a second life transition town

Just joined a transition town group within second life:
a group for like minded people that are adopting a Transition Model (in RL or SL) for responding to the twin challenges of peak oil and climate change.
to develop a framework for the 2021 Energy Descent Action Plan, providing information and ultimately a 2021 sim city, a [...]

isite radar 30 april

Prime Minister, Gordon Brown MP has become the latest politician to give his support to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) “Building a Greener Britain” campaign. (press release)
Homeowners are not informed or prepared for the lifestyle changes needed to live in zero carbon homes, according to research launched by the NHBC Foundation. (April 2008)  The [...]

new online construction carbon calculator

A pre-design carbon calculator has been launched in a bid to boost the green credentials of the construction industry. The free online tool will allow the industry to evaluate sustainable options at the earliest stages of construction and covers various building sectors. Developed by Faithful+Gould, the tool will ensure costs associated with carbon saving techniques [...]

isite in second life

To enable the second life discussions around isite themes of built environment sustainability, isite now has a new meeting facility within second life courtesy of the Public Works Island.
In addition to adhoc discussions with second life friends from around the world, it is planned to hold structured, but still informal events, exchanging ideas and [...]

ecological cities

Now the Eco City World Summit 2008 has concluded there is a rich source of live blog reports, reviews and videos over at the Eco City blog.   Go view and mine the collective source of global views on the future of cities
If you take away one thing from the summit : the ecological city message [...]

odd link

After mentioning Thoreau … yesterday

From Torontoist:
“This year, a more cryptic stencil has appeared on the Humber Bay Arch Bridge, boldly proclaiming “ISBN 486-28495-6″ for all to see and ponder. This International Standard Book Number turns out to be a paperback edition of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden; Or, Life in the Woods.
In Walden, Thoreau wrote, “A [...]

new CSR blog

Welcome to a new blog from Fabian Pattberg:  CorporateResponsibility.Net
Its purpose  is to provide the reader with a selection of news items that are informative and useful without the corporate spin of a normal press release. I have signed up to a lot of news services and website newsletters and will select the news items I [...]

bloggers greenwash kit

Thanks to Mel over at Elemental for pointing out the Greenwash Guide (pdf) at Futerra - very timely as I prepare for a workshop today.
Now we have the10 signs of greenwash,  six greenwash sins,  and greenwash misleading adverts regulations.

environmental literature top 5

Looking at the search topics entered to land at isite, the subject of environmental literature, movies, music and people features large. So starting a new mini series of environmental muses, I scanned my book shelf for what I would consider five of the more important environmental literature that has influenced my thinking [...]

resource efficiency could save construction industry millions

The latest report from the EA (The Environment Agency Science Report - The economic and environmental benefits of resource efficiency in construction ) calls for better resource management in construction. For this to happen, the report recommends