Green Wednesday 2008.0312

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	"One of the oddly positive effects of global warming is that
	it has given the world the opportunity to build a more
	comprehensive and inclusive economic model by forcing all of
	us to grapple with our impact on the natural environment. We
	are entering a phase in which new ideas can be developed,
	tested, refined and rejected as necessary. 

	"If we find just one that can beat the conventional economic 
	measure of gross domestic product, and can quantify some of 
	the basic services provided by rainforests and other natural
	ecosystems, it will more than pay for itself."

Markets can save forests - editorial at Nature.com, 2008.0312
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v452/n7184/full/452127b.html


Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Cool and Green in an Indian Architectural Desert - Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0311
http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7374490

Earth-Friendly School - Christian Science Monitor, 2008.0311
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0311/p18s03-hfks.html

Solar Cell Paint - Neoseeker, 2008.0311
http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/7744/

Designing Light and Air - NewsWeek, 2008.0311
http://www.newsweek.com/id/120056

Menlo Park Home Named County's Most Sustainable - San Mateo County Times, 2008.0311
http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/ci_8530798

Green Pioneers - Best of New Orleans, 2008.0311
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2008-03-11/cover_story.php

Teknion Showroom Earns LEED Gold - Interior Design, 2008.0310
http://www.interiordesign.net/id_newsarticle/CA6539770.html

The Sky's the Limit - NewsWeek, 2008.0310
http://www.newsweek.com/id/120055

A Dark Side of Solar Power - CNET, 2008.0310
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9889848-54.html?tag=nefd.top

Biomass Heats Eco Award Winner - H&V News, 2008.0310
http://www.hvnplus.co.uk/page.cfm/action=Archive/ArchiveID=2/EntryID=287

San Jose's First "Green Certified" Subdivision - San Jose Mercury News, 2008.0310
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8524422

Environmental Houses Hailed in Downtown Sacramento - Sacramento Bee, 2008.0309
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/771483.html

Rehabilitation of Henry Wright's Ramirez Solar House - AIArchitect, 2008.0307
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek08/0307/0307s_solar.cfm

'Green' Program Targets Lumberyards - Finance and Commerce, 2008.0307
http://www.finance-commerce.com/article.cfm/2008/03/08/Green-program-targets-lumberyards-Lakeville-group-promoting-a-Webbased-green-certification-program-b

One Small Footprint and One Giant Leap - Los Angeles Times, 2008.0306
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-highline6mar06,0,1427182.story

The Living Museum - Popular Science, 2008.0306
http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-03/living-museum

Turning Glare into Watts - New York Times, 2008.0306
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/business/06solar.html?ex=1362459600&en=5e70d8dfd04248d0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

The Accidental Green Developer - Flathead Beacon, 2008.0305
http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/the_accidental_green_developer/2544/

Green by Design - Westside Today, 2008.0305
http://www.westsidetoday.com/article.php?articleid=505&edition=1&adsection=0

'Green' Building Dedicated - San Jose Mercury News, 2008.0305
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_8459477?nclick_check=1

Construction to Begin on Green Residence - Globe St., 2008.0303
http://www.globest.com/news/1105_1105/newyork/168708-1.html

San Francisco in 2108? - Inhabitat (blog), 2008.0303
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/03/03/san-francisco-in-2108-the-hydro-net-vision-of-future/

Antarctic Glaciers Surge to Ocean - BBC News, 2008.0224
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7261171.stm

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