City of Scottsdale Green Building Lecture Series: Innovative Green Built Projects-June 2

Innovative Green Built Projects in the Cave Creek, Phoenix and Scottsdale Areas Granite Reef Senior Center Learn about local innovative projects that excel from the synergistic benefits of energy efficiency, renewable resources, water efficiency and climatic responsive design. Kevin and Doug Edwards are recognized leaders in the green building industry.  They began working together in the late 1970s, when they designed and built their first net zero home,... Read More

THE GENIUS OF ARCOLOGY: Architect Palo Soleri

THE GENIUS OF ARCOLOGY: Interview with Architect Palo Soleri “Modestly and imperfectly I am trying to put into concrete and tangible form what I firmly believe is the call of the Urban Effect. It is the triggering of an urban-environmental re-form that is the comprehensive opening of the doors to environmental sanity, pollution and waste reduction, social and cultural enrichment, waning of guilt, effective coping with population inflation, proper and frugal use... Read More

Green with Envi: Luxury that Suits the ENVIronment

“Deepak Chopra once said, “Inertia is comforting, and Americans will be extremely reluctant to make any change that might affect their high standard of living.”Luxury Ifinertia is comforting, perhaps it is because we are creatures of habit.  Or, is it more likely that becoming fully aware of our habits may require an admission of guilt followed by a sacrifice of life’s pleasures?  As for the reluctance to make any changes that might affect our... Read More