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Green in the News

Green building is in the news on a daily basis these days, so we can't post all the headlines fit to print. But here are a few headlines, special reports and news sources that caught our attention.

Featured Headlines

  • The Year's Top 10 Green Stories - CoStar, January 2008
  • How Green is Your Neighborhood? - TIME Magazine, January 2008
  • Architects Bring High Design to Affordable Housing - RealEstateJournal.com - December 2007
  • The Nature of Nature-Deficit Disorder - Land & People, Fall 2007
  • If house has to go, at least it can go green - Seattle PI, August 20, 2007
  • Real Estate Industry Quietly Embracing Green Development - GreenProgress, June 19, 2007
  • Five Green Fixes for Your Home - Business Week, April 18, 2007
  • Boeing recycling practices nets $60 million - Seattle PI, April 17, 2007
  • The Power of Green - NYTimes, April 15, 2007
  • Mayors take the lead - Newsweek, April 10, 2007
  • Are You Being Greenwashed? - Business Week, March 29, 2007
  • Policy Shapers Interview: Lucia Athens, ASLA - ASLA LANDonline, March 27, 2007
  • "Zero-Energy" Homes planned in Issaquah - Seattle Times, March 21, 2007
  • New Bank Aims to Make It Easier to Build Green - Greenerbuildings.com, February 12, 2007
  • UW reaches gold standard for energy and environmental design - UW News, January 18, 2007
  • Help Wanted: Green - Building, Design & Construction, January 8, 2007
  • We think of outdoor air quality most often, but indoor pollution is a hazard, too - Seattle Times, January 6, 2007
  • Kulongoski Proposes $30million in Green Energy - Oregon Live, January 4, 2007
  • Seattle adds a touch of green - Seattle PI, January 1, 2007
  • On Architecture: Alley 24 - Seattle PI, December 28, 2006
  • Boston ready to go green - The Boston Globe, December 20, 2006
  • Seeing Green, keeping it simple isn't so simple - Seattle Times, December 19, 2006
  • For Houses, It's Glamorous to Be Green - BusinessWeek, December 13, 2006
  • America's Best Eco-neighborhoods - Natural Home Magazine, December 6, 2006
  • D.C. Moves to Become Pioneer in Forcing "Green" Construction - Washington Post, November 16, 2006
  • Home Survey: Green Trumps Luxury - HousingZone.com, November 9, 2006
  • Climate Change Poses Serious Threat to Insurers and Customers, Says Report - GreenBiz.com, October 11, 2006
  • When building green, it's still tough to find a builder - NY Times, October 1, 2006
  • High Point's natural drainage system highlights 'green' expo - Seattle PI, September 15, 2006
  • Solar shines in Washington State - Sustainable Business, September 13, 2006
  • College campuses are going green - Seattle PI, August 23, 2006
  • It's getting easier to be green - NY Times, August 11, 2006
  • Going Green - Forbes, July 27, 2006
  • The Green Machine - Fortune, July 31, 2006
  • Building "green" reaches a new level - USA Today, July 26, 2006
  • Green America: Why Environmentalism is Hot - Newsweek, July 17, 2006
  • America Goes Green - Newsweek, July 12, 2006

National & Worldwide Sources

  • Environmental Building News - a subscription-based resource on environmentally sensitive design and construction; includes product reviews, discussion groups and archives.
  • Daily Grist - top environmental news from around the globe
  • GreenBiz.com - latest worldwide headlines
  • GreenBuzz -  free weekly newsletter from GreenBiz.com
  • GreenClips - an email digest of green building headlines distributed biweekly via email, plus online archive
  • iNSnet - worldwide "internetwork for sustainability"
  • Metropolis Magazine - monthly architecture and urban planning magazine which includes "sustainable metropolis," a green design and issues component
  • This Week in Green Building News - latest national headlines

Special Reports & Series

  • PBS "Building Green" Series - premiered at Santa Barbara Film Festival and will air on PBS in summer 2006.
  • The State of Green Building - HousingZone's annual report
  • Building Green - special feature in Seattle's Daily Journal of Commerce

Archive
Read past headlines in our news archive. 

Last Updated: September 26, 2008
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