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Last Minute openings for this weekend's cordwood workshop!!!

Don't miss this fantastic chance to learn this natural building technique in a picturesque setting. SOme features of the workshop: * Cordwood 101 power points including many photos of local cordwood stuctures. * Tour of my existing cordwood garage to show the do's and don't first hand. * Hours of guided hands-on instruction of cordwood building techniques on a 12 x 14 ft sauna project. * 2 extremely tasty & organic lunches included (coffee, OJ and donuts for breakfast options also included)… Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on September 23, 2009 at 9:41pm — No Comments

My friend Jim on CBS Sunday morning this past weekend about Cordwood!

This was a really great story they did on paper and it just so happens that my friend Jim who lives near Watertown built a beautiful 2 story cordwood home from papercrete. Would love to hear peoples comments or questions. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5243310n&tag=contentMain;contentBody Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on August 19, 2009 at 9:58am — No Comments

An interesting article on cordwood saunas..and oh, by the way....I am I am hosting a cordwood sauna workshop this summer!

This is a great introduction for anyone interested in learning this incredible form of natural building and to have hands-on opportunity to to build cordwood this August (more information posted on www.rochestergreenliving.com) http://www.daycreek.com/DC/html/TMEN_No177.htm Enjoy! Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on July 6, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

I'm EXTREMELY PROUD of YOU, Chadd R. General

I knew you would go on to do GREAT things, you were SOOO passionate about your career, congratulations. Continue

Added by melesa cornelius on June 17, 2009 at 2:05pm — No Comments

An interesting article to start a discussion

This was an interesting article my brother sent to me. This could already be or start to have an effect on Rochester area business and residential complexes. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_20/b4131046570857.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_news+%2B+analysis Cheers, Peter Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on May 11, 2009 at 2:10pm — No Comments

Happy Earth Day!

What have you done for Mother Earth? Commit to making a change toward sustainability. Remember every little bit you do does help. Keep up the good work! Robert Continue

Added by Robert Nelk on April 22, 2009 at 9:29am — No Comments

"Wind, sun could power Rochester airport"

This article was in the D&C today (april 15, 2009). It will be interesting to see if the wind turbines make it into the project. I find it hard to believe that they'll have any effect on the air flow, at least at the size and amount the article is suggesting. As a neighbor of the airport I can tell you we have a lot of wind out here!… Continue

Added by Lindsay D'Ambrosia on April 15, 2009 at 9:35pm — No Comments

Scientists Find 'Baffling' Link between Autism and Vinyl Flooring: Scientific American

An interesting article that was just sent to me......bamboo, wood and earthen floors are looking better all the time. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=link-between-autism-and-vinyl Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on April 1, 2009 at 11:28am — No Comments

Join the planet community for Earth Hour 3/28 at 8:30 p.m.

I would hope that everyone here is game for this event. This is a great opportunity for the world to come together as Earth Hour makes it's way around the globe. http://www.greenonabudget.net/2009/03/wont-you-join-us-for-earthhour-2009.html

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Added by Robert Nelk on March 26, 2009 at 9:12am — 2 Comments

A good read about the Exxon Valdez spill 20 years ago.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/js-mcdougall/three-lessons-we-still-ha_b_178284.html Continue

Added by Jeff Coles Smith on March 24, 2009 at 12:08pm — 1 Comment

Is LEED certification helping or hurting the green movement?!

Me personally, I think LEED has good intentions but is far from what the desired outcome should be. I recently saw a documentary called, 'greening Southie' which shows the process a construction company goes through to achieve a LEED gold, luxury apartment complex in South Boston, MA. The movie showed all the green products going into the building (dual flush toilets, sustainably harvested lumber, non-formaldehyde glues, low VOC paint, ect) but they were shipped and trucked in from all over the… Continue

Added by Peter Turkow on March 10, 2009 at 11:52pm — 3 Comments

Triple Bottom Line Conference and Exposition, March 5th

Upstate Green Business Network’s Third Annual Triple Bottom Line Conference and Exposition, highlighting Upstate New York’s Competitive Edge. Date: March 5, 2009 Time: 8AM – 6PM Place: Hyatt Regency, Rochester To Register: http://www.ceinfo.org/ugbn/TBL **** NEW: Too Busy to Attend the Whole Conference? Attend the Green Expo and movie documentary, “The Greening of Southie” for $5.00 at the door, (3PM – 6PM only). Continue

Added by Lindsay D'Ambrosia on March 2, 2009 at 9:04pm — 1 Comment

Green Drinks!

Tomorrow (Thursday February 26th) is Green Drinks at Tap & Mallet! Starts at 6 and ends when you leave. Continue

Added by Lindsay D'Ambrosia on February 24, 2009 at 12:46pm — 2 Comments

Rochester Green Living!

Hello all & thank you for participating on the Rochester Green Living Network! For those who don't know this site is the forum that accompanies the website RochesterGreenLiving.com. At RochesterGreenLiving.com you can find a bunch of great information including a calendar of local green events! Thank you to all who participate in conversations on this site and please tell a friend about us so we can keep the local movement going forward! Continue

Added by Lindsay D'Ambrosia on January 28, 2009 at 1:12pm — 1 Comment

eco-developments

Natural Home is taking submissions from innovative eco-developments in the United States and Canada. Please let us know if where you live (or where you wish you lived!) is healthy and sustainable. The top 10 eco-developments communities will be named in the May/June 2009 issue. Deadline for submissions is January 21. Please send all submissions to any of the following emails: editor (at) naturalhomemagazine.com, snelson (at) ogdenpubs.com or omullins (at) ogdenpubs.com. Please email the follow… Continue

Added by Natural Home on January 12, 2009 at 4:04pm — No Comments