U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson presents the LEED Gold Award to Chen Zhili, head of the Beijing Olympic Village. (Photo courtesy BOGOC) The Beijing Olympic Village received a LEED gold award from the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED, which stands for Leadership...
Norwegian music festivals lead the way to sustainablility by becoming the first music festivals to sign on with the UN Environment Program for climate-friendly events. The Canal Street Festival in Arendal, Norway and the Hove Festival on the island of Tromoya, outside...
Al Gore has released a plan from his home office in Nashville titled “A Generational Challenge to Repower America.” The plan is to get everyone on board to tap the entrepreneurial spirit of our nation and convert our dependency on fossil fuel to a...
Do you like fresh air, do you like the environment, do you care? Considering the data about junk mail may make you feel green in a whole new way. Read it and weep and then pick up your phone and cancel all those Pottery Barn and Frontgate...
Do you recycle your cans and paper, use efficient light bulbs or drive a hybrid car? How do your efforts to protect the environment measure up with the neighbors and the rest of the world? Now there’s a way to find out. It’s the Greendex: a...
The 5th Annual Alternative Building Materials & Design Expo (AltBuild) returns this year as the largest and most cohesive green-building Expo in Southern California, offering a number of ‘firsts’ and unprecedented presentations, including the...
