The inaugural World Green Building Day will be observed on Wednesday, September 23.
On Wednesday, a group of green building leaders, including architects, engineers, builders, planners, contractors and building owners will advocate for climate change legislation on Capitol Hill.

“As the built environment accounts for 40 percent of global carbon emissions, the green building movement has an unprecedented opportunity to make a major contribution to both national and international carbon reduction targets,” said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council.
With World Green Building Day, it’s a good time to think about LEED for homes. If you’re …read more

In the current frenzy to be cool  “going green” in homes, schools and communities, are we teaching youngsters (and adults) global warming lies?  Schools are “green” this year and youngsters report in class discussions how their parents are practicing or not practicing energy and earth saving tactics.  (Big Brother?)
Do we have the correct data or simply what politicians and those making money from the big industry of environmental and global warming wants us to know?  Are scientists, who present data that disproves the theory of global warming (and this group is growing), discredited and even lose their jobs because they’re not …read more

My goodness, I love Flagstaff. The location, the people, the brewery, the closeness to everything Grand.
Here’s another reason. The Arizona Republic reports:
More than 265 teenagers from 44 U.S. states and nine Canadian provinces will meet at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff from Monday to Aug. 3 to participate as finalists in North America’s largest high-school environmental-education competition: the 2008 Canon Envirothon.
Teams will be tested on knowledge of soils and land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife, and a current environmental issue. This year’s current-issue topic for the competition is “Recreational Impacts on Natural Resources.” Students will analyze long-term and short-term environmental, …read more

Greenpeace has an idea about how to make Kimberly-Clark listen up about using products that come from unsustainable sources, and they want your help. It’s called the Kleenex Free School Project and the goal is to tell the world’s biggest tissue manufacturer, loud and clear from the many little noses that need tissues, to use sustainable-sourced paper.
From Greenpeace:
Every time you blow your nose with Kleenex tissue, you’re blowing away an ancient forest. And every time you buy Scott or Cottonelle at the store, you’re flushing old growth trees down the toilet.
Most of the pulp Kimberly-Clark uses for its disposable tissue …read more

I try not to be a big product pusher but I can’t help point out these great reusable bags from flip & tumble.
Plastic bags are evil and they are becoming less and less available worldwide so reusable is the best way to tote.
There are lots of options for reusable bags but what I like about flip & tumble is, well, let’s face it, they are super cute. And roomy, and durable, and strong (20lb capacity!).
What I dig most is that they are easy to store, anywhere. These bags compact into an attached stuffsack and become a small accessory that …read more

Want to make Mother Nature mad? Cut down 100,000,000 trees, use 28 billion gallons of water, spew out CO2 to drive it around and then send it all to a landfill. If I were junk mail, I’d be shaking in my envelope.
Production of junk mail consumes natural resources and energy to make the annoying, unsolicited, endless attempts to sell you things you don’t want. And then it’s your problem to sort through and recycle. Not to mention the added risk of identity theft which will cut into the dollars you were planning to send to Sierra Club.
Get Help:

41pounds will reduce …read more