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More Solar Farms!

August 19th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.Just a little tidbit on what we want to try to do sometime.

PG&E to buy power from solar farms on Calif. coast

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August 14, 2008

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Tags: author: micah · energy sources · press coverage

Paperstone Won’t Fire A Nuclear Reactor

July 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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 serious dinner parties in the kitchen now and the counters look great, [...]

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Tags: author: micah · food · green products · housing · press coverage · the good project

Pickens’ Plan

July 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments

This is relatively new to me but worth listening to if you like the energy question.  Pickens is just comforting to listen to with the Texas drawl and all. Click on the link and watch the short video on the landing page.

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Tags: author: micah · energy sources · financial issues · oil · resources

Gardener For Hire?

July 24th, 2008 · 7 Comments

A Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss
Trevor Paque at work in San Francisco in a garden his company planted in a client’s backyard.
Eating locally raised food is a growing trend. But who has time to get to the farmer’s market, let alone plant a garden?
That is where Trevor Paque comes in. For a [...]

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Tags: author: micah · community · food · green living · nyc · pop culture

How A Communist Cleans The Air

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Look how much easier it is to mandate air quality controls when you are China.
Micah

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Tags: author: micah · cities · transportation

I Love How Simple These Are!

July 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Typically a rubber tube filled with water will bulge locally when squeezed; and this bulge will propagate along the tube at a speed  c given by

Here E is the tensile modulus of the rubber, d the diameter of the tube, h its wall thickness and rho is the density of water. [...]

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Tags: author: micah · design · energy sources

Good Open House

July 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Just a reminder the Good project is having an open house on Saturday from 12-4. Come and take a look!

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Tags: author: micah · housing · the good project · west sacramento

Think About This

July 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Watch It.
Micah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdrCalO5BDs

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Tags: author: micah · children · families · music · video

Are You Looking For Us?

June 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: architecture · author: micah · creativity · green products · housing · sacramento · west sacramento

I’m Not Sure This Is Safe?

April 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments


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Tags: architecture · author: micah · design · sacramento