Brant Meyer interviews Chris Schooley, former Development Manager of the Belvedere Development for Stonehaus .
Browsing Category Green
Carnival of the Green # 152
My Second favorite, due to my shift this year to riding my bicycle around Charlottesville is Zoom Life’s submission – Zoom Life presents the Top 5 Electric Bicycles of 2008 Electric bicycles, or e-bikes, bridge the gap between bicycles and scooters by giving you a vehicle which is both human and electric-powered. … My personal belief is that altruism and “doing the right thing” will carry us to a greener world only so far – – as evidenced by this story describing how funding is getter harder to get for green startups – we need to Go Green to Save Green to achieve a broader adoption of green lifestyles.
Albemarle County now has TWO Curbside Recycling Options
If you end up filling your containers too early, just let us know and we will be happy to pick the containers up the next time your day of the week comes around (this is considered an unscheduled pickup). … Pricing: Startup Fee (includes up to 3 containers) $40 ($10 extra for every additional 3 containers) Price per scheduled pickup $10 ($5 extra for up to 3 additional containers) Price per scheduled pickup (with 6 month prepaid agreement) $9 ($5 extra for up to 3 additional containers) Price per unscheduled pickup $14 ($5 extra for up to 3 additional containers) We will try and accommodate any requests you may have so just let us know!
C-Ville Goes Green
Well, their new blog does at least .
No Roaming – What a Shame
One of the significant consequences is that kids don’t have relationships with nature : Experts blamed the widening gulf between children and nature on over-protective parents and the hostility to children among some conservationists, who fear that they will damage the environment.
…And from the Guardian – A major study by Play England , part of the National Children’s Bureau , found that half of all children have been stopped from climbing trees, 21 per cent have been banned from playing conkers and 17 per cent have been told they cannot take part in games of tag or chase.
Going Green to Save Green
One of my clients who recently bought in the City of Charlottesville sends this note – We are officially a 1-car family now, I sold my car and bought a bike over the weekend. Look…
It All Depends on What you Consider Green
Simply put, it does not yet seem to be economically viable – from a production-to-scale point of view – to build a house with all green aspects , and frankly, I don’t think that the builders are “there” yet (perhaps they should read Builder’s Greywater Guide: Installation of Greywater Systems in New Construction & Remodeling; A Supplement to the Book “Create an Oasis With Greywater” ).
…I see what the production builders in Charlottesville are trying to do with “green” as a balancing act of capitalizing on the green trend by integrating simple changes (low-VOC paint, recycled carpet, rain barrels, tighter building envelopes, sealed crawl spaces, higher-efficiency HVAC systems) with making a profit, producing a quality product and doing something good in/for the community.