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		<title>Green is what you DO in buildings that matters!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sustainable Flatbush has posted a rehash of the Neighborhood Energy Forum held in March.  You can see the highlights and download the presentations here.
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		<link>http://toeprintproject.com/?p=1840</link>
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		<title>Use Bio-Heat as a substitute for #2 Heating Oil</title>
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New York City has over 960,000 buildings.
Only 9,000 of them (less than 1%) use the dirtiest heating oil (grades #4 and #6). But those 9,000 buildings are responsible for over 86% of the soot and ozone pollution in the air.
These particulates contribute to the failure of New York City&#8217;s air to meet the National Ambient Air [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://toeprintproject.com/?p=1775</link>
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		<title>Catherine Mohr&#8217;s TED talk: How to Really Green Your Home, Deep Down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Catherine Mohr in her TED talk explains how to get down to brass tacks in deciding how to build your house.  The basis of her decisions is how much energy is embodied in the extraction, manufacture, transportation and installation of all the elements that go into a new building.
She&#8217;s right but I wish she talked more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://toeprintproject.com/?p=1811</link>
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		<title>Toeprint to Launch Green Brooklyn Energy Audit Campaign on April 24th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At this year&#8217;s Friends of Greenwood Playground Spring Flea Market, the Toeprint Project will kick off our Green Brooklyn Energy Audit Campaign to make the buildings in our neighboring communities of Kensington, Windsor Terrace, Flatbush, Ditmas Park Sunset Park and Park Slope more energy efficient!  Come see us at our vendor table.
If you own a 1-4 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://toeprintproject.com/?p=1778</link>
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		<title>How to Recycle Anything</title>
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Thanks to 3Rblog for this.
If you are like me and can&#8217;t remember which plastics go where, Real Simple published an easy-to- read guide about how to recycle everything.  
Many of these links are national and concern specific products.
If you live in NYC, check the Don&#8217;t Throw It Away page from the Department of Sanitation.
For books, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://toeprintproject.com/?p=1768</link>
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		<title>Healthy Indoor Air &#8211; You Need It!: Top 10 strategies!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Healthy indoor air is arguably the most important benefit from green building.
I lived in an apartment for 4 years that had mold hiding somewhere.  Turns out I&#8217;m allergic to mold. I coughed basically the entire time I lived there.  It was miserable but I know from where I speak!
When I give a talk about the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://toeprintproject.com/?p=318</link>
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		<title>3R Living is Back in Business!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was sad when my favorite eco-friendly store 3R Living closed in Park Slope due to the recent economic downturn (downturn? it feels more like a relentless chokehold&#8230;but I digress).
The Owners, husband and wife team Samantha Delman-Caserta and Mark Caserta and Samantha&#8217;s sister Tracy Ferdinand set up a lovely little shop in Montclair, NJ.
I guess [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://toeprintproject.com/?p=1725</link>
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		<title>A lovely profile in New York House Magazine</title>
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		<link>http://toeprintproject.com/?p=1669</link>
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		<title>Energy Audit = Money in Your Pocket</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We weatherized our house last year.  You can read all about it here.
So far, in the 11 months since we completed the work, we have saved approximately $900 on our annual heating bill.  Assuming energy prices remain constant (which they won&#8217;t &#8211; all projections indicate rising energy prices), we will payback the insulation and air [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://toeprintproject.com/?p=1644</link>
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		<title>Teaming Up To Do More Comprehensive Energy Audits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have some exciting news! 
Ellen Honigstock Architect has teamed up with The Chartier Group to provide energy audits for existing buildings large and small! 
Is your building overheated in the winter?  Does the air feel too dry?  Is there a lot of dust on the surfaces of your living space?  These could be signs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://toeprintproject.com/?p=1625</link>
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