A recent question from one of our readers re: ‘green driveways’ inspired me to do some research on the topic. From what I can tell there are two main approaches:
1) creating a driveway that is literally ‘green’ with vegetation, and 2) using some form of porous concrete or asphalt.
Both of these options have the advantage [...]
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Just came across an interesting article at CNNMoney.com. Apparently Ted Turner’s daughter, Laura Turner Seydel, and her husband have built the largest eco-home in the U.S. - it will be the first home over 5000 sq ft to receive LEED certification.
She and her husband, Rutherford, an environmental lawyer, spent $1.5 million to construct EcoManor [...]
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Just came across these:
Green Roof Training in Toronto
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Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (the North American trade association for the green roof industry) is bringing the following courses to Room 304, Metro Hall, 55 John Street in Toronto on the following dates:
March 29th, 2007: Green Roof Design 101 [...]
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In one of our Green News posts a little while back I included a link to an article (from Torontoist.com) about Toronto’s Nathan Phillip Square redesign competition - more specifically, an article providing a run down of the four finalists vying for the crown.
Just the other day I saw [...]
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