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global warming: Visual Aids for 2030 Goals - 06/01/09 03:28 PM
I think it is well known tat the more ways people are given information, the more likely they are to retain it- if the see it as well as hear it for example. There is a reason for having lots of pictures and visual tours of your listings.
Here is a visual aid for those of you who are interested in to help explain the importance of the  2030 goals and the complexity of the issue. Gavin Schmidt is a NASA scientist and he has teamed up with a great photographer to create a book that illustrates some of the not so common … (4 comments)

global warming: Don't Forget to Turn Off the Lights! EARTH HOUR 2009 - 03/19/09 09:09 PM
Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message grew into a global movement  Fifty million people turned off their lights to show their support for sustainablility. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome's Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square all stood in darkness.
On March 28, at 8:30 pm local time, one billion people will go dark for Earth Hour. World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world to turn off their … (7 comments)

global warming: Green building - 07/22/06 01:37 AM
 In a previous post I wrote that 60% or more of greenhouse gases come from buildings. That was information from an older book by Santa Fe architech Ed Mazria. More recent information says that the current annual energy consumption by buildings is 48%....I'd love to believe that better insulation and more efficient appliances and HVAC systems have contributed to that change. I'm sure that using more efficient building techniques has helped too. As the use of SIP's, poured and tilt up concrete walls as well as alternative materials like strawbale and rammed earth become even more popular the building sector will be … (2 comments)

 
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My blog is as much about a philosophy of life and living as it is about real estate as a business. E.F. Shumacher subtitled his book SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL "Economics as if People Mattered" In the real estate industry we realize that people matter and that where they live matters. We now also have a larger responsiblity, I believe, to get them to consider HOW they live. Everyone in the developed world using less energy and resources makes it possible for those who have access to neither to experience a better life and to make the difference between their being able to having a roof overhead or not or for their children to eat or not. 



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