
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff [...]
What is Renewable Energy? A Work of Art.
When one jumps onto the “Sustainable Building” Train - the amount of information about all the various aspects of building for living sustainably, and creating a sovereign lifestyle can seem quite daunting. But like anything that is “new” - by keeping at it and picking up a little bit more each day - like a [...]
GOAL: GETTING TO NET ZERO BUILDINGS
The more one researches about “BUILDING GREEN” - “SUSTAINABLE BUILDING” - “CONSCIOUS LIVING - the more one realizes the less one knows, and the more there is to know!! It’s wild. It’s GREAT!
There are many initiatives going on ALL OVER THE WORLD. From governments to grass roots. The great thing is we’re all pointing [...]
Building Green isn’t only about Energy Conservation
My dad always respected his responsibilities as steward of his possessions including home and land and also strongly believed in Energy Conservation. I can remember it like it was yesterday - where he always insisted in his strong bellowing voice to “close our doors and lights” whenever we’d leave a room or house! PERIOD!
Maybe it was because he [...]
Recycling to the Max … better than conventional mining!
URBAN MINING. And why not? Just one of the by-products is a much IMPROVED, cleaner environment. And if we enlist the elderly, the unemployed, those on welfare… who knows how much more good can come of it!!
Japan is a prime example… in fact their rapidly aging population is leading the way in one town to create a zero-waste community, recycling everything, [...]
To Build Green or not to Build Green?
It’s time… We need to get educated and then help educate others on Building Green!
We need to know that Perka’s Steel Frames fit perfectly into closed loop sustainability and in zero waste design systems. And they are free standing sovereign structures. You can put ANYTHING on the envelope.
Soon Team Perka will be passing on opportunities to add off grid [...]
You thinking that building will help you be more sustainable?
Despite these challenging socio-economic times - there are many many gems of opportunity popping up! The whole “green” sustainable lifestyle movement is actually growing exponentially. And it is more than a movement … on the eve of the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock - it is becoming more and more apparent that it is a necessity [...]
Simple tips for increasing home efficiency…
Here are some tips that are profoundly “simple” yet can make a HUGE difference in energy efficiency of a home, school, church or business… Every once in a while I fall into one of these gems of information that just MUST be passed on. Full acknowledgement goes to buildingwithawareness.com for their work. For more amazingly [...]
Are you still wondering if Building Green is really “the way” to go?
While it is probably the fastest growing “awareness” the human race has ever grown into - one might be surprised to hear how so many of us still wonder if Building Green is “worth” it???
“Building Green” is not only good for the “environment” which it does by preserving energy by not “wasting” it needlessly, consuming less non-renewable [...]