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Fun stuff: Sac Green Home Expo and a friendly mention 0 Comments Published by Rob McQuade on Monday, May 5, 2008. Tag this post: del.icio.us | Digg it | reddit | Yahoo MyWeb | Google | StumbleUpon | Add to Technorati Faves Green Home Expo opens in Sacramento May 8th Okay, so maybe you

I have been enjoying these old VW ads lately. I think they really hit on something with that car when they first built it. It was like they were decades ahead of their time with the concept. Build something that is both cheap reliable and iconic.

 The following is another excerpt from the story of our travels to Burkina Faso.  Read along as we brave the Metro in Paris, become red with African Dust in Burkina Faso, and climb rickety ladders to reach rooftops.  Our intent?  To learn more about Earth Roofs in the Sahel and to see for ourselves the life-changing effect of this program.

LJ Urban (Sacramento CA) is building an eco-urban community in Sacramento CA, appropriately named The Good Project. The Good Project consists of 35 LEED-certified homes with Energy Star appliances, solar panels, air intake air conditioning, tankless water heaters, low-flow plumbing fixtures,

Before I post the next chapter of our travels in Burkina Faso, I think I should take some time to address a comment that was made on my last post. The commenter raised some really important questions, and I don’t think we can over-explain here.  I thought it was a good opportunity to bring some more understanding to what this is all about.

Buy a house, give a house On January 10, 2008, I highlighted the streamlined cause-related marketing campaign of TOMS Shoes, whereby for every pair of their Argentine-inspired alpargatas shoes you buy, another pair goes to needy kids in places like Africa and South America.