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Comment on Hollywood wars over who’s the greenest celebrity by Bookmarks about Hollywood

Bookmarks about Hollywood — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:45:41 +0000

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Comment on Going to Greenbuild? Want to network? by Vik Duggal

Vik Duggal — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:46:41 +0000

With the Internets becoming more and more social, it is now easier for us to go to any event, not just GreenBuild and continue the dialogue and connect with more than just our immediate network.

We’ve found at Konstructr that the design and construction industry is ready for BIG leaps in so many areas and communication inside the industry is one of them.

We really appreciate you Katie. Taking the time to write about us and spreading the word to the industry.

Design smart. Build sustainably.

Comment on Um… is a sustainable MBA really necessary? by Kate Davies

Kate Davies — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:56:15 +0000

As director of the Center for Creative Change at Antioch Seattle, I’d like to invite you to respond to the survey mentioned in Katie’s post.

I’d also like to say why we are considering launching an MBA in Social and Environmental Sustainability.

- Antioch Seattle is part of a national University, with a 155 year history to social justice, socially engaged citizenship and experiential education. Ever since the days of Douglas MacGregor, Antioch has been a pioneer in education for business and organizational development. Our new degree will build on these traditions, our strength as a national university, and our commitment to educational innovation.

- The Seattle campus has offered fully accredited graduate degrees in management and environmental sustainability for over a decade. This makes an MBA in Social and Environmental Sustainability a natural choice for us.

- Consistent with our strengths, the new degree will emphasize social sustainability, unlike other local “green” MBA degrees. Moreover, this emphasis will be integrated with environmental sustainability in fully interdisciplinary coursework.

- Our current and prospective students, as well as our alums, have told us that they’d like to see us offer an MBA in Social and Environmental Sustainability.

- Our new MBA will be fully accredited, unlike some of our competitors. Antioch New England already offers an MBA in this subject, and we will be building on its success.

Thank you!

Comment on Is green building mainstream yet? Ask Vanity Fair by Mark

Mark — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:28:51 +0000

hi this is mark

Link Building

Comment on Chambers Bay golf course tree vandalized but why? by Lessons in golf

Lessons in golf — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:54:48 +0000

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Comment on Where are the LEED buildings in Washington? by Steve A.

Steve A. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:20:49 +0000

The WPUDA headquarters is a great example of a poorly designed LEED building. I had the opportunity to tour it last month as part of the national solar open house tour. 80% of their PV panels don’t face south, their bicycle parking within the parking garage lacks room on either side to actually put bikes into the mount. The water feature out front is quite ill conceived, as when it cycles every few minutes, the stainless steel drainback tank in the lower parking area booms like a drum.

It serves as a perfect example of designers going just far enough to gain LEED points, but not enough to actually see a useful design.

Comment on The economy: will green building take a hit? by Tatiana

Tatiana — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:18:24 +0000

Very useful post. where can i find more articles about The economy: will green building take a hit? ?

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Comment on Could your project be denied because of its greenhouse gas emissions? The idea is spreading like wildfire here by Kari-lynn

Kari-lynn — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:00:25 +0000

Here is the summary of the background information for Massachusetts v. EPA. Hope this helps.

It was argued in front of the Supreme Court on November 29, 2006. The decision wa published April 2, 2007. However the case began its journey in 2005.

Essentially environmental organizations and state and local governments, brought an action challenging the determination of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to regulate motor vehicle emissions that may have contributed to global warming.

There was an interesting (surprising even) decision on standing, but the nuts and bolts of the GHG stuff is that are clearly within the Clean Air Act’s broad definition of an air pollutant and thatthe EPA had the statutory authority to regulate the emission of such gases from new motor vehicles. Without a showing of any congressional intent to bar the EPA from addressing global warming.

Also and importantly, the Court indicated that that global warming threatened serious harms, and policy considerations were irrelevant to the EPA’s statutory mandate to determine whether the green-house gases contributed to global warming and whether motor vehicle emissions of such gases could endangered public health or welfare.