JRMWEBSPACE: Building Green: Environmental and Business Sustainability

March 25, 2007

Building Green: Environmental and Business Sustainability

Sustainability both in use of environmental resources and in business has been something that I have been very interested in lately. Okay, really getting back into. It has beenli an interest since my days at UC Davis. I took a bit of course work in agricultural sustainabilty and international development.

I recently came across a TV show called Building Green on PBS. What a great show. While I would never call myself a hard core environmentalist, I am too practical, I believe building green is something that every can do. The techniques shown on the show can be done in the real world. It is using green building, but not making the finish product look like something that was just pulled from a junk yard, one of my biggest pet peeves.

Take a look at the highlight video of the here.

March 25, 2007 in Sustainability | Permalink

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Thank you for the kind words-- so glad you are enjoying the pilot episodes! We are just about to deliver the full season to PBS, and will be adding more and more video to our new website also. I've enjoyed visiting your site as well :)

Posted by: maxmsf | May 12, 2007 at 05:18 PM

Posted by: maxmsf | May 12, 2007 at 05:19 PM

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Barack Obama: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Jared Diamond: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Another good book. Right along the lines for Gun, Germs, and Steel.
Bruce Greenwald: Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy
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James Surowiecki: The Wisdom of Crowds
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Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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Keith Ferrazzi: Never Eat Alone : And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
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Jimmy Buffett: A Salty Piece of Land
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Sun-Tzu: The Art of War (Penguin Classics)
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