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Anita Thompson at 29 Winding Lane will host “Public Pantry” where guests can participate in a shared kitchen and purchase food from her kitchen and pantry.  Transform the Burbs, open your business at home! Jim Hudak of 20 Wood Lane in Wantagh will host “House of Signs” where guests will make their own signs to take home.  Lisa Vanderberg of …

This year HP is sponsoring an exciting new challenge open to designers, architects and creatives around the world! The DesignByMany challenge invites participants to create of a series of New Orleans-style eco-homes that meet the Passive House Standard – the world’s most rigorous building energy standard. Homes designed for the challenge are expected to be affordable to build and purchase, long-lasting, with minimal …

By Brian Skeele, on March 1st, 2011 In my last blog “What to do about the Economy?”  I was saying “we need ‘sustainable mixed use, mixed income neighborhoods, with lifelong learning and open space…..everywhere’ “. Let me explain that a bit. In 2006, Arthur C Nelson has been warning that the over supply of large lot suburban homes will be …

By Brian Skeele, on May 17th, 2011 Foundation Investing and Your Vision of Sustainable Neighborhoods Foundations grant 5% of their assets and invest 95%.  As I understand it, the branch of the foundation that invests has very little connection to the branch that makes grants.  In fact, sometimes their actions are running against each other. The beauty of socially, economically, …

By Brian Skeele, on May 24th, 2011 From where I stand, Innovation is the name of the game. How can we create an atmosphere conducive to innovation to better support the emerging sustainable economy in …emerging?? I’m envisioning an affordable, interdisciplinary Think and Do Tank, an innovation lab. As I contemplate this “Center for Innovation’, I can see there are several ways it …