Tag: One Planet Living - Page 5
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Who Cares If It Is Green, Is It Ethical?
Preston at Jetson Green asks: At a time when luxury living is scrutinized for excess energy consumption, why not build a 5 bedroom, 6.5 bath high-end home with a "small environmental footprint"? Seriously, with smart, energy-efficient design (read: 4
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Bioregional Solutions: Further Reading
The Bioregional Development Group was already well known to many Treehuggers for its work on sustainable housing and community development – see our posts on BedZED, for example, or on their huge One Planet Living communities that are planned on five
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One Planet Living in the Suburbs?
We TreeHuggers just love new, funky, green developments like BedZED, Greenbridge and these plans for Toronto’s Portlands redevelopment. But the fact remains, new build can only accomplish so much. Most of us will be living in buildings, and communities,
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Redefine Travel: Kicking Gas Through Smarter Living
Treehugger regularly gets excited about the latest developments in greener cars and other transport options. Yet while the Tesla, the Plug-in Prius, the Vectrix, or the G-Whiz may well prove to be useful tools in reaching a more sustainable future, we
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The TH Interview: Greg Searle One Planet Living North America
How do you shrink the average American’s ecological footprint down from 5 planets to the necessary one? It’s certainly a tough task, but Greg Searle, of One Planet Living North America, believes his organization may have some answers. He is part of a
