tag: green building

Eco-Friendly Tips to Insulate Your Home

It is hot out there! We know that insulation helps us run that air conditioner a bit less, but what you might not know is that there are lots of different insulation options, and certain types ar…

94 comments

Sustainable Living Inspiration from an Eco Village

Folks who watch Morgan Spurlock's show 30 Days might know a bit about Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage from the episode about off grid living. That show is where I first learned about this intentional commu…

55 comments

Conserve Water With a DIY Rain Chain (with video)

I was sitting enjoying a warm downpour in my garden screened-in porch when my roof gutter gave way. It was like a dam had broken, and the water started to funnel down like an inverted geyser. I watche…

64 comments

Green Building: The Greening of Southie

Do you live in a city? If you do, you know that city dwellers face a particularly unique set of sustainability challenges. Cutting through the complexities of the effects of global climate changes on…

8 comments

Green Cities: How Does Your City Rank?

Portland, Oregon is the most sustainable city and has earned the top distinction since SustainLane began ranking the 50 greenest large U.S. cities in 2005. One of my best friends will be moving to …

8 comments

A Greener Home: 5 Steps

Last week, the New York Times ran an interview with the author, Eric Corey Freed of Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies, and asked him what 5 steps homeowners should take to achieve a greener home…

74 comments

Green Schoolhouse

Do you know the children's book A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman? Well, if you don't, I'll catch you up. It's a sweet picture book that begins with, "A hill is a house for an ant, an ant…

6 comments

Bay Area builders make green pledge

SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 15, 2008—Bay Area builders are vowing to curb the energy they use building homes in half by 2020. The pledge halves energy consumption compared with 1990 levels, said Joseph …

9 comments

back

video spotlight

Kitten & Mother Love (Video)

stay in touch with care2

meet our writers

Joe B.

Joe Baker is VP of Causes and Advocacy for Care2. Joe oversees Care2's campaigns with its nonprofit partners. Previously, Joe worked for Amnesty... more