December 26, 2008

Merry Xmas from Environmental Building Strategies

by Environmental Building Strategies in Green Building Tags: Blogs, Building Green, Christmas, Consulting, Eco Community, Green Building, Home Improvement, Paint, VOC 1 Comment

Merry Christmas! And Happy Quanza, Hanukkah and the rest.

I want to be in the giving spirit during this holiday season so I’ve decided to provide you with a breadth of resources instead of some politically or environmentally charged post.

So I recently came across a great company and their blog – Seville Consulting Blog. Great source of information and the author Carl is a leader in the industry. Contact him if you are going green in the Southeast United States.

Although not up and running quite yet, our friends at Building Green have started a new website called Green Building Advisor which looks like a promising resource for public information. Set to launch at the International Builders Show in Vegas on January 20-23 (oh and Environmental Building Strategies will be there so find us!).

Green Eco Communities is a newer website listing all environmentally friendly places to live in the US divided up by state. While this will be an incredible task for them to continually update and be subjective with, they are on the right path and we applaud them.

One of the most popular and longer running daily blogs out there is Jetson Green. I like the name more than anything as one of my best friends is named Jetzen (except my buddy spells it cooler). But seriously these guys post daily and are a breadth of knowledge.

A rarely ever discussed subject is the alternative wall coverings that exist out there. Today it seems like everyone is talking about Low and No VOC paints which is fine and dandy but at the end of the day, paint sucks. So do something unique with your interior or exterior space. Use a plaster technique like Venetian Plaster or Stucco.
However if you truly want a unique wall covering that is easy to apply and looks amazing, check out Wara Juraku which is a Japanese wall covering mainly consisting of natural materials such as sand, seaweed, and straw.

Cool companies to check out Green Fusion in San Rafael
and Eco Home Improvement in Berkeley

WikiHow is a good resource for DIY information and they have a great category on Sustainable Living that is worth a look if you are into greening your lifestyle.

Look for more tips coming in the new year as Environmental Building Strategies ramps up its campaign to change building and LEED the way towards a sustainable tomorrow.