LEED stands for “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design”, and it is an internationally-recognized green building standard and certification. I am asked this question quite often so I figured it would make sense to assemble some research for those looking for an easier-to-understand definition than can be found on some other sites. LEED was created [...]
What’s the first thing you think of when you think of the phrase EcoNest? Well, if you thought of an eco-friendly comfortable home, you’re pretty close to the meaning I came up with too. Natural building pioneer Robert Laporte and architect Paula Baker-Laporte created the EcoNest concept over 15 years ago, and along the way [...]
Living an environmentally-conscious lifestyle still carries a stigma of sacrifice. Take these common excuses for not making changes in our daily habits: “There’s no way I could ever give up meat – I need the protein.” “I need my truck to haul things.” “I’d compost, but I don’t want to attract scavenger animals to my [...]
These days, building your dream house is more complicated than ever. When in the past you can just stake out an empty lot and declare it as yours before gathering the materials you will need to build a crude house, you now have to go through a number of financial, bureaucratic and architectural loopholes in [...]
The following is a guest post by Nan Fischer, a Certified EcoBroker specializing in green real estate in Taos, NM. Check out her website www.nanfischer.com, and follow her on Twitter for a daily green news feed, www.twitter.com/nan_fischer. Nan writes about green building, solar energy and the environment on her blog, www.desertverde.com. . If you are [...]
A few weeks ago while flipping channels, I caught a few minutes of ABC’s Extreme Home Makeover TV show. I will admit that when the show first started years ago, I did watch a few episodes as it was kind of interesting and heart warming. But I quickly got bored and stopped watching – until [...]
