Green Builders Blog

Shay asked:


My husband and I purchased our home last summer. I love the home and location but **** the kitchen and bath. Our home was built in 1957 and I have hardwood floors throughout the house. When we get more settled financially, we plan to remodel both. We have narrowed it down to the following designs. We are not sure which color the kitchen will be painted but the bath will be paint either a sage green or a creamy yellow color. Choose which kitchen & bath you like best.

Kitchen

http://www.dongardner.com/images/plans/interiors/5025kitchen.jpg

http://www.dongardner.com/images/plans/interiors/964kitchen.jpg

http://www.dongardner.com/images/plans/interiors/903kitchen1.jpg

bath

http://www.dongardner.com/images/plans/interiors/964bath.jpg

http://www.dongardner.com/images/plans/interiors/746bath.jpg
Oh and could you explain why you chose the picture. Thanks

Beth

greendancingshooz asked:


I’m out of town and forgot my pill pack at home. I need to get a new one, but I don’t know how or where to use my CA Health Access card. Any ideas of what to do? I usually go to Planned Parenthood for my pills, but I’ve already gotten my year’s supply and the PP I go to is very far from here. Help!
There isn’t a phone number on the back of the card to call.

Barbara

???lf?1????? asked:


When I grow vegetables in the Summer, I refuse to use pesticides. I’m tired of buying veggies in the store and they are coated with a thick layer of grease, pesticides, and other unknown substances.

Are there any benefits of eating fresh home grown veggies instead of those found in stores? Is there a benefit to eating them raw? ….. I like eating raw veggies

Cristina

pearl asked:


He’s a miniature australian shepherd, about 13 lbs. Any at home cure advice welcome.
Haha, it’s not Valentine’s weekend silly, it’s Presidents Day on Monday :o) You must not live in the US… School is out and all banks and most businesses are closed.

As for the emergency vet, I don’t think we’re in dire straits here people. Would you go to the ER for a case of pink eye or a head cold? Not unless you have great insurance… I’ll call Petco in the A.M. to see if they have anything over the counter. If they don’t have anything, I’ll make a vet appt. for sometime this week. In the meantime, he is happy, full of energy and well hydrated.

Thanks for all of your advice.

Bob

Traxas asked:


We have been together for more than 5 years and I truly love him. But i have been living for over 15 years in Mexico. We both speak english, and have college degrees (architecture and mechanical engineer). Because of the violence situation in Mexico we no longer wish to live here,so I want to know how can we move to the States, ergo, how to get him a legal status in the country.

thanks for your comments
BTW we are both *** men
Since we cannot get married neither in US nor in Mexico the only viable option is Canada

Ernesto

Mark L asked:


I am interested in going as green as possible and building a house similar to the Tumbleweed Tiny Houses. I don’t want to buy their set of plans when I want to make my own design. Are there any good websites, books etc on easy portable architecture? I’m really just interested in the materials I’ll need and what-not, so it doesn’t fall down.

I’ve never done construction by my grandfather was a master woodworker and architect, any I am pretty good at building things, it’s in my blood.

So, where do I start?

http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/

Robert

ofélia.nachuva asked:


Does anyone know how can I give copper that green effect as if it was old? It has to be a quick procedure since I only have one week (it’s for an architecture model).
Thanks!
I have already tried vinegar, some acid wines and hydrogen peroxide. This last worked out well but the tone was more red than green.

Katina

9-12′er asked:


Its all in the bill… what do you think?

• $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Department of Energy defunded last year because it said the project was inefficient.
• A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.
• $650 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.
• $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship).
• $448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters.
• $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.
• $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.
• $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD’s.
• $1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.
• $125 million for the Washington sewer system.
• $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.
• $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion.
• $75 million for “smoking cessation activities.”
• $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges.
• $75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI.
• $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction.
• $500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River.
• $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas.
• $6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings.
• $500 million for state and local fire stations.
• $650 million for wild land fire management on forest service lands.
• $1.2 billion for “youth activities,” including youth summer job programs.
• $88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service.
• $412 million for CDC buildings and property.
• $500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.
• $160 million for “paid volunteers” at the Corporation for National and Community Service.
• $5.5 million for “energy efficiency initiatives” at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.
• $850 million for Amtrak.
• $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.
• $75 million to construct a “security training” facility for State Department Security officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.
• $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems.
• $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations
The amtrack is my personal favorite… think that would be there if Biden wasnt in the picture?
How about …
246 million tax break for Hollywood movie investors in big budget movie projects over an 11-year period…

Jefferey

Jay D asked:


Why would Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, and the rest of the liberal thugs in DC push all of this spending off on the American people?

This is our taxes our dept to pay…

Why are they trying to make the government bigger, why is all of this pork in this spending bill?

$30 Million for Wetland restoration in the San Francisco Bay Area – including work to protect the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse

$50 Million for the National Endowment for the Arts

$2 Billion for the Neighborhood Stabilization Fund, providing funds to organizations such as ACORN, which has been accused of practicing unlawful voter registration in recent elections

$10 Million for the inspection of canals in urban areas

$100 Million for grants to small shipyards

$198 Million to authorize payments to certain Filipino veterans from WWII

$300 Million for the Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program

$2 Billion to support the manufacturing of advanced vehicle batteries

$1 Billion for Community Development Block Grants

$1.3 Billion for Amtrak, including $450 million for a new rail security grant program not included in either the House-passed or the Senate-passed bills

$300 Million for federal procurement of plug-in and fuel efficient vehicles

$8 Billion for a High Speed Passenger Rail Program, after the House did not include any funding for the program and the Senate included $2 billion, which will fund at least one project from Las Vegas to Los Angeles

$15 Million for historic preservation at historically black colleges and universities

$170 Million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to research the cause, effects and ways to mitigate climate change

$200 Million for Americorps and other paid “volunteerism” programs

$400 Million for NASA to accelerate climate research missions

$5.5 Billion for federal buildings (GSA), including $4.5 billion to convert federal buildings into “high-performance green buildings” and $450 million for a new headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security.

$210 Million for a new grant program to modify and upgrade local fire stations

$142 Million for the Coast Guard to alter or remove 4 obstructive bridges

$25 Million for the Smithsonian Institution for maintenance backlogs

$1 Billion for expenses in conjunction with the 2010 decennial census

$650 Million for Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupons

$1 Billion for a Prevention and Wellness Fund, which can be used for sexually transmitted disease (STD) education and prevention programs at the CDC

$500 Million to replace a 30-year old computer system at the Social Security Administration

$500 Million for a health professions training program–funding which an earlier committee report said were allocated because, “a key component of attaining universal health care reform will be ensuring the supply of primary care providers.”

http://newstalkradiowhio.com/blogs/jamie_dupree/2009/02/the-gop-take-on-the-stimulus-b.html

http://republicans.appropriations.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=72&Month=2&Year=2009

Jill

dt asked:


Here is what I want to learn to do:

-build a house out of shipping containers
-build home made solar panels maybe wind
-get land in the hills and nature outside of LA somewhere cheap maybe not yet developed but going to be
-septic tank
-well or water tower
-use effective materials like bamboo
-maybe farm a little
-ect

I have these ideas but would like to know if there is a place to get thoroughly informed on the subjects like a school, comprehensive book, in depth website, internships ect. I have question like need ideas on how to design the house, and what materials to use, and how to live rural, where to get cheap land ect.
sorry i didnt mean to say a gardening house. i meant to say a residential house that is efficient.

Henrietta