Here’s a solution for the overflowing recycle bins; build desperately needed housing.
The Monks in a Buddhist temple in Thailand collected 1 million bottles to build their temple. The temple also has washrooms and a crematorium all built from bottles.
Detail of roof:
Read more about it or look at more amazing photos go to: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/temple-built-from-beer-bottles.php
More structures built with bottles:http://unusuallife.com/2008/05/01/building-with-bottles/
Our allies Down-under have been putting green practices to work and this blog will highlight some of their endevers in making properties green.
The color you paint your home could affect you energy consumption. Light colors increase the “albedo,” or reflecting power of a surface. If you paint your roof white it increases the solar energy reflected away from the surface. Imagine the hillsides of Greece with their beautiful white washed buildings.
It’s also possible to buy dark-coloured paints that cut the heat absorbed by your roof. Ceramic-based, heat-reflective coatings are available from paint suppliers.
Read more about paint and how to lower urban heat: http://smh.domain.com.au/real-estate-news/painting-the-town-white-is-green-20110409-1d8fs.html
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Tagged energy saving paint, green paint, painting roof
Wondering how your state is doing compared to other states in the race to be the greenest? Clean Edge has come out with their leadership index for 2011 and congratulations California you are in the lead.
See where your state stacks up: http://www.cleanedge.com/leadership/
The report also states that employment in the green sector was larger than the fossil fuel or biosciences industries nationally, but smaller than information technology.
Read more: http://www.cleanedge.com/reports/reports-jobtrends2010.php
