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Green Builder Media’s Vision House Series

This year for Earth Day, Epcot unveiled the Vision House. Vision House, which was presented by Green Builder Media, showed visitors just how cool and innovative a green home could be. Sara Gutterman, CEO of Green Builder Media, said, “Sustainable living is about taking personal responsibility.” With the Vision House, Green Builder hope to show families that they had the technology to provide them with great products and options for living green in their home. Living green not only helps the environment, it can also save homeowners money. Visitors to Vision House got a guided tour which featured product and … Continue reading →

Recycled Green Homes

We are about two hours east of Raleigh, NC, so I was please when I learned what Builders of Hope was doing for residents there. They are a non-profit group that saves home from demolition, moves them to a new area, makes them greener, and then prices them so that lower-income families can purchase them. New home owner Lisa Covington said, “I can’t really believe it,” about her $135,000 three bedroom, two bathroom house. Builders of Hope Founder and CEO Nancy Murray said, “Our solution is unique. We incorporate economic, environmental, and social solutions into our process.” The company took … Continue reading →

Greenbuild International Conference and Expo

If you are in Phoenix, Arizona between November 11 and 13, consider yourself lucky! The annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is going to be there too! What is Greenbuild? It is the largest conference devoted to green building. It will feature prominent speakers such as Daniel Wildcat. Daniel, a Native American is the director of the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. Wildcat hosted an event at the 25th annual Earth Day in which Native American scientists, engineers, and elders talked about the change needed for a healthy planet. He also helped … Continue reading →

Modular Homes Go Green

Modular (pre-fabricated) homes have often suffered a bad reputation, but now, some of them are on the cutting edge of green living. Based just upon how they are built, modular homes may be a more efficient, green way to go anyhow. Unlike traditional homes, modular homes can be made in a warehouse, so they are more time efficient because rain, snow, wind, etc. won’t stop the construction. But, today’s modular homes are also proving to be more energy efficient. All American Homes, from Elkhart, Indiana, has built what they call the Living Zero Home. The home uses fiber cement siding, … Continue reading →

The Pros of Purchasing a Pre-fabricated Home

I live in a trailer home, also known as a pre-fabricated home, or a mobile home, or a modular home … yes, there are fancy terms to glam it up a bit, but hey, it’s a trailer home. There are definite pros and cons to this type of purchase. This blog will discuss some of the pros, and I will follow up by discussing some of the cons in another post. 1. Cost. Homes sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, but you can purchase a trailer home for a price tag of anywhere from $20,000 to $75,000, depending on … Continue reading →

America’s Oldest Family-Run Farm for Sale

I have blogged about purchasing locally grown produce, but being a farmer today can be hard. So hard in fact that Will Tuttle is planning to pack it in. Tuttle is the owner of the 134 acre farm in Dover, New Hampshire that is the longest family-run farm in the country. Started in 1635, the Tuttle farm has been passed down from father to son for hundreds of years. But, Tuttle, an 11th generation farmer, said his sons don’t want it and he doesn’t want to force it on them, so he has put the farm up for sale. Tuttle, … Continue reading →