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		<title>Reading up on going green</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Tchamkina</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GreenHomeNYC&#8217;s Green Careers Transition team is putting together a reading list - check out their previous selections. Continuing the series, GreenHomeNYC volunteer Mary Tchamkina takes a look at books  that might help to motivate and guide your career transition.

1. The ECO Guide to Careers that Make a Difference: Environmental Work For A Sustainable World, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Career Profile: Greg Kiss</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Tchamkina</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Kiss, Kiss+Cathcart Architects, Brooklyn, NY


Describe your “Eukera!” moment that shaped your decision to pursue environmentally conscious design.
I actually never had one single moment, rather a series of them that had guided the evolution of our firm’s philosophy over the years. Some people pursue environmental design out of moral conviction, others think of it as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading green, naturally, sustainably</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Tchamkina</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GreenHomeNYC&#8217;s Green Careers Transition team is putting together a reading list - check out their previous selections. Continuing the series, GreenHomeNYC volunteer Mary Tchamkina takes a look at six books on designing in harmony with nature.

1. Green Metropolis: Why Living Smarter, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability, by David Owen
Written by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green retrofit award for NYC landmark</title>
		<link>http://greenhomenyc.org/post/2186</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fkh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council acknowledged the Empire State Building as an example of an outstanding retrofit project. Clinton Climate Initiative, Johnson Controls Inc., Jones Lang LaSalle, and Rocky Mountain Institute, all partners in the project, were given the Beyond Green High Performance Building Award, a prize reserved for projects that demonstrate leading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March forum: Stormwater</title>
		<link>http://greenhomenyc.org/post/2144</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join GreenHomeNYC for our March Green Building Forum, with three guest speakers  focusing on Stormwater issues. The evening will address methods to re-use and manage stormwater for community, residential and commercial projects.

Wednesday - March 17 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Green Depot 222  Bowery at Prince Street
Please RSVP below!
We&#8217;re registered with AIA for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green building ratings, down under</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fkh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in NYC, green buildings are rated by the US Green Building Council, who developed and promote the LEED building rating system. GreenHomeNYC volunteer Brian Rahm takes a look at a similar organization 8,000 miles away: the New Zealand Green Building Council.
NZGBC has established a rating system called Green Star, similar to the LEED paradigm. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Books: Farming, Gardening, Epidemics and the Green Building</title>
		<link>http://greenhomenyc.org/post/2135</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jlanier</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yikes!  You are probably wondering what any of these have to do with green buildings!  Not to worry!
One Straw Revolution by Masonobu Fukuoka, Gaia&#8217;s Garden, Second Edition: A Guide To Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway and Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell each explore in various contexts, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYC Government Policy Briefing - February 2010</title>
		<link>http://greenhomenyc.org/post/2128</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>szlachetka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Already in February 2010 there has been three major policy announcements to further integrate smart building strategies into the city&#8217;s built environment.  This news in the short term particularly impacts clean energy business owners and those doing business with the city - in the long term the City has begun the process to overhaul its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting now! New York&#8217;s Great Appliance Swap Out</title>
		<link>http://greenhomenyc.org/post/2118</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>szlachetka</dc:creator>
		
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Governor Paterson has announced the New York Great Appliance Swap Out - a program that provides $16.8 million for New Yorkers to turn in their less efficient appliances for rebates on energy efficient appliances NOW through Sunday, February 21.  The program uses federal funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Individual units must have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is your mind in the gutter?</title>
		<link>http://greenhomenyc.org/post/2112</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fkh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If so, you might be interested in a stormwater management competition, finishing up this week. Submit your ideas on smarter solutions for street runoff by February 15th and help NYC divert some stormwater from over 6,000 miles of streets in the city.  If you&#8217;re a follower of GreenHomeNYC&#8217;s monthly forum, you might recall our [...]]]></description>
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