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 talking about the walls […]
Archive for August, 2007
Eco Mani-Pedi
Published by Keith August 28th, 2007 in Bamboo, Environment, Green Building, Health and San Francisco. 3 CommentsPaul Hawken - Raw and Uncensored
Published by Keith August 22nd, 2007 in Environment, Foundations, Green Building, Health, Quotes, Real Estate and San Francisco. 1 CommentPaul Hawken, the noted author, environmentalist, activist and soon to be Hollywood star (look for him in the eco-doc The 11th Hour) spoke last 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 the soft spoken Hawken hammers […]
Green Building Does Not Cost More
Published by Keith August 20th, 2007 in Eco Homes, Green Building, Green Real Estate, LEED-NC, Money, Real Estate, San Francisco and condos. 0 CommentsAs 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 according to Oakland based KEMA Green […]
Green Insurance
Published by Keith August 17th, 2007 in Green Building, Green Real Estate, Green Savings, Real Estate and Water Recapture System. 0 CommentsWhen 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 companies will realize that […]
Energy Saving Goldfish Lamp
Published by Keith August 14th, 2007 in Green Building, Green Savings and Organic Food. 0 CommentsPeople 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 house light throughout a […]
Special 11th Hour Screening and Q&A
Published by Keith August 6th, 2007 in Environment, Movies and San Francisco. 0 CommentsThe 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 a heavy dose of […]
Zero Energy Home for West Coast Green
Published by Keith August 3rd, 2007 in Eco Homes, Environment, Green Building, San Francisco, Solar panels, Water Recapture System and West Coast Green. 0 CommentsIt 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 associated with temporary replacement […]
Bloggers Bloggers Everywhere
Published by Keith August 1st, 2007 in Real Estate and San Francisco. 0 CommentsEven we Green Real Estate bloggers 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 is the Real Estate Connect 2007 conference in San Francisco. The bloggers represent many of the true stars […]