http://greenerati.com Green Building and Lifestyle Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:54:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_736" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Casa Solaris"][/caption] The tourism department for Puerto Rico claims that the ex-military base for the US turned tourist destination Vieques offers visitors a eco-island experience. They may claim eco-island status as a whole however we had to search pretty diligently to find anything authentically eco friendly. Our ... http://greenerati.com/2012/01/13/true-sustainable-eco-lodge-at-hix-island-house-in-vieques/ It’s been a dry winter in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and that must mean that Mother Nature must be telling us something. She’s telling us to go sustainable or no more snow. Maybe that’s an exaggeration but some resorts have begun to get the message. Some resorts (like Northstar) have ... http://greenerati.com/2011/12/26/northstars-new-zephyr-lodge-shoots-for-leed/ Did 2011 see us take a step backward in the Green movement?  It may be so with the residual cleanup from the BP oil spill and the federal government relaxing there stance on creating tougher emissions standards. The lost momentum on one side may be offset by the momentum gained ... http://greenerati.com/2011/11/14/rev-lennox-yearwood-jr-at-the-2011-green-festival-in-san-francisco/ Is there such a thing as Military Eco-intelligence? Normally we wouldn't dare consider the military Eco-friendly considering all of the weapons and other military waste that they have left behind in their various closed military sites. Seeing the new documentary Semper-fi Always Faithful didn't exactly change our minds. When Marine Corp ... http://greenerati.com/2011/11/07/semper-fi-documentary-film-military-eco-intelligence/ We all make decisions in life. For Chile they have a whopper of a decision that centers on Patagonia. The new documentary film Patagonia Rising that plays at Doc Fest 2011 revolves around issues that will likely alter the region and have far reaching effects in the future. Patagonia Rising investigates ... http://greenerati.com/2011/10/10/new-enviremental-documentary-patagonia-rising-plays-at-docfest-2011/ [caption id="attachment_680" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Eco-Pirate:The Story of Paul Watson "][/caption] Is it our imagination or do the local film festivals continue to add more environmental based films to their screening lists. It must be a sign of the times. Just like the cold war themed films of the 60s many films, ... http://greenerati.com/2011/09/19/environmental-films-srcreen-at-upcoming-mill-valley-film-festival/ How could anyone not notice the small box of growing vegetables sitting atop a large fish tank sitting outside the zero energy house at the entrance to the PCBC and West Coast Green conference? Sure, this unusual fish and vegetable combination drew a lot of eyeballs but did anyone stop ... http://greenerati.com/2011/06/24/aquaponics-outside-pcbc-and-west-coast-green/ San Francisco might be known for food, liberalism and Green laws but also for density. Not the stupid kind but rather living in tight quarters. With those ideas, it made sense to combine PCBC and West Coast Green especially considering that real estate, especially new construction and Green building, continue ... http://greenerati.com/2011/06/23/pcbc-and-west-coast-green-combination-organic-architect-speaks/ Screening at the San Francisco International Film Festival 2011 Looking at the opening images from the feature documentary Detroit Wild City, the Motor City look more like something made like Mad Max film or as one of the Detroit locals mentioned in the film that the Motor City resembles Dresden after ... http://greenerati.com/2011/05/10/detroit-wild-city-feature-documentary/ [caption id="attachment_647" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Scene from The Light Thief"][/caption] Sometimes it takes seeing things from a different perspective to realize what the big picture is. In the case of “The Light Thief” which plays at the SFIFF later this week, this small deftly made film plugs into  social and environmental justice ... http://greenerati.com/2011/04/29/the-light-thief-plugs-into-environmental-and-social-justice/