Newsflash (not): “Energy use is the most important aspect of green building”

Amen! LINK

and “It’s the energy, stupid!” — a rant about LEED

“You want to save serious energy and serious money?
Easy, use less glass.”

The Complete Handbook of Solar Air Heating Systems

A long lost book…. still at your local library… LINK

Another Deployable Doubt Dispeller

“People still doubt that houses can be close to 100% solar heated outside of the Southwest, inexpensively. Here’s another 8′ D-cube that might be deployed to regional Infestations of Doubt.”
LINK from Nick Pine

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It’s Not Subury Valley, but…

Obviously, I think Sudbury schools are the coolest thing ever. But this “gradeless” approach to traditional schooling might be of interest to some…

“… 10 multiage levels, rather than 12 grades, and students might be in different levels depending on the subject. They’ll move up only as they demonstrate mastery of the material. “

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Obviously, I think there should be a voucher system, so parents and kids can choose which kind of school they want to go to.
Performing Arts School, Science Magnet School, Trades School, Chinese-Language Immersion School, Sudbury Valley School, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.

Thousand Home Challenge

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