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Casa Verde: Michelle Kaufmann's Quick Construction
Whether she's making cool eco craft projects or designing innovative homes, Michelle Kaufmann is definitely one of my eco heroes.
Michelle designs green, prefab homes that are both beautiful and cost-effective. These homes are guaranteed to achieve either gold or platinum LEED ratings, the two highest ratings from the US Green Building Council.
Casa Verde: Ronald McDonald House Goes Green
While I may have some criticisms of LEED, the USGBC green building program, there's no question that the program is an important step in the right direction. Hopefully, thanks to green building guidelines and programs, green building will someday soon become a standard part of any construction project, and not an afterthought.
Austin, TX, has the oldest regional green building program in the country, with its Energy Star program established in 1985, and the green building program evolving from it six years later.
Casa Verde: A Modern Green Home
LivingHomes builds houses that appeal to the eco-minded modernists of the world. The designs of the homes are focused on simple, sustainable, modernism, and start at $185 a square foot. LivingHomes are made with natural, non-toxic, and sustainably derived materials, and are built in specialized factories that ensure superior quality, lower construction cost, a quick turnaround, and minimal waste.
Red Stag Supper Club: A Green Design
The Red Stag Supper Club, located in hipster hub MInneapolis, Minnesota, will be the first restaurant to be LEED certified. LEED? What the heck is LEED, you ask?
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Recap Of Reading And Leeds Festival 2009!
Over the weekend Reading and Leeds were full of fantastic live music from the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, Radiohead, La Roux, Kaiser Chiefs and many more. Alexa Chung was also among the guests and fans there to support the bands — check out our slideshow for some glimpses of the fun of the festivals!
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Festival Looks from Reading and Leeds 2009
This weekend the festival season came to a close as Reading and Leeds both played host to bands including the Arctic Monkeys, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Florence and the Machine. As well as some amazing on stage style, there were celebrities spotted behind the scenes relaxing and enjoying the music. Click through to see some of the most stylish ensembles from the weekend.
Love it or Hate it: Alexa Chung at Leeds Festival
Alexa Chung has had plenty of time this summer to perfect the festival chic look. She attended Wireless, V festival, Glastonbury and now Leeds! Seeing as practice makes perfect do you think that Alexa is about to steal the rock chick style crown from Kate Moss?
Monsters Of Rock At Reading and Leeds
This weekend the massive Reading and Leeds festivals took place with performances from Metallica, Dirty Pretty Things, Manic Street Preachers, Rage Against The Machine, The Last Shadow Puppets, Bloc Party and oh so many more. A bored-looking Kate Moss watched from the sound desk as her man Jamie Hince got down on one knee in front of his bandmate Alison Mosshart during The Kills' set. Meanwhile Alexa Chung hung out with Alex Turner and his bandmate Miles Kane on the grass at Leeds – what do you think of her festival look?
Festivals Round Up
Last weekend saw Reading and Leeds drawing the festival season to a close. It's been a fun Summer from the Isle of Wight festival to Glastonbury, to T4 on the Beach we've seen a variety of acts take to the stage up and down the country. Here is a round up of the style slideshows so you can sit back and reminisce about the past few months.
Sugar Bits – Maysoon Quits Big Brother House
- Maysoon Shaladi has walked out of the Big Brother house – saying she did not feel comfortable – after only four weeks. She received criticism from fellow housemates when her audition tape was shown at the weekend, and was one of nine housemates up for eviction this week. – BBC
- A clip of Oasis' new single "The Shock Of The Lightning" has been uploaded to YouTube.
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