ecobroker: JUNE CHALLENGE... I'm cheating! - 06/21/08 04:41 PM
From the ECO-All-Stars~ GREEN Resources, Trends & Friends GroupJUNE CHALLENGE...YOU Design A GREEN Community…1) Pretend you are in a position to design this LAND for use by all living things...Human and animal and plant and yourself . . .2) WHAT STEPS would YOU take to create an eco-village/community/conservation neighborhood here? Would … (0 comments)
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ecobroker: Energy audits? - 06/21/08 10:17 AM
Recently California Association of REALTORS® successfully did some heavy lobbying against a bill that would have forced “point of sale energy audits.” To over simplify it, the bill would have made it so that all residential sales would need to be inspected for energy efficiency before closing. Many good arguments were … (4 comments)
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ecobroker: Wow, I can just about feel my head swelling - 05/08/08 06:26 PM
In the mail yesterday I received my May issue of California Association of REALTORS’® monthly magazine, California REAL ESTATE. Low and behold right there on Page 10 in the Technology column by Rick Broida, Who do you think was blabbed about and quoted? That’s’ right yours truly!I answered his call (here … (3 comments)
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ecobroker: Solar? Not shure yet? Don't buy it yet, just rent it! - 05/08/08 09:49 AM
Many of us want to go solar but are either just not in the financial position or are thinking that ‘as soon as I jump in something better will pop up.’ In the mean time we are using dirtier power and watching energy get more expensive almost by the day. Well … (0 comments)
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ecobroker: Amador City, CA. Area Photos - 04/21/08 02:37 PM
Amador City, The smallest incorporated city in California, has all of the charm and old gold rush feel that sets Amaodor County apart from all of the other areas of this great state. Not to mention André's Bakery. If you've been you know...
Amador City sits on highway 49 just North of … (0 comments)
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ecobroker: Ok, You say the house is Passive Solar, But what do you mean by Passive Solar? - 01/07/08 11:34 PM
This post is not so much about Amador County Real Estate as it is about green building and general knowledge.
Lots of people toss around “green” statements, one of the most common, often misused term in listings is “PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN”. Now its not that these people are being dishonest or … (5 comments)
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ecobroker: Ecological and health pitfalls and benefits when buying or selling real estate. - 12/14/07 05:12 PM
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ecobroker: Find a Donkey in Amador County? - 11/21/07 05:18 PM
One more little thing that put a smile on my face and makes me love Amador County that much more! In today’s local paper; the Ledger Dispatch, a headline read ‘Donkey Needed for Las Posadas’ that just tickles me. It turns out that four churches in Sutter Creek are sponsoring the … (0 comments)
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ecobroker: My little activerain real estate Thanksgiving. - 11/20/07 01:52 PM
Today, I woke up thinking about Thanksgiving, makes sense as it is one of the big family holidays and it’s just around the corner. But what I was thinking about was my wonderful clients and friends that I have made over the last few years, working in real estate here in … (1 comments)
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ecobroker: "Take-It-Back!" - 11/07/07 09:26 PM
Amador County residents now have a great new option for disposing of used batteries and fluorescent tubes & bulbs.
We all know how much energy can be saved by using compact fluorescent lamps instead of incandescent light-bulbs, but some of the materials in CFL's are very hazardous to people and the environment, … (3 comments)
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ecobroker: How I beat a guy with a Duck Billed Platypus. - 10/24/07 05:55 PM
For the record, NO egg-laying, poisonous, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammals from South of the equator, were hurt in this story.
Ok, I should probably give a bit of background on this one, I was hanging around with a bunch of friends one night and one of them piped up that global … (2 comments)
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ecobroker: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Amador County, CA. has it's first EcoBroker(R) designee - 10/24/07 12:58 AM
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ecobroker: West Coast Green residential building conference and expo - 09/27/07 10:02 AM
On Thursday September 20th 2007 the ’07 WEST COAST GREEN conference and expo opened at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in down-town San Francisco. This trade show focused on the greening of the residential home. From advanced SIPS construction to zero VOC coatings just about anything that could go into a … (1 comments)
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ecobroker: Well Amador County is only the Ninth best place to live… - 09/19/07 07:05 PM
At least that is what Progressive Farmer magazine said in the article on the “Ten Best Rural Areas to Live in America”. I of course think that they must have missed something. But nine is good. In the article on Amador County, Jamie Cole the author, points to the wide spread … (0 comments)
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ecobroker: Who wants to live in a town called Bedbug? - 09/11/07 02:35 PM
Yes, during the days of the Gold Rush, the miners knew this town by the names of "Bedbug" and "Freezeout." But the Name Ione, believed to have been given by Thomas Brown (after one of the heroines in Edward Bulwer Lytton's drama "The Last Days of Pompeii.") finally stuck. Unlike many … (1 comments)
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ecobroker: Twenty-one things that you might not know how to recycle, and how you can. - 09/11/07 10:23 AM
1. Appliances: Goodwill accepts working appliances, www.goodwill.org, or you can contact the Steel Recycling Institute to recycle them. 800/YES-1-CAN, www.recycle-steel.org.2. Batteries: Rechargeables and single-use: Battery Solutions, 734/467-9110, www.batteryrecycling.com.3. Cardboard boxes: Contact local nonprofits and women's shelters to see if they can use them. Or, offer them up at your local Freecycle.org … (4 comments)
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ecobroker: Come to the Amador County Farmers' Market in Plymouth, Ca. - 09/07/07 02:09 PM
Yesterday I dropped by the Amador farmers market that is held in Milo Sharkey Park on Main Street in Plymouth from 4:00 pm. to 7:00 pm. This market is held each Thursday afternoon for the month of August and the first two weeks of September.These markets are run as a fund … (2 comments)
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ecobroker: Amador County Farmers' Markets - 08/29/07 10:50 AM
Farmers’ markets are catching on all around Amador County.Not that the idea is new, the idea is as old as farming itself, but over the years many of us lost track of the idea of local produce sold at local markets. This is one of the fundamental practices that build communities … (2 comments)
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