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Ray Anderson Remembered

August 29, 2011 – 5:47 pm

It’s been three weeks. I remember pausing on August 8 for several moments to note that I felt a real sense of loss and sadness when I read that he had passed. I even talked with my family about it at dinner – a time when we share important happenings of the day. The huge [...]

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LEED is not the problem

May 11, 2011 – 4:43 pm

During a lively discussion at the last SUN Group meeting (Sustainable Upstate Network), the topic turned to understanding the “why” behind clients’ resistance to making green and sustainable choices. One member said (to paraphrase) that LEED® is the problem. Clients are just chasing points without making informed and sensible decisions. If you’re chasing points, you’re missing [...]

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Toxic Products, The Really Bad Guys and the Good Guys

June 10, 2010 – 9:26 am

Reality Check I’m still haunted by the CNN report about Mossville, Louisiana. Here’s the bullet: A small economically-challenged town is surrounded by 14 chemical manufacturers – mostly chemicals used to manufacture plastics. To say that this is a cancer cluster is to put it mildly. In this report, a chemist reports her findings, verified by [...]

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