I have been reading a brand new book by Brian Dumaine from Fortune and Time and other august establishments. It’s called The Plot to Save the Planet
My first response to reading this was “Wow!”
There are a lot of different organizations working from many different angles trying to come up with products ands methods to […]

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Jamie Lerner is something of a hero in green, sustainable urban planning. He’s become known for creating a strategic vision of cities for people, not for cars.
As one of Brazil’s most popular mayors, Lerner was elected three times. He helped transform the southern city of Curitiba from a collection of shanty towns to a pleasant […]

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I said my next post was going to be on President Bush’s state of the union address, but it was so boring to listen to…
But I did listen to public radio this morning: Earth and Sky was talking to R.K. Stewart. Stewart is the 2007 President of the AIA, the American Institute of Architects.
Stewart […]

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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has introduced the next version of the LEED® Green Building Rating System for Existing Buildings. Entitled LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance this version includes fewer program prerequisites, greater emphasis on facilities operations and maintenance, updated referenced standards and expanded sections on water efficiency, energy performance, building commissioning […]

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