Category: Materials Management

Anything about reduce, reuse or recycle! Personal choices, purchasing or improving state operations.

Closed-Loop and Limitless

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We live in a closed environment. A biosphere that is, though VERY large and complex, limited. Yet I feel that one of the reasons we […]

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Critical commentary, Materials Management, resilience, Sustainability in Depth

Tetris for Adults: a purposeful decision

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Yesterday I stacked two cords of wood in our wood racks in the backyard. I stacked, my son “chucked” and it took only a few […]

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community, Critical commentary, DIY, Energy, health, Materials Management, Personal Reflections, resilience, Sustainability in Depth

What happened to “Re-use”?

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  I spent all day Saturday cleaning up and hoeing out our basement. You’d think in a 1,200 sf home (not including the basement) we […]

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community, Critical commentary, Materials Management

Price on Carbon Emissions – Breathe Easy

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We may finally be getting to a place where we can internalize the costs of carbon in our planning, and this should change our understanding of our […]

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Critical commentary, Energy, health, Materials Management, The Profession

LEED and Yoga TWO: Language

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As previously mentioned, we’ve gained comfort in the beginner exercises LEED has presented to us, and now it is time to stretch a bit more. There […]

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Critical commentary, Green Building Tools, Materials Management, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession, USGBC, LEED and Greenbuild conference

Waste Not, Want Not

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My son just came home from a week-long school trip to Boston. The point was for the class to learn about American history in Salem and […]

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Critical commentary, green business, greener travel, Materials Management

Many Hands Make Light Work

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The toughest thing about sustainability is that it takes more thought and planning, and often takes more work in initial implementation. The benefits include a […]

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community, Critical commentary, green business, health, Materials Management

The Easter bunny, edible spoons, and mushroom materials.

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My son and I colored Easter eggs yesterday, finally using a natural method to do so instead of buying the infamous PAAS kits for coloring, […]

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Bio-synergistic design, Business Spotlight, green business, Materials Management, Products

Let’s be “Pozzotive®”.

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As we’ve dived into the great green world of triple bottom line, those in-the-know have found the sweet spots where they “do well by doing […]

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Business Spotlight, green business, Materials Management

Should we be safe or intelligent?

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I work with many amazing, knowledgeable and giving colleagues. Some are fully behind the greener work we implement, some don’t yet get it, and some […]

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Critical commentary, Materials Management, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession
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