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June 2017

Nov 2017

This Month's Tips: Garden Designs that Dazzle

If you’re struggling to make your ho-hum garden dazzle, check out Garden Design magazine’s resources

May 2017

June 2017

EverGreen Award Nominations. Find Our Future Green

Some of the Green REsource Council’s past EverGreen winners have become stars of the sustainable housing industry. 

Think of Craig Foley and his expertise on everything from valuation and marketing of high-performance buildings and energy management, to green advocacy and education. 

August 2017

Cites with the Cleanest Air

The American Lung Association’s “State of the Air® 2017” examines and ranks cities’ air quality. 
Here are the six cities (listed alphabetically) with the cleanest air. 

May 2017

Find Friends, Build Your Green Network 

The launch of a solar blog. Seeking advice about putting on a green event. Styling a green home features sheet like a nutrition label. A happy hour event at an under-construction house for a behind-the-walls look at energy efficiency features. Questions about promoting a newly minted GREEN Designation.

May 2017

Back to Basics: Eco-friendly Summer Celebrations

It’s the season for picnics, weddings, graduations, barbeques, fish boils, and clambakes. 

Fun as they are, at the end of these events, garbage cans typically are overflowing with plastic water bottles, paper plates, and food waste.  

So it’s worth employing these 10 eco-friendly basics to make sure your summer party isn’t too hard on the environment.