The Financial Times had another blockbuster special report on energy out a couple of weeks back. Some highlights: US policy: A nation in thrall to the power of oil in which we learn that federal policy has been generally a failure for decades – no news there, I’m afraid. “The only really successful federal policy […]
I was at this year’s Urban Green Expo in New York and vastly enjoyed William McDonough’s keynote presentation. He is an architect, designer, sustainability expert (from way back), and co-guru of the visionary Cradle to Cradle framework for building and living. McDonough’s talk had several key themes: * there are no wastes, only nutrients; * […]
The Urban Green Council is the NYC Chapter of the US Green Building Council. The New York City folks are very active, extremely creative and progressive, and forging true global leadership in green building and design. I attended their inaugural Urban Green Expo last year, and went again this year. The theme this year of […]