It's easier to live green when we are living in a sustainable home - but it's not often that we focus on home when we are trying to make the planet more sustainable. This White Paper on The State of Shelter gives a good context for sustainable home-making, and some great ideas for greening your shelter. And as a bonus, it's available for free re-publication.
The Sustainable House by Live Green, Live Smart is being reviewed by numerous publications and visitors - and one of the features most commented on is the House's use of dual-flush toilets and water conserving shower heads and sink faucets.
The builder used products by TOTO and Grohe, and found that there is no need to sacrifice style when building a more sustainable water management system for a sustainable home.
Sustainability begins at home, where our environmental footprint is heavy. More than 30% of our carbon emissions are produced by our shelters. Live Green, Live Smart™ was founded to help ordinary people find ways to make practical changes in their daily behavior and in their shelters to preserve, protect, and restore the earth’s environmental integrity.
Four fully-produced PowerPoint presentations are available to download and use, courtesy of Live Green, Live Smart, an enviromental organization dedicated to promoting a sustainable planet through education, linking of resources, and fostering a global green community.
The titles available at this time are The Sustainable House; Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; Understanding Global Warming, and What is Green Building? More titles will be added in coming weeks.
The Sustainable House can be yours today, with these plans and off-the-shelf technology. This team of green builders is working to set new standards for green residential building. The Sustainable House is a demonstration in the LEED for Homes Pilot Project, and is racing to be the first Platinum certified LEED remodel in America. Instead of a teardown, SKD architects and Live Green, Live Smart recycled a post-war rambler to show that green living can be quality contemporary living compatible with existing neighborhoods.
Businessman Peter Lytle knows how to get things done in business: he pays attention to the numbers, and takes action. In his message to visitors to Live Green, Live Smart's website on sustainable homes, he looks at the numbers that should call the attention of everyone in business - everyone on the planet - to the problem and opportunities at hand.
http://livegreenlivesmart.org/founders_message.aspx
Minnesota's Live Green, Live Smart is remodeling a 1948 rambler into what they hope will be the first Platinum-certified LEED for Homes remodeled home in America. They invite others to join the green build movement by making modest to comprehensive choices about making their shelters greener.
http://livegreenlivesmart.org/shelter/50000_homes/default.aspx
Minnesota-based environmental organization Live Green, Live Smart offers microgrants from $50 to $1,000 to home dwellers making their shelters greener, more environmentally sustainable, and healthy. The application is easy, and can be found at http://livegreenlivesmart.org/blogs/press_room/default.aspx
