November 20th, 2009
Wall Street JournalIs it just the economy or is there a real change going on? Michael Phillips writes in theWall Street Journalabout how builders are offering smaller houses than they have in years. The Scarlett O’Hara stairs and two storey halls are out, and the plans are simpler, square-er, and way more efficient. Some might say that it is simply a response to the economy; as one commenter said ” In a down economy smaller houses sell, and in a good economy bigger houses sell. Unless we have all …Read the full story on TreeHugger
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November 16th, 2009
New energy economy standards could kick in for all new public buildings in the European Union from 2018, and for all new homes and offices from 2020, a source close to the EU negotiations said on Friday.
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November 5th, 2009
Image courtesty of TerraCycleWe just began an interesting experiment atTerraCycle:Opening our first retail outlet and giving people a place to bring in what they’d normally mail to us as part of ourcollection Brigades. But that’s not the most interesting part. We’ve decided to see what people will do when given the chance to pay whatever price they want for products.
In this economy, will people intentionally undercut the price? Will they, u…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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October 27th, 2009
EU environment ministers have asked the European Commission to develop robust indicators to measure the bloc’s progress towards an eco-efficient economy, a concept that will be at the core of the revised Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs, to be agreed upon next spring.
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