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We have a very cool countertop in our Good project called Paperstone. I was wary at first just for the simple fact that it is made from paper. Well I do think my concern is unfounded. We have had 5 or 6 pretty [...]

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Last week we had a meeting over at the Good project with the staff from West Sacramento Planning and building departments. They wanted to come see the finished product after working with us for the last two and a half years to make this project happen.  We we supposed to meet at 3:30 but at [...]

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If you stopped by the Green Living Center opening last Saturday you may haveseen Brian from Urban Earth Solutions out front molding some sculptures with cob - a mixture of earth and straw.  I got to talking to him and realized we need to work some earth building into our projects!  Not only is it [...]

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I have been waiting until the ball got rolling to do this but now it is rolling, boy it is rolling.
We are looking for a positive, intelligent, knowledgeable, organized, balanced, energetic person to work for LJ Urban.  We need someone who knows the nuts and bolts of construction, likes being in the field, doesn’t abhor [...]

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We just added what I think is the coolest feature as a standard on our Good project.  Every home will now come equipped with an in kitchen compost machine called the Naturemill.  They are completely smell free and produce perfect dirt for your garden and can handle up to 120 pounds of kitchen waste per [...]

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This stuff is awesome!

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The coolest program a city could sponsor is not quite here in Sacramento yet, but Washington D.C. is a heck of a lot closer than Paris.
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I have been enjoying these old VW ads lately. I think they really hit on something with that car when they first built it. It was like they were decades ahead of their time with the concept. Build something that is both cheap reliable and iconic. They were true to the original design instead of [...]

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Nearly every major corporation in America has announced a “green” strategy or product line and very few of them are authentic efforts but instead green washing of the same old stuff by the marketing department.
Many of you saw this article today about Starbucks in the Bee. The sad thing is that its not that surprising, [...]

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I realized that my shirts have a sort of a theme going.

Not sure when this started but its become sort of an addiction. I just have to check every store for one and of coarse always stop by the threadless website to see if they have come up with something new.
This last one is sort [...]

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