Having fun with a great audience at the Dwell Show today! Thank you USGBC-LA for the invitation to speak.
by Robert Fortunato on June 25th, 2016 No Comments »
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Green Idea House Presenting at the Dwell Show this Weekend!
by Robert Fortunato on June 19th, 2016 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on June 19th, 2016 No Comments »
Want to see how Affordable, Net Zero Energy/Zero Carbon is Possible Today? Join us at the Dwell Show this Saturday the 25th at 2:30 – 3:30pm.
We will again be presenting at the Dwell Show by invitation of the USGBC-LA. We appreciate the opportunity and look forward to seeing you there.
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Want to see what affordable, practical, Net Zero Energy and Zero Carbon living looks like?
by Robert Fortunato on June 9th, 2016 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on June 9th, 2016 No Comments »
Join us this Saturday at 10am for an exterior tour of the Green Idea House. For the fourth year in a row will be part of the EPN Green South Bay Tour.
Learn:
Why the electric utility pays us to run our house and car
Why it cost less to build and operate
How
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Happy Earth Day 2016!
by Robert Fortunato on April 22nd, 2016 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on April 22nd, 2016 No Comments »
It was great celebrating by speaking at the MGBCE and by judging the Grades of Green Trash Free Lunch Challenge. The MGBCE was a excellent event and my talk was packed full of interesting and interested people – very fun.
Our Grades of Green Group went to see three finalist schools
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Exploring the cutting edge – for the 7th year in a row!
by Robert Fortunato on September 26th, 2015 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on September 26th, 2015 No Comments »
While working in Denmark last week, a couple of leaders and students from the KaosPilot school joined me in my annual pilgrimage to places in Scandinavia that are leading the way on sustainability. Coincidentally, my friend and neighbor Rick Learned and his sister happened to be in DK visiting relatives,
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A Step Up for Christmas
by Robert Fortunato on December 22nd, 2014 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on December 22nd, 2014 No Comments »
Happy Holidays! We started a new tradition this year.
We wanted to do something that is simpler, less stressful, that gives us more to celebrate. Tens of millions of trees are cut down every year and all the waste, pollution and deforestation that entails made us think.
We love what the Living
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Giving the Gift of Knowledge
by Robert Fortunato on December 20th, 2014 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on December 20th, 2014 No Comments »
150 students from the Environmental Charter High School came for a tour of the Green Idea House this week. ECHS has made this tour part of their curriculum and the 9th grader’s semester project. It is always great to see the student’s eyes light up as they start to understand:
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One More Day to GIH TEDx! Shhhh, don’t tell anyone we gave you the promo code!
by Robert Fortunato on September 11th, 2014 No Comments »
by Robert Fortunato on September 11th, 2014 No Comments »
Robert was honored to be asked to do a TEDx talk on the Green Idea House tomorrow, Friday September 12th. You can still get tickets at: http://tedxredondobeach.com/events/upcomingevents and the promo code RUHSLimits will get you $5 off the ticket price.
The theme “Beyond Limits” is perfect. It gives us the opportunity to share the
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TEDx “Beyond Limits” Features Green Idea House!
by Robert Fortunato on August 12th, 2014 1 Comment »
by Robert Fortunato on August 12th, 2014 1 Comment »
Robert was honored to be asked to do a TEDx talk on the Green Idea House on Friday September 12th. The theme “Beyond Limits” is perfect. It gives us the opportunity to share the surprising untold backstory of how a community came together to go beyond limits and accomplish what
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How would the situation in the Ukraine be different if everyone had a Green Idea House?
by Robert Fortunato on May 2nd, 2014 1 Comment »
by Robert Fortunato on May 2nd, 2014 1 Comment »
We recently got back from a trip to Croatia and Bosnia. Incredibly interesting and beautiful places – and it is tragic to see the devastation that man’s inhumanity to man can bring. The people there are clear that the same thing that happened to them in their brutal civil war
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