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.

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