Jetson Green

Green Your Business, Lifecycle of a Green Product, Energy-Efficient Dwellings, + James Lovelock (WIR)

50 Ways to Green Your Business
7 Steps in the Lifecycle of a Green Product
Kansas Coal-fired Power Plant rejected over carbon dioxide.
Cement is crucial for growth in booming economies but an enemy of green.
UA architecture students set out to prove that energy-efficient dwellings need not be expensive.
Scientist James Lovelock says that global warming is irreversible.

Donald Trump’s "Greatest Golf Course" hits bird bunker – seven bird species, and plenty of Scots, hold up $2 Billion development.
Morgan Stanley estimates that clean energy sources like wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels could grow to as much as $1 Trillion a year by 2030.
Wind turbine on your roof? Not so fast. Obstacles include cost, output, noise, and even damage to your home (but even obstacles are surmountable).
It’s a Fab, Fab World – Modular homes are stylish and affordable.
Eco-friendly City Branding – Sacramento looking to become green.

The Swelling McMansion backlash – tactics include energy-consumption restrictions, petitions, and outright building moratoriums.
Realtors Sell Green – specialized training boosts real estate agents’ eco credibility.
Hyper-green products go ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ – growing list of products aiming to win new eco-certification.
Ten principles for sustainable city governance.
Mass-produced green buildings: not an oxymoron – can a cookie-cutter approach speed up the pace of green building in the US?

Most Americans and Canadians say "green" labeling just a marketing tactic.
Harnessing the Wind to Fuel India’s Growth – as nations examine their carbon output, wind turbines provide one alternative to coal.
Will sustainable development "shake up" architecture?
Clean energy can’t meet growing demand, which is outstripping supply, pushing up prices, and raising the specter that some states may not meet clean-energy mandates.
Green Building Moves Outdoors – the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the development of a new rating system for landscape design.

Hard Facts on Soft Costs – What is LEED Going to Cost Me?
A Mighty Wind – Rooftop wind turbines are an increasingly popular way to generate electricity in cities. Also, Home Power Magazine released their Small Wind Turbine Buyer’s Guide (pdf).
The ‘Green Building’ trend is growing in residential construction.
President Clinton announces record number of Clinton Global Initiative commitments in first 24 hours of conference.