Green Building Link Love

jchait — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:00:00 -0400

It's been a busy week - lots of cool new green building news and posts around the web and blogosphere. Let's see what some other green folks have been up to...

Of course the biggest news around town is that the HGTV Green Home 2008 contest finally kicked off - I'm so curious about how many entries they're going to get. It's going to be insane. If you missed this news entirely read: New HGTV Eco Home Television Special.

Mother Earth News has a great article about Wild Rose Timber Framers - at first, of course you may be thinking, "WOOD! That's not as sustainable as other material. However, Wild Rose offsets that with their methods and attitudes - go learn how.

You have to go see 10 Amazing Tree Houses from Around the World at WebUrbanist - many sustainable and unique designs.

In sort of bizarre news, the USAF has plans to go off-grid with Nuclear power. Rumors about the future of off-grid energy for all (including residential) abound. We'll see.

Terrapin Ridge, a brand new green housing community of 85 Energy Star homes in Greensboro, NC is launching. Which of course is better news if you're looking to build in NC, however, it's always good news to hear that entire communities will be built around green methods. Hopefully more to come.

Just a couple of hours a cool article about one super green building popped up - some great info is included about the newer composting toilets.

Right here at RiverWired we've got some awesome posts too. Not everyone is posting about building, but they are posting green. Check out:

Top 10 Recycling Resources

Can You Make Overconsumption Look Good?

Green Celebrity Round Up

Want to Recycle Your Running Shoes?

Green Jobs!

And so ends our weekly link love - I hope you all had a fab Easter your friends and family.