Online facebook chat. All day Friday (Nov 25th)

Ann and Gord will be available to answer your questions on Green building, household conservation, and living more sustainably.

Link to facebook conversation.…start asking questions now and we will answer tomorrow.  Gord has started the conversation with a great question.

Also, from this morning an online forum we participated in.  Read the conversation here.

Greening Buildings and Homes.  Conversation on green buildings and how to make your home greener Thursday, November 24th at 12pm EST. Expert panelists include:

Ann and Gord Baird, creators of greenest home in Canada

Eden Brukman, Living Building Challenge

Jerry Yudelson, Yudelson Associated Green Building Consultants

Mark Hutchinson, Director of Green Building Programs

National online Chat with Ann and Gord – Nov. 24th

http://greatfutures.thestar.ca/posts/article/1128

On thursday Nov 24th at 9am PST Ann and Gord are part of an on line panel discussion.  Topic is “Greening Your Home”.  Tune in and ask questions of us or the two other panelists.

Island Gals, Interesting Links, and Energy Diet Articles

A few new links and articles to check out.

Island Gals Issue 2

Island Gals Magazine.  New magazine on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.  Pick it up current issue #3 free around your community.  Ann writes an article in Island Gals…here is the link to Ann’s article in Issue 2.    More on Island Gals coming soon.  

Canadian Geographic Energy Diet Challenge blog posts:

• Off-The Grid Chicken Coop, Eco-Sense Style.  Photos and videos
• Building The Eco-Sense Home.  Blog, photos and videos
• Entertaining blog posts by the SIX Canadian families on their personal journeys to reduce their energy and water use.  Very inspirational to follow along, comment, and vote daily for your favourite family.

Links to videos and stories we found interesting:  

• IEA (International Energy Agency) warns that we only have 5 years to make majors changes towards reducing greenhouse gases or we face runaway climate change  http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/11/09/iea-world-energy-outlook-climate-change.html
• Inspiring and helpful video to make sense of our planets predicament.  Joanna Macy here.  Three ten minute parts from 2009 Bioneers conference.
• Excellent Ted talk by Paul Stamets on natures fungal internet.  Even if you’re not a budding mycologist you will be inspired by what our partners the Fungi are doing to heal our world.   Ted Talk here
• Earthrise.   New online upbeat solutions documentary…each half hour episode has 3-4 inspirational stories/solutions.  SIX episodes are out.   Excellent!  Our new favourite show.
• Greenhouse gases rise by record amount. Levels of greenhouse gases are higher than the worst case scenario outlined by climate experts just four years ago.  Article in the Guardian
• Posting this one again.  Keynote by Gwynne Dyer to 2011 BC Power Smart convention.