I’ve written about White Roofs, Green Roofs, Solar Roofs and even Green Curtains. They’re all good. But Gary Trudeau, in his unbeatable way, brings it all back home.
I’ve written about White Roofs, Green Roofs, Solar Roofs and even Green Curtains. They’re all good. But Gary Trudeau, in his unbeatable way, brings it all back home.
I’ve wondered out loud here several times about convergence – getting our galloping consumption down in the developed world while simultaneously raising the standard of living for the citizens of developing nations. You can do this a thousand different ways, most of which can “cool” the planet. One critical approach is for developing economies to […]
I went to GreenBuildingsNY 2009 the other day and had a fine time. The show had everything from windows and doors, to toilets and garbage disposals, to solar PV and green roofs – and beyond. Knowledgeable vendors, great stuff. Green building, for my money, has nothing but upside. As I wrote in my article for […]
Green Roofs – I have seen the future and it works. (Well, in the case of the Soviet Union, it didn’t, but with green roofs, it definitely does and will.) I’ve written before on this unbeatable approach to lowering the urban heat island effect, diminishing the troublesome problem of stormwater runoff, and providing a stunningly […]
First of all, sorry to have been absent for a week (plus), but I’ve been wrapping up the end of semester with my great students at NYU, been to a conference (more on that next week), had a house guest with whom I did some local culture, and a few other odds and ends. I’ll […]