Live Green Now

Environment and Real Estate-2 of my favorite obsessions-not doing well in Florida

An entertaining, though scary overview of problems south http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1821648-3,00.html

In a recent article in the Georgia Straight, City Councillor Susan Anton was quoted advocating that new homes be required to be clothes line ready. Anton pointed out the many reasons why clothes lines are not only cost effective but also very environmentally friendly. She is quoted as saying: "I think laundry on a line is a beautiful sight," but unfortunately many rental units, and condomin ...

Well it is great that the City is moving towards a Green Building Strategy/Green Homes Program. As BC's first (and I think still only) certified EcoBroker, I see a lot of this type of thing across the United States where building green seems to have caught on a lot more than here. Its great to see us slowly catching up. Apparently the changes which will come into affect Sept 5/08 will incr ...

As you can see from the graph below, not only have we been continually exceeding all time market highs for the past few years, we now seem to be receding and heading into a slower market. Of course this is to be expected as a market cannot continue to go up forever; however it seems it is fueled a lot more by media reports instilling fear in consumers than real economic conditions that one wo ...

this is also scary....there just doesn't seem to be any realization of urgency!
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2008/2008-05-27-04.asp

is he kidding-see below for Harper's comments on how well we are doing....I don't think so!

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080527/Harper_germany_080528/20080528?hub=CTVNewsAt11
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Join us today for Green Vancouver Real Estate (congrats Sun Run participants-come by after its 2 for 1 for you-see below!)

Our booth is just behind the food area-pls come by! Learn more about Green real estate and green realtors in Vancouver!

Here is the email of what's happening today that I received from the EPIC people:

EPIC The Vancouver Sun Sustainable Living Expo Vancouver Convention ...

PLEASE COME JOIN US AT OUR BOOTH AT EPIC-the Green lifestyle show!!!

We (Macdonald Realty) have a booth to promote our green real estate program and I will be talking to people about my being the first Ecobroker in BC! EPIC is at the Trade and Convention Centre in Vancouver and it has a lot which will be of interest to those keen on living green-real estate, home renos, or just general gree ...

Another Green Idea: Maritz Makes It 'Easy To Be Green' With Carbon Credits And New Green Rewards For Employees

A recent article talks about a new program which provides green rewards earn points for customers

Noticing the growing demand in the US for eco-friendly incentive programs Maritz Motivation, a leading provider of sales incentives and rewards, has partnered with OurEnergy, a ...

I just came across this article on the internet-it looks interesting-I wonder when a Canadian lender will do this?

Countrywide Offers Discounted Rates For "Green" Home Buyers

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

A division of Countrywide Financial Corp.'s (CFC) Countrywide Bank unit announced Wednesday the launch of its Green Incentive Program that gives an interest rate reduction of 0.125% on a loan u ...