Tag Archives: People

Motivating Green Building Around the World

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Jaime

Sustainable design has been a major buzzword this year. Everyone is attempting to hop on the green craze to make their business responsible, forward thinking, and up to date. Whether those are legitimate efforts or throwing around unregulated words like “natural” and “sustainable,” depends on the business. But, one of the good things to come… Continue reading →

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This Is What It Is To Be Happy

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Something to Smile About

“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery–air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’” -Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar Continue reading →

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Ron Finley, Guerrilla Gardener and Community Leader

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Jaime

Gardening is my graffiti. I grow my art…I use the garden, the soil like it’s a piece of cloth and the plants and the trees, that’s my embellishment for that cloth.” Ron Finley is certainly a fascinating individual! I was interested to find out more about him because his talk at Greenbuild is the only… Continue reading →

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It’s all in the city: Justifying my many interests

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Jaime

As a college student, I often get asked: (1) What do you want to do with your life? (2) What are you going to do with an Environmental Studies degree? (3) What job will you be able to do? The answer to those questions is both “I don’t know” and “a lot of things.” I… Continue reading →

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