It was an honor speaking about the Green Idea House on Earth Day at the very august Los Angeles City Hall. The organizers did an excellent job with the program (see attached) and it was a pleasure having friends and supporters of the project like Dency Nelson, Professor Marcella Oliva, Lillian
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Robert had the opportunity to speak about the Green Idea House at the 100% Renewable Energy Conference in San Francisco this week. His fellow speakers were extraordinary and included San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee. Mayor Lee reaffirmed that his city is on track to be zero waste AND 100% renewable
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There will be two opportunities to hear more about the Green Idea House – and a lot of other great topics this month:
April 16th (tomorrow!) in San Francisco- Robert will be speaking at the Pathways to 100% Renewable Energy Conference. There are still a few tickets left. For more information and
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Many thanks to Chelsea Sektnan for the excellent article in this week’s Easy Reader!
We were so busy getting ready for the Green Idea House dedication that we didn’t have time to post the excellent piece Julie Sharp did to promote the event on the CBS evening news.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/04/05/hermosa-beach-family-to-open-eco-friendly-home-to-public/
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Well done Julie!
We were honored to have Ed Begley Jr, Dency Nelson and 10 other wonderful speakers at the Green Idea House dedication ceremony yesterday. http://greenideahouse.com/news/calendar/you-are-invited-join-ed-begley-jr-in-hermosa-beach-for-the-green-idea-house-dedication-ceremony/
Special thanks to Councilman Michael DiVirgilio for being a great M.C. and all the other enthusiastic participants who make it a very special morning. We’ll be posting
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Dear Friends of the Green Idea House:
We have appreciated your friendship and support as we planned, built and tested the Green Idea House. The success we have achieved would have been impossible without you, our community of friends and supporters. Together we proved that one family can affordably remodel a
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Writer Katrina Zawojski and Photographer Brad Jacobson did a great job capturing the essence of the Green Idea House in this week’s Easy Reader. In a beautifully done two page spread on pages 44 and 45, they hit the highlights that got us to net zero energy, zero carbon and
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The GIH was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article about architectural salvage. Reading some of the comments that followed the article prompted us to post the following. Chime in if you have a comment.
“The Reuse People are doing several things that have real, tangible economic value that benefits
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Thanks to Pui-Wing Tam for including our Green Idea House project in her excellent article on Deconstruction. We would also like to thank Ethan Pines and his assistant Carla, who spent seven hours at our house on Saturday making sure the photos were beautiful – and featured on the front
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