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Eco Mani-Pedi - 08/28/07 12:44 PM

We're so pretty. Oh so pretty and Green. We're normally not big spa-goers but when we can get our feet pedicured in a space that's so air quality friendly then we'll ready for the treatment. Normally day spas smell like toxic chemical factories with the paints and sprays and we're just … (2 comments)

Paul Hawken - Raw and Uncensored - 08/23/07 10:58 AM

Paul Hawken, the noted author, environmentalist, activist and soon to be Hollywood star (look for him in the eco-doc The 11th Hour) spoke the other night at a San Francisco fund raising and awareness raising event for the (as Hawken calls them “very smart”) members of the Full Circle Fund. Normally … (4 comments)

Green Building Does Not Cost More - 08/20/07 11:55 AM

As the condos continue to rise in mini Manhattan, otherwise known as South Beach in San Francisco, it continues to amaze and disgust us why developers and builders aren’t building LEED certified or the equivalent. Oh right, it costs more to build Green.
That retort just won’t cut it anymore … (1 comments)

Green Insurance - 08/17/07 11:41 AM

When the insurance industry finally jumps on the Green building bandwagon we know that we’re onto something. Not too long ago, Fireman’s Fund began offering Certified Green Building Replacement and Green Upgrade coverage. The new coverage protects Green certified buildings and owners who would like to capture Green benefits.Soon more insurance … (3 comments)

Energy Saving Goldfish Lamp - 08/15/07 06:57 PM

People are starting to see the light for this whole Green building thing. Five-one-oh Green architect Michelle Kaufmann teamed up with Seattle-based lighting company, Flux, to create the first in a series of energy saving light fixtures. We’ve heard it all before about those energy saving bulbs that cast uneven, haunted … (2 comments)

Special 11th Hour Screening and Q&A - 08/06/07 03:56 PM

The feeling was like sustainability meets Hollywood last night at the Embarcadero Theatres in San Francisco with a special screening of The 11th Hour followed by a Q & A discussion. The much awaited Leonardo DiCaprio docu-pic about the impending global disaster that we have on our hands gives the audience … (1 comments)

Zero Energy Home for West Coast Green - 08/03/07 02:35 PM

It won’t solve the housing problem here in the City but when West Coast Green occurs next month attendees will get a chance to tour a “zero energy” Green home right smack in the Civic Center across from City Hall. Yes, it’s a prefabricated house but not that nasty “Prefab” often … (2 comments)

Zero Energy Home for West Coast Green - 08/03/07 02:26 PM

Bloggers Bloggers Everywhere - 08/01/07 06:59 PM

Even we Green Real Estate blogers get giddy when we discuss the blogesphere with blog luminaries such as Lockhart Steele (from Curbed.com) or Matt Dunlap (from Realivent.com). It feels like an A-list Hollywood party except the location being the Real Estate Connect 2007 conference in San Francisco. The blogers represent many … (0 comments)

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