Sometimes life as a GREEN designee can be lonely, especially if you’re the only green-minded practitioner in your market. Who’s there to talk shop with you? How do you build relationships? Where do you go to share ideas and get advice?
The 2016 Illinois Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA) opens the door for a brighter energy future for Illinois.The goals of FEJA are lofty and it’s expected that the law will help to cut electricity waste, improve the state’s environmental health, bring renewable energy, and make clean energy more accessible to consumers and lower their utility costs.
Japanese decluttering guru Marie Kondo is getting another moment in the spotlight with her new Netflix series in which she works with homeowners to do aggressive decluttering.
If you’re just getting started with green home upgrades, there’s no better time to incorporate energy-saving measures than during a season when terms like “Bomb Cyclone” have been used to describe a weather event.
Five of the simplest upgrades require minimal effort and will yield immediate benefits throughout 2018 and beyond.
Rather than being crippled by adversity and disruption, community members can think ahead and create a framework to prepare for and respond to a crisis and ensure that their city returns to being healthy, safe, and strong physically, socially, and economically.
But cultivating resilience isn’t just disaster planning. It also entails protecting the environment, creating economic stability, and ensuring the well-being of a city’s population.
