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I think the web site is quite remarkable and one can look at each of [...]
Thu, April 29 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
Last weekend we went on the South Sound Green Tour. We were unable to visit all the sites or workshops but learned so much from those we did tour and explore.
Here’s my list:
I went to an evening workshop on water savings crafted by the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild.
This workshop had a fascinating water pump. It attaches [...]
Thu, April 22 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
My youngest daughter is training to do the Seattle to Portland Bike ride on the Tandem with me July 17-18th, 2010. She is a great tennis player but needs work to be a great bike rider.
She also needed biking gear – shorts, shirt, gloves, socks, shoes and a woman’s bike saddle ( all but the [...]
Thu, April 15 2010 » Discoveries » 2 Comments
The Rainer Building is the new Math and Sciences Building at Pierce College at the Steilacoom Campus.
We have been working on this building for quite a long time and have certainly learned from and enjoyed this experience very much.
I thought I would share the building’s most recent pictures with you and link to the drawing [...]
Thu, April 1 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
March 22 is World Wide Water Awareness Day
Clean water is becoming a huge issue around the world and right down the street. I think as an architect and planner I need to make these issues more in the fore front of our designing and thinking.
I wanted to share this video about Water Awareness from You [...]
Thu, March 25 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
We have just purchased our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box for the coming season. Our veggies will be coming from a local farm each week, along with 10 organic chickens and 1 turkey (we did not opt into the duck possibility).
We have grown our own garden and orchard over the years, but with the possibility [...]
Thu, March 11 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
Bainbridge Island, Washington February 28, 2010 was the first Cascade Bicycle Clubs kick off event for 2010 and I was there.
It was a nice 50F degree day and we had no rain.
I had fallen the week before as a runner ran into me and I into him on the sunny Sunday afternoon, so I was [...]
Thu, March 4 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
An old statement by one of my former partners has been hanging around in my mind for several weeks. He thought, 30 years ago, and stated often that Sustainability was just a passing fad. That is not something that I have found to be true.
I am not alone; I was exploring Brightwork’s new post and [...]
Thu, February 25 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
Last night was our local chapter meeting of the AIA (American Institute of Architects). It was our annual meeting and we enjoyed a lovely evening with dinner at the Washington State History Museum.
It was great to hear how the Grassroots Conference progressed in Washington DC and about how much attention was paid to our delegates [...]
Thu, February 18 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
October 22,2009 We had our Enphase program on the computer and we were able to see how we were doing for our first month with the program.
Here is what I wrote then: October 22,2009 Stats
We have had a day with heavy, dark rain and some noon time sun breaks – so I chose a 3pm [...]
Thu, February 11 2010 » Discoveries » No Comments
