Light dimmers: An aesthetic idea, an engineered solution, a green outcome
School districts across America struggle to include arts programs in an era when STEM education – a focus on science, technology,...
She carried an extra brick
The unlikely culture-cross that taught me about immigration, industriousness and environmentalism – and gave me reason to be hopeful...
Make it here, build it there
The construction industry is building more off-site, and that can be a very green thing. This is one of ten industry-defining trends of...
Healthcare reform = Less medical waste
Human health and the health of the planet are closely intertwined. It’s easy to see how clean air and water affect us in all kinds of...
People who are greening Silicon Valley: Arielle Bertman
In 2014 I had the opportunity to interview Arielle Bertman, who is energy and sustainability principal for Google. Her leadership skills...
10,000 Solutions: Healthy people, healthy earth
Why I think CorePower Yoga, a broadly marketed chain, is good for the earth. As with most Americans, I’m pretty much a believer in the...
The Earth is a child; Its caretakers are in Denver
An insanely famous person wrote the book, “It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us” (Clinton, H., Simon & Schuster 1996)....
Old green meets new green – and workers get a biophilic benefit
We think of green building and biophilic surroundings in workplaces as a modern and enlightened concept. For the most part, they are. But...
Green Boise architecture firm walks the talk
Much of sustainable design and building is about taking advantage of what’s already there. Places that get lots of sunshine naturally...
Regardless of oil prices, alternatives on the rise
Wall Street's reaction to the precipitous drop in oil prices over the past six months is it’s a mixed blessing. Cheap energy equates to...
