The focus of this blog must return to its origins, now and then. Namely, how to design, build and operate very energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable buildings. What’s the world’s most sustainable commercial building? That’d be the 50K sq. ft. 6-story …
Homage to “The World’s Greenest Commercial Building” – Pt 1 of 2 Read more »
As many of you know, the minimum 55 countries needed to ratify the Accord have done so. How great is that?! In fact, the number of “parties” ratifying so far is 81. India was a major “grab” for doing something …
Update on the Paris Climate Accord • Cap-and-Trade and other Mitigation too Read more »
Late last month on a Sunday evening I attended Blue Water Congregation’s Celebration dinner buffet at St. Anthony’s of Padua Catholic Church on the far east side of the city. It was immediately evident at St. Anthony’s that pave-over has long …
What Baltimore Congregations are Doing to Improve Stormwater Remediation Read more »
“Wild nature will heal PTSD” The dedication of what’s now officially named “The Green Road Healing Woodland Garden” occurred late Monday morning, September 26th. The sky was overcast. Tree cover across the Green Road Garden was plentiful. A family of …
CarbonCureTM – Simply Better Concrete “Now CO2 from smokestacks can be permanently sequestered inside Ernest Maier concrete masonry.” “100K grey block absorb the same amount of CO2 as 110 full grown trees will absorb in a year.” Let’s call it “green …
Bacteria thrive as the Atlantic warms, The Washington Post, 8.10.16 Environmental journalist Chris Mooney reports: “Tiny marine organisms capable of causing deadly infections in both fish and people are becoming more prevalent in the North Atlantic coastal regions as climate …
Subtitle: “About Dreams, Hope and Community Transformation–Starbucks CEO & Co. too.” A much more recent alum of the graduate school I attended shows how she cares about the vitality of her community in this marvelous 6-minute TED Talk. She’s trained …
Yes, ubiquitous. You’ve seen … from the grocery store bagging areas to lugging hands, to stormwater inlets, to river banks, and, to tree branches. Ugh! I haven’t seen them in my dreams, as yet, but they’re just about everywhere else. …
“In a land of glaciers, even optimism is receding” Appearing on “The World” page of a recent Washington Post edition, the subtitle to Tim Craig’s piece reads: “The villages of Pakistan’s scenic valleys are coming to terms with what life …
This isn’t really a joke, or humorous, is it? Let’s look at an easier topic. Vineyards. Inland. In January 2015 I posted about Certified Biodynamic wines which, for me, are satisfying for the way the vineyards are run; sustainable farming …
Looking for Waterfront Ownership? Consider a Vineyard Instead. Read more »