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sustainability: Save the Planet while Supporting Our Troops - 08/23/11 10:28 AM
Cell Phones for Soldiers, a program started by 2 teenagers has expanded to provide over a half million pre-paid phone cards to soldiers serving overseas. Now both Canadians and Americans can contribute to saving the planet at the same time we support our overseas troops.
How Does It Work? Cell Phones for Soldiers is a non-profit organization that Collects your old cell phones, sells them to a recycling company and turns the profit into useable minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. and Canadian soldiers stationed overseas. Sacrificing their lives and giving up their time with their families, our troops … (2 comments)
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sustainability: Why Hire a Green Stager? - 01/29/09 07:47 PM
Yesterday someone asked me why, as a stager, I thought it would be important to clients or real estate agents that I understood green. It is funny, their question made me step back and I realized that the question never occurred to me because I just thought folks would automatically see the benefit. But it is an excellent question, so I'd like to answer it.
As a stager I work with realtors and homeowners to market properties. The principles of professional staging create a story about the house and the lifestyle that comes with that house. That story creates … (28 comments)
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sustainability: Culture, Sustainability and a Beautiful Smile – California Dreaming! - 01/29/09 12:46 PM
Late last year San Francisco's fabulous California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park received a Platinum LEED certification and now is considered to be the greenest museum in the world. It is a truly remarkable place. Not only does it combine under one roof (one amazing roof - but we don't want to get ahead of ourselves - back to the roof later...) a natural history museum, a planetarium, an aquarium, plus a 3-D theatre, library and science labs to support their scientific education and research goals, but it also has an amazing 4 story rain forest in the facility! … (11 comments)
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sustainability: Go Green in 2009! - 01/01/09 09:29 PM
DID YOU KNOW in a recent survey...92% Of people surveyed said "Green" features are important when buying property74% of consumers surveyed buy environmentally friendly products60% are willing to pay more for such items55% say they make a special effort to patronize retailers with a green reputation50% is the forecasted rise in energy cost by 201040% of new homes are being built with green features
On Tuesday, January 20th I will be teaching the first CSP/Live Green-Live Smart Green Building Science Training Course in Calgary, AB, Canada. I am very excited.
This course is for all Real Estate Staging Professionals, Home Inspectors, … (9 comments)
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Joanne O'Donnell
Oakland,
CA
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