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Cars, Sprawl Are Killing Us: American Public Health Association
If there is any doubt that locating in car-oriented poor-transit served office parks and residing in likewise-vehicle-dependent low-density suburbs are injurious to our health--and one reason why healthcare costs are so high--a new report by the American Public Health Association,...
To Go Green, Spend Green When You Waste
In some ways Earth Day/Earth Week reminds me of Sunday and in the Christmas season in the Christian faith. These are the times when we try to do good unto others and to think about how to be a better...
The Marketplace Is The Answer For A Green Planet...And Tech
Forget save-the-planet sentiments and actions like last Saturday's Earth Hour, and laws, and regulations.The only way people and organizations will truly go green, and saving the earth and in turn boosting the market for green products and practices is by...
Earth Day Message: Take Meaningful Steps
The Earth is our home, folks, and there isn't exactly another piece of real estate like it in the galactic neighborhood, so let's not try to make in uninhabitable by our own hands.Here are some meaningful steps we can take:* Go...
Wanted: A 'GreenDex
There have been plenty to the point of overload of competing green claims--that some times amount to greenwash--regarding the apparent and supposed environmental benefits of buildings, products, features, technologies, services, and practices: from LEED buildings to telework.At the same time...
To go green, avoid greenfields for offices and homes
There have been a lot of articles lately about green buildings and homes. So when I find out about the ones located in 'office parks' and low-density subdivisions on what had just been open space i.e. 'greenfield development' I just...
