With Intent
Farming, Gardening, Epidemics and the Green Building
Yikes! You are probably wondering what any of this has to do with green buildings! Not to worry! The relationship between these seemingly disparate topics will soon be revealed! A major tenet of permaculture (a design approach I will refer to often in this column), is that we should work with nature and not against it. As described by [...]
Let it Snow!
The storms that rocked New York City in January and early February, left the city buried under piles of snow. For a while, it seemed like it would never end! However, we finally seem to have turned a corner. Spring's milder weather will soon be here, and winter's cold will fast become a distant memory. On the other hand, the controversy [...]
Shop Til You Drop?
Everyone loves to shop! Right? But every day we are bombarded with discouraging messages about our increasingly throw-away culture which is causing our landfills to burst at the seams. All of this rampant consumerism is contributing to climate change and will eventually lead to our being swallowed up by the rising oceans due to the melting of the [...]
Infoview: Your Local Newspaper
Pursuing an eco-intentional lifestyle means more than just buying a reusable shopping bag at the grocery store or finally taking the plunge to swap out your old incandescent bulbs for compact fluorescents and calling it a day. While these are steps in the right direction, they are just one aspect of an overall approach to leading an [...]
Towards an Eco-intentional Lifestyle
Going green. Eco-friendly. Sustainable. Energy efficiency. What do these terms mean? Do they accurately describe actions or behaviors that positively impact the environment? Are there terms that might be more meaningful? Perhaps. However, living and acting with intent, is less about how we describe or label our actions. It is the mental [...]
Welcome to “With Intent”
There are so many terms being thrown about these days in connection with the environment: "sustainability", "green", "eco-friendly", "energy efficiency", and the like. However, what do these terms actually mean? Will adopting the practices associated with these terms really make a difference or are they just so much trendy window-dressing? Are [...]
