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I have heard of adaptive re-use but this is a whole different thing going on here..

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Jessie (My awesome wife) has been really digging this blog lately. We now have homemade hand soap, deodorant and laundry soap is on the way, all because EnviroMom is helping us think about our waste and consumption in a new way with her writing. Makes me think about what else we can produce at home…  [...]

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I have been trying to do more blogging and less linking here so that you actually get something of value when you come here to the LJ Urban blog.  But look at this jacket, how could I possibly resist posting about it?
Levi

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How cool would it be if we were to one day figure out how to build a fully sustainable fully off the grid home?  I know that the houses birds build are actually more sustainable than these are but Inhabitat has a fun post up today about building bird houses out of garbage.
On the flip [...]

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I just got the new Metropolis Magazine today and there is an article in there that is very cool. I have been hearing about Jamie Lerner for a while now and am very interested to learn more about all the innovative things he has put into action as Mayor or Curitiba, Brazil. Here [...]

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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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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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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mRNzOubDuI

I saw this site today and clicked around to see if it was legit or not. There’s a lot of fun stuff on GreenzoneTV, like these birdcalls… its refreshing to see such simple ads with a sense of humor packaged with a sustainable mindset.
But I also saw some things that just don’t cut it. [...]

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Heard about this report yet? Here’s my distillation of the Times article published Friday and SF Chronicle article published Saturday. I saw that the Bee did a big spread on it yesterday but haven’t had a chance to read it yet.
The Issue
There’s been a perception of controversy about whether or not global warming is [...]

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O.K. so now it is my turn to shed some light on how I spend my time here at LJUrban. I am responsible for ensuring that we build the highest quality sustainable construction we can afford to produce. There are other things too but I thought I would concentrate on the “Green Building” [...]

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