Yes, green homes, and sustainable communities are booming in North Carolina these days. Perhaps it’s because NC is our home state, but I really don’t think so. Just in the past two weeks we have had two new communities join our site from North Carolina, so I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce [...]
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Just thought I would let everyone know we have two more Green Communities listed on our main website, and we excited to have them on board! We have been needing a community in Tennessee, and now we have one!
Kingsport, Tennessee is the home of a wonderful sustainable community called Edenburgh. Please take a look at [...]
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We just wanted to say congratulations to a brand new green community near Chapel Hill called Briar Chapel, North Carolina!
We already wrote a nice article on Briar Chapel, so take a look! They are going to be having an open house September 27th, 2008 11:00-3:00.
Jeff McIntire-Strasburg of ‘Green Opinions Media‘ is our guest writer this week.
Jeff started ‘Sustainablog’ in July 2003, he is the Managing Editor, and ‘Sustainablog’ is now one of the longest-running green blogs on the web.
Jeff has been mentioned in the San Francisco, Chronicle and St.Louis, Post Dispatch as well as dozens of blog sites [...]
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A New Mexico sustainable community has become the first of its kind to receive funding from a new initiative that targets carbon offset supported affordable green housing.
For those of you new to the whole green community thing, a carbon offset is when carbon dioxide emissions are intentionally balanced with a house or other product [...]
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Pete Halsall from Bioregional Quintain visited us this weekend, and left some very interesting news happening in the UK, so instead of me re-writing his comments, I thought I would just show them here in a post. There is alot of exciting news happening across the pond with sustainable communities!
“We develop sustainable communities in the [...]
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Everyone knows the current condition of the housing market is less than favorable, and many people wonder what it will take to get the market back on its feet. I’m sure time is a huge factor in the recovery of the housing market, but the emergence of green communities may actually speed things up a [...]
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Green building technology will be available and affordable for low income families in Ohio and they are calling it ‘Ohio’s Green Building Boom.’
Project developers announced today that Ohio has 16 affordable housing developers who will receive funding for ‘greening’ up the homes they will provide, these projects are in the wings for low income families.
Doug [...]
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Wow, it was just announced that Mount Dora, Florida will be home to a green community of about 400 Green homes. A developer in North Carolina supposedly is going to begin plans on the development. Some of its features will be apartments, mansions, townhouses and single-family homes in an eco friendly environment.
Other green details are:
Irrigated [...]
Let’s just say, you could begin with a blank slate, have the home of your dreams in a community that’s as concerned about the environment and the future of your children as you are. Imagine a community with green space, and walking paths through forests and meadows, a place for picnics, and possibly a [...]
