Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Is building green, green or is it light gray

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Oct 4, 2004, at 1:17 PM, Jim Rebman wrote:

> > from manufacture to disposal of glass bottles, plastic and cardboard.
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> Did it talk exclusively about recycling?  Did it mention reusing glass 
> bottles?  Did it factor in disproportionately increasing petrochemical 
> pricing (plastic bottles and plastic and/or wax coatings for milk 
> cartons)?  Did it talk about hidden subsidies vs. the real cost both 
> in environmental and economic terms of the various materials used, 
> energy consumption, etc?

It really depends on the accounting. Our society subsidizes certain 
industries and this really messes up the figures.

Read Cradle to Cradle for a very nice explanation of this. Wonderful 
stories about what really is in the shampoo and why.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org