Book Review
of Eric Corey Freed and Kevin Daum’s book
I’ve been greenwashed! Not by this book that I chose to read, but in my magazines with new products, with emails and commercials. Everyone is All Natural now (what were we?), I am buying Artisan Bread, I can breathe easier, my soaps are Locally Made… yeah yeah yeah, but is all of this good?
That is the most difficult question because being Green and living Sustainably has so many facets. In my own practice I try to weigh a Green Thing by questioning:
- What’s in it?
- Where did it come from?
- Is it something I could make or do myself?
- Is this a product being marketed as good only to make a buck?
- How does it add up on the grand scheme of my lifestyle?
- Is it something I could use in my work or home?
- Will it or the idea of it make life easier? Less complicated?
Green $ense made me look at their green solutions in two important categories:
The Building Envelope & Utilities Use
The book breaks down contents of going green into three categories: 16 green home projects you can do today, 21 you can do tomorrow, and 13 green home projects you can do when building new. Conclusions are given after each topic after Eric the Architect and Kevin with the financial perspective go back and forth. They call it the bottom line.
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I have decided to split up this post over the course of a few days to help in understanding the sheer amount of information it contains. So, tomorrow we can begin with the first part of Utilities Use!
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