If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.Check out this incredible project that clearly takes sustainability to a whole new level.
Thanks to Paul Dirksen for sending it to us.

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I got an email from Michelle a few days ago asking some advice on education, and although I am sure I was not much help to her on that front, I want to mention her here because it’s people like her with passion like she has that will define the future. Passion for something that [...]

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I was very happy to open up the Wall Street Journal today and see the article about urban development in Sacramento that Anna Campoy worked on for so long finally made it to print. And it made it square in the middle of the front page! I am a little sad I must admit that [...]

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We have not talked much on here about our new neighbors and I am not sure why that is, I guess I just forgot to mention it lately.  But we now have just about the coolest neighbors you could ask for.  Green Sacramento a sustainable building material retail store and GreenBuilt a sustainable home remodeler [...]

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I feel like we have been getting ready for this moment forever, honestly for a little while I thought it would never come. But its finally time, and its for real.
LJ Urban is pleased to announce the first of our homes in our LEED ND certified Good project is ready for you to come check [...]

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I got a really inspiring email the other day from Donna. I have never met Donna before but am hoping after hearing about her project that I get to some day. Donna is working on a startup non-profit called reCREATE. What they do is work with local businesses to collect their unwanted but clean waste/manufactured [...]

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The Bad
The real estate market is getting worse every day… Don’t you just want to throw your computer when you read a paragraph that starts out with that sentence? I swear, every day I read another article about how bad its all getting and how we all need to just hide in caves [...]

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I got this email in my in-box today from Colleen that I thought was worth sharing with you. My family belongs to a local CSA but this takes things to a whole new level. Enjoy!
Dear Levi, Jason and Steve.
Last December, I met with Steve Schweigert and introduced him to my associates; Richard [...]

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Its the one you never heard about but should have….
Below is a section from their upcoming grand opening.
You’re Invited! 9onF and 2nd Saturday Show - Feb. 9 from 2-9pm
Sacramento’s 1st Green-certified Townhomes will be on display along with Short Center & Tangent Gallery Artists this Saturday between 2pm and 9pm.
With the green movement in full [...]

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I spent last week at Greenbuild in chilly Chicago. Greenbuild is the USGBC’s green-building conference that is held annually. I didn’t make it to all the educational seminars that I had hoped because of the craziness. I actually sat on the floor through one of them. Can you say sore butt! There was a [...]

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