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Green Tour 2009
Green Building Info - Maps, Directory, Articles, Favorites 
 

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"Going Green" articles:
written by Sat Jiwan since Feb 2008 in reverse order. (for newest articles see the Takoma/Silver Spring Voice website)
 
Several 800-1500 word articles on green living and green building issues, with useful local resources boxes.  Links below go to PDFs or Blog posts of the articles.

July/Aug 09 - Beat the Heat and Work with Water - Summer prevention, coping and adaptation strategies. Voice Blog or PDF pages 40, 41

June 09 - Eating Well for Less - Does Wholefoods really take your whole paycheck? Voice Blog or PDF pages 46, 47, 48, 49

May 09 - (Re)Building Local Self-Reliance - by supporting local resources (food, business, beer) and creating new ones (currency, Transition Town, etc) Voice Blog or PDF pages 20, 22

April 09 - Green Tax (Credits) and the Economy - save money while going green with local and federal incentives and community support. Voice Blog or PDF pages 32, 33

March 09 - Green Home Mantras - Keep repeating (and working) on these to ave money and make big impacts. Voice Blog or PDF pages 26, 27

Feb 09 - Polar Bear Plunge and Coal Plant Civil Resistance - Voice Blog or PDF pages 44, 45
 
Jan 09 - Local Green Resolutions - Green Our Public Buildings - Voice Blog or PDF page 21
 
Dec 08 - Green Cooking - Reducing energy use in the kitchen - PDF page 36
 
Nov 08 - Heating Fuel and Green Building - Corn stoves, biodiesel, other... - PDF pages 32, 33
 
Oct 08 - Green Voting and Law Breaking - third party candidates and civil resistance - PDF pages 52, 53
 
Sept 08 - Green Homes and Garden Tour - preview of local event and links to online educational resource - PDF pages 48, 49
 
Aug 08 - Resource Wars - energy and water (more strategies for global warming summers) - PDF pages 30, 31
 
July 08 - Strategies for global warming summers - saving water and electricity without spending a lot of money - PDF page 52
 
June 08 - Dry basements, green myths, and green news - PDF pages 16-17
 
May 08 - cows, cars, kids, construction - focus on the biggest environmental impacts - PDF pages 32-34
 
April 08 - Spring House Cleansing - Decluttering as part of or as an alternative to green rennovations - PDF page 23
 
March 08 - Home Energy Inspections - How to choose (infrared, blower door), and a couple resources  - PDF pages 22-23
 
February 08 - Home Improvement Projects - Save Energy, Resources, and often times money (lots of local resources listed) - PDF pages 25, 26, 28
Local Favorites:
(favorite companies and organizations, many listed on the Directory Map)
 
Companies:
 
Community Forklift - (Edmonston, MD) building materials reuse warehouse - donate to and purchase salvage, surplus and some green building materials.
 
Deconstruction Services, LLC - (Fairfax, VA) disassembly of structures to maximize recycling and reuse of materials
 
Helicon Works - (Takoma Park, MD) ecological architecture, consulting and building services
 
Nature Neutral - (Edmonston, MD and Charlottesville, VA) - green building construction supplies and more
 
Amicus Green Building Center - (Kensington, MD) green building show room and retail supplier and more
 
Home Energy Tune-uP - national energy audit program providing training and software to home inspectors. Get unbiased recommendations customized to your home.

Greener Than Green Gardens - (Takoma Park, MD) specializing in natives, edibles, woodland gardens and ecological gardening practices, and storm water management.

 
Organizations:
 
Save Our Sky Home Heating Cooperative
- (DC area) aka the "corn coop", members have corn burning stoves and collectively purchase local, sustainable corn
 
Takoma Park Green Building Group (yahoo discussion group)
 
Green Guild Biodiesel Coop - serving the community and environment through promoting and producing quality biodiesel fuel in the Washington DC metro area.
 
Chesapeake Climate Action Network - regional global warming advocacy group
 
1Sky - www.1sky.org - national advocacy on climate change
 
New American Dream and Responsible Purchasing Network - consuming less and consuming better for individuals and institutions
 
 
Baltimore Favorites:
 
 
Baltimore Biomass - (similar to corn coop)