LEED Points

Tag: environmental challenges

  • Asbestos…It really is a four letter word.

    I have to tell you I’m really thrilled at the number of guest bloggers our site is beginning to attract. While most people want to post good advice and information on the ‘green’ things that that you can do to make life and the environment better for yourself and those around you, every once in…

  • 30 of the World’s Most Impressive Social Housing Projects

    This link comes from OGD friend Scarlett Jackson. It’s posted on a rather interesting blog called Best MSW Programs which is a guide finding the best Masters of Social Work programs. Social work in an of itself is related to sustainable practices, in that, for example, a number of new social housing projects are being…

  • Energy Efficiency Put to the Test: Keeping Green in the Winter

    This is a guest post by Ken Myers. Thanks Ken. Air conditioning in the summer can easily drive the electric bill to high levels. However, winter can easily surpass the energy used to keep yourself warm. Unlike the summer, the cold of winter can be relentless and has fewer ways you can adapt. If you…

  • Attacking the Plastic Waste Epidemic Head On

    We were very pleased to discover this organization called the Plastic Bank.  It’s predicated on the idea that waste plastic, which is one of the world’s most daunting environmental challenges, possesses what they believe to be an “abundance of opportunity”. Their site, www.plasticbank.org, lays out the argument in very lucid terms and you come away…