What is harmful to the earth is ultimately harmful to humanity. The removal and irradication of asbestos has been long a focus of many organizations. Asbestos is in the news again, but now new technologies and the cost saving aspects of green building may finally spell the end of the harmful substance . Joe Lederman of the [...]
Karen Gardner of Flipside Florida, the online business magazine covering Jacksonville and northern Florida, is an avid supporter of Green Cities. We are thrilled to feature her latest story on the future of petroleum alternatives producers in Florida. Who know the yucky green material floating in the water could yield so much potential.
Florida’s Race for [...]
Beginning this week all construction projects pursuing LEED certification will be subject to new, stricter standards. The biggeset change is how energy usage is reported. Building owners must now report their total annual energy and water consumption or be recertified every two years. The idea is more reporting [...]
Green Cities is founded on the idea of activating local citizens and government officials to improve their surroundings and ensuring their future. Despite how popular the green movement may be there are still the naysayers, dare I say “haters” who oppose moving forward with sustainability. Build Baby Build recently ran a story about local opposition [...]
A recent Pew study shows that Florida’s green economy is growing, but still needs to clear a few hurdles before it can make the next big shift. The biggest hurdle is investment, followed by policy support. The study puts Florida’s green economy in the top 10, but also points out the state’s failure to pass [...]
Georgia Malki, co-founder of Green Cities, discusses the meaning of sustainability in video one of a three part series. Malki says that sustainability includes being socially and economically responsible while considering how your actions relate to community.
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Joseph Malki of Seven Star is the Founder of Green Cities™, and from my brief meeting with him it’s easy to see he has big ideas about bringing the green movement to cities and homes across the world. I was amazed at how deeply he understood the core issues of the green movement, and how [...]
Our partners over at EcoFactory were able to catch up with Jerome Ringo of the Apollo Alliance for a few quick questions at Green Cities Florida. Fresh off his workshop “The Color of Green: The Next Inconvenient Truth “, Mr. Ringo addresses several issues. A personal favorite is “The problem of nature vs. Nintendo” and [...]
The good people from Orange TV and Vision TV cover the happenings at Green Cities Florida. The story focuses on flipping the switch on the solar array, Orange County taking the lead on environmentalism, and what Senator Constantine calls ‘a green revolution”. The Orange County Convention Center boasts many green advances such [...]
In the run up to this week’s Green Cities Florida Conference in Orlando, Eric Corey Freed, urban sustainability activist and principal of organicARCHITECT, was interviewed on WELE-AM’s Wake Up Daytona. As a speaker at the conference, Freed will address Re:Vision Dallas and draw from the most advanced research in Green Building to offer up a [...]
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