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  1. "Carbon offsets create the illusion of "additional" GHG reductions, but we are just getting business as usual." - Post http://bit.ly/2EUp3u
  2. Presenting on Sonoma Mountain Village at GreenBuild in Phoenix tomorrow (OR11) on a panel with Chris Pyke, USGBC's Director of Research.
  3. Using waste lumber that can't be reclaimed to fuel our high-efficiency woodburning insert. Sufficient BTUs for Canadian shoulder seasons.
  4. BioRegional supporting 500 companies that published The Copenhagen Communique calling for robust climate change action http://bit.ly/2FWGym
  5. Grassroots calls for James Hansen of NASA to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his benchmark science on climate change http://bit.ly/2pDAV
  6. WWF advises UK government to take lead in reducing meat consumption as a major GHG savings measure. America, take note. http://bit.ly/ir2hF
  7. happy to see environmentalists [finally] finding our sense of humor. This campaign video is damn FUNNY -- pass it on: http://bit.ly/gSCew
  8. On vacation. Odd that the excellent aquarium in Camden, NJ, complete with token roof-mounted wind turbines, has not 1 recycling bin inside
  9. Touring the impressive Edmonton waste mgmt centre today. With 60% diversion rates and climbing they are a leader in North America.
  10. Heading to California to lead another Sustainability Action Planning workshop for a new site, then on to Edmonton for the ICLEI convention.
  11. Help end Canada's tragic legacy as one of the world’s largest exporters of lethal asbestos, mostly to poor countries. http://shar.es/H6Z8&t
  12. Living Future Network just announced: One Planet Communities+Living Building Challenge+Healthy Building Network+Biomimicry Institute.
  13. Scheming w. Janine Benyus & friends this AM for a design challenge to achieve the greatest possible carbon reduction using biomimicry.
  14. helping the Biomimicry Institute plan an invitation-only design challenge/thinktank for green building solutions inspired by nature.
  15. Arrived in Portland for awesome Living Future conference. Taking efficient light-rail to my hotel... Then over to cinco de mayo festival!
  16. A new 140mpg hybrid scooter offers Italian styling to US drivers. Now how about inventing low carbon flights to Roma? http://bit.ly/Lhxb0
  17. A recent study of public response to ecoterminology concludes "one planet living" is a persuasive, understood term. http://bit.ly/fx8BC
  18. 2 weeks ago, Ed - the guy installing my R40 roof - was stranded for 30 hrs without food in a blizzard on a 400km arctic dogsled race. Crazy.
  19. Improving our One Planet lifestyles methodology @ McKenzie-Mohr's Fostering Sustainable Behaviors workshop in Toronto. Hot stuff.
  20. London (http://bit.ly/RF2i8) and Guelph (http://bit.ly/76SVk) get biomass district energy plants. When will US cities wake up to biomass?