Green Living Columns from 2006

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. Reader comments are welcome via email.

Green Living Column

Date

Related Information

Green Resolutions for 2007
Solve the puzzle
(Click to read column)

12-30-06
Solar NV
U.S. Green Building Council
Springs Preserve
Solar Generations
Union of Concerned Scientists
Climate Crisis
Rocky Mountain Institute
Earth Watch Institute
David Suzuki Foundation
Renewable Energy Incentives
Carbon Offsets
A Statement from John Robbins
The Hanover Principles (PDF)
Lied Animal Shelter Going for LEED Rating
Lied Animal Shelter
(Click to read column)
12-16-06
Lied Animal Shelter
Eliminate Concept of Waste
Cradle to Cradle
(Click to read column)
12-2-06
Cradle to Cradle
Green Building is Building Momentum
Green built home.
(Click to read column)
11-18-06
HOME BUILDING: Going green to save green
Las Vegas Goes Green
Voting Smart: With Our Dollars and Our Ballots
How many have we got?
(Click to read column)
11-4-06
Living Planet Report
Mercury in the Environment
Alternative Countertops
Countertop
(Click to read column)
10-21-06
PaperStone
IceStone
The 2030 Challenge, Straw Bale Home, Green Building Standards
2030 Challenge
(Click to read column)
10-7-06
Architecture 2030 Challenge
2010 Imperative: Global Emergency Teach In
Strawbale.com
LEED Green Building Rating System
2006 Southern Nevada Solar Home Tour
Straw bale home.
(Click to read column)
9-23-06
Solar NV Home Tour Page
Solar Friendly Homes
Big Coal
(Click to read column)
9-9-06
U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Homes
Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future
Edible Landscaping
Garden
(Click to read column)
8-26-06
Path to Freedom
Small Homes are Good
Not So Big House
(Click to read column)
8-12-06
Sarah Susanka's web site
Window Technology and Efficiency
Window shaded by tree
(Click to read column)
7-29-06
Efficient Windows Collaborative
Carbon Offsets
Green earth.
(Click to read column)

7-15-06
CarbonFund.org
A Paradigm Shift
Bella
(Click to read column)
7-1-06
The Weather Makers
Inconvenient Truth
Smog over Las Vegas.
(Click to read column)
6-17-06
An Inconvenient Truth
Healthy Bedding

(Click to read column)
6-3-06
Royal Pedic (Note: organic options are no longer shown on their web site)
WoolieBees
Indoor Air Quality
Healthy paint.
(Click to read column)
5-20-06
EPA's "Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality"
EPA info on Formaldehyde
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