SustainYou

A green perspective is featured in this ‘NY Times Magazine.

Is building natural, using “green” products a way to fulfill sustainability in your home?  Perhaps a home is not just what’s inside walls but the community of what is around your home as well.  Add Organic, mix in some green design with a kazzam of local and Bam!

As part of the greenhouse studio project, the Co-op is putting a new 100 amp electrical panel in the studio.  Building code states that these electrical wires must be buried 18″ or more below the ground and put in conduit.  The traditional way would be to buy 2″ PVC pipe in 8ft sections from Home Depot, glue it together with highly toxic solvent glue, bury it and be good to go.  The idea a burying toxins in our yard, where we grow our food, does not have much appeal…..

 This link shows conduit and piping options that are PVC free.

For more about the possible hazards of PVC check this link out.

Look for the green electrical install video coming this summer.

From: Forbes.com

Biopact presents their report on Greenhouse gas Emissions balance for electricity power sources.  Check it out!

From: Biopact

From: The Wall Street Journal