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A Sustainable Way of Life Becomes the Curriculum! Part 3

Brian Skeele — Wed, 11 May 2011 11:00:37 +0000

Imagine. An elementary school and the surrounding neighborhoods joining together to become a sustainable community with the school at its heart. Part 3

Working Together to Get to a Zero Carbon Emissions Lifestyle

The “Gone Green” Neighborhood Renovation program continues to transform energy inefficient homes into zero emission homes.

The “Whole Home Audit” documents the . . . → Read More: A Sustainable Way of Life Becomes the Curriculum! Part 3

World Peace this Week, Sustainable Neighborhoods Next Week!

Brian Skeele — Sat, 07 May 2011 11:00:05 +0000

I just watched John Hunter’s TED presentation….So Dang Good! He has his 4th graders solving World Peace in one week! I wrote him to see if the game, played on a 3 dimensional 4′x4′ board game, could be adapted to sustainable neighorhoods. Social, Economic and Ecological sustainability is so complicated, but hey, so is . . . → Read More: World Peace this Week, Sustainable Neighborhoods Next Week!

Create Your Desired Future, Thriving and Sustainable!

Brian Skeele — Sun, 01 May 2011 04:24:37 +0000

Share Your Vision! As a country, we’ve spent the last 60 years getting really good at mass producing suburban sprawl and now the economic, social, and ecological collateral damage has gotten too big to ignore. So what do we do now??

Here’s how I see it…if you are willing to design a sustainable lifestyle, . . . → Read More: Create Your Desired Future, Thriving and Sustainable!

Envisioning A More Abundant Lifestyle

Brian Skeele — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:09:09 +0000

Serving Ourselves, While Serving Others

A few years ago, the Sustainable Neighborhoods Focus Group came up with the idea of giving as a key to a more abundant lifestyle. Currently, infill and new development often give very little to neighborhoods, usually a loss of views and open space, more traffic, and a deadness . . . → Read More: Envisioning A More Abundant Lifestyle

Impending Bummers, Arabs, and Popcorn..OH MY!

Brian Skeele — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:57:01 +0000

The beauty of free speech! I get these emails that blow my mind. So hate-filled. Outright fabrications and half truths taken out of context. I go to snopes.com and find out the truth. Today’s was about Islam considering everyone infidels, titled “What’s an Infidel?” I included it at the end of this blog….

As you . . . → Read More: Impending Bummers, Arabs, and Popcorn..OH MY!

Quest for the Killer Modeling Tool continues

Brian Skeele — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:23:33 +0000

The Quest is on! Ray at Infracycle recommended taking a look at CommunityViz. Coincidently, recently I’ve attended a couple of their CommunityViz’s “Community Matters” webinars….

On capturing customers for successful commercial-

This article about Hershey Pennsylvania’s attempt to revitalize the town, from the ERSI site, has a good discussion on how to figure customer capture using the . . . → Read More: Quest for the Killer Modeling Tool continues

What to do about the economy? Go Sustainable!

Brian Skeele — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:43:24 +0000

The thing to do these days is get a more affordable lifestyle. Lower your gasoline bill, lower the monthly heating bill, lower the housing payment, lower healthcare costs….you name it…make it lower. The problem is gas prices are going up! and that makes everything more expensive. It’s time to get creative. It’s time to . . . → Read More: What to do about the economy? Go Sustainable!