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House Dutiful

Posted by: Christian Madera
Thanks to: Holly Richmond
15 October 2006 - 1:00pm

A Colorado home-builder reflects on his attempt to go green.

What to do when your compressed wheatgrass paneling requires toxic glue? Or when your straw-bale insulation won't work with reclaimed wood? Or when the county government won't let you reuse your own wastewater unless you install a water-treatment plant and a second set of plumbing? Daniel A. Shaw ran up against these dilemmas and many others while trying to build a green home in Colorado, and in the process discovered that green has many shades.

Full Story: House Dutiful
Source: Grist, September 26, 2006
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It has been estimated that half of all Americans, and two-thirds of urban Americans, live in suburbia. Here are the key questions: Does suburbia exist because it is the natural "culmination of urban development"?
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