Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, takes a pragmatic and very funny look at trying to build “the greenest house on the block,” without living in a home made of “twigs, pinecones and bird nests.” Ultimately Mr. Adams decided that to him “green” means  ” . . . living the life you want, with as much Earth-wise efficiency as your time and budget reasonably allow.” This practical and pragmatic approach to living green is far more appealing to the great majority of people who want …

It’s short, funny and eye-opening.

Here is a newer video of Ed Begley, Jr, an environmentalist who practices what he preaches.

Eco-Friendly and Patient Friendly Are Newest Trends in Healthcare.  In this video we are remined that while hospitals make up only four percent of the country’s total building population, they  consume eight percent of the energy.  Here is a solution, a hospital so green it is the platinum standard.

‘Tis the season for lists — the Top Ten — and even “green” was given a list this year — for sustainable building, transportation, and socially conscious green companies.
But first, here is an interesting video made a few years ago that is both humorous and thought-provoking.  It will be an interesting comparison.

A new green building report has been released and it shows ” impressive growth during 2009, amid a brutal construction market that has decimated other segments of the construction marketplace, according to the 2009 Green Building Market & Impact Report published today by GreenerBuildings.com” as reported on GreenBiz.
The Hearst Tower in New York City was the first green building to receive a gold LEED certification for core and shell and interiors.

Some time ago we talked with Roger Manny of Jacobs Engineering with regard to green building. One of the problems with going green, of course, is tight money during a recession. Some commercial investors are sustaining major losses, even on traditional buildings. However, Manny talked creativity.

Josh Saunders at Green Biz reports that green colleges are now being rated by the Princeton Review. He points out that “the trend of colleges and universities going green is growing at an incredible pace.”

If your wind turbine conks out and it’s located off the Shetland Islands where the Atlantic Ocean meets the North Sea, who are you going to call? That’s one of the questions that nagged Tony Hayward, CEO of BP and guided BP’s decision to abandon the UK and look to the wide open spaces of America.