Green Living Columns

Green Living columns are published bi-weekly in the Las Vegas Review Journal, appearing every other Thursday in the Home section. They are written by GreenDream Enterprises president, Steve Rypka.

In the list below, the left side has links to the columns and the right side has links to further information relating to each particular column topic. The list is in reverse chronological order with the most recent column at the top. You can also read past columns from 2006 and 2007. Reader comments are welcome via email.

Green Living Column

Date

Related Information

Fireworks - Why?
Fireworks Explosion & Injury
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The thumbnail above is a photo of an accidental explosion during a fireworks show in Capay, CA on July 4, 2008. A fire department professional was injured.

Photo: Steve Rypka

7-2-09

Fireworks are not worth the risk

Las Vegas
Green Building Tour

Las Vegas Green Building Tour
(Click to read column)

6-18-09
Green Jobs
HomeFree Nevada
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6-4-09

PBS' NOW interviews Van Jones, Green Jobs Handyman

Green Pool Pumps
Green pool pumps.
(Click to read column)

5-21-09
House Like a Tree
House Like a Tree
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5-14-09

Successful organic urban farming in Cuba.

Gray Water is Good
Dryland Water Issues
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4-23-09

Brad Lancaster talks about graywater.

Blowin' in the Wind
Wind Power
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4-9-09

Monster Water Users
Godzilla water monsters!
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3-26-09
Library, Kill a Watt
Libraries rock!
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3-12-09

 

Home Energy Audits
Home energy audits
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2-26-09
Villa Trieste - LEED Platinum Homes
Villa Trieste - LEED Platinum Homes.
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2-12-09
Go Beyond Green
Go beyond green.
(Click to read column)

1-29-09
Solar Harvesting
No snow on south face
(Click to read column)

1-15-09
Time to Reflect
Happy Festivus!
(Click to read column)

12-25-08
ECOlogy-ECOnomy
ECOlogy-ECOnomy
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12-11-08

 

Platinum Green Home
Platinum Green Home
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11-27-08
America Recycles
America Recycles
Image: National Recycling Coalition
(Click to read column)

11-13-08

Earth Foreclosing?
Earth Foreclosing?
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10-30-08
  • World Changing - Change your Thinking.
  • Watch Alex Steffen of World Changing speak about the creation of a sustainable society in the video below....

Simple Living
Simple Living
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10-16-08

Sleeping Green
Sleeping Green
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10-2-08
Solar Success Stories
Solar Success Stories
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9-18-08

Solar Success Story, Stephen Heckeroth ;

CFLs: The Best Investment
CFLs: The Best Investment
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9-4-08
Local: Key to Green
Living Local: Key to Green
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8-21-08

Events to Celebrate (and attend!)
Events to Celebrate
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8-7-08
Gone Green, Finally
Forever Fernwood hillside.
(Click to read column)

7-24-08

Springs Preserve now Platinum
Springs Preserve at dusk.
(Click to read column)

7-10-08
Getting It Right
Getting It Right
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6-28-08

Energy Star Tips

Black Gold
Compost
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6-12-08
Blueprint for Nevada
BLUEPRINT for NEVADA
(Click to read column)

5-29-08

Green Economy
GreenWave
(Click to read column)

5-15-08

Van Jones - Eco-Equity

Plug In to the Grid
Fuel Costs
(Click to read column)

5-1-08

Out of Balance
Balance
(Click to read column)

4-17-08

We Cannot Eat Money

REGREEN
REGREEN
(Click to read column)

4-3-08

Solar 2008
Solar 2008
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3-20-08
FACE IT - Green Building Solution
No Coal!
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Photo by Emily Bibler, a winner in the Reverberate Graphic Design Competition, courtesy of Architecture 2030.
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3-6-08

2008 Solar Home Tour
Solar Home Tour
(Click to read column)

2-21-08
Zero Energy Homes
Zero Energy Homes

(Click to read column)

2-7-08

Perspective of Time
Redwood in the Fog
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1-24-08

Watch this video of David Suzuki, a well-respected scientist, speaking on the economy and the environment. There are six clips in this series on YouTube for those who want to see the entire speech.

One Heck of a Year
Footprint

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1-10-08

More Green Living Columns:

2006
2007

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