Conference Canceled The planning committee regrets to inform you that the “Building Healthy and Sustainable Communities Conference”, will not take place on the scheduled date of June 2-3, 2011.  A combination of factors contributed to this decision, but the spirit of Mountain Green and the need for building healthy and sustainable communities are still strong.  [...]

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/reports/fullreports/725.1.pdf Greenroads:  A sustainability performance metric for roadway design and construction Greenroads (www.greenroads.us) is a performance metric for quantifying sustainable practices associated with roadway design and construction. This metric can be used to: • Define what project attributes contribute to roadway sustainability • Provide a sustainability accounting tool for roadway projects • Communicate sustainable project [...]

The North Carolina Business Travel Association held their July 22nd meeting at The NEW Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park in Asheville, North Carolina.  Prior to their business session, they held a Special Themed Networking hour where their members participated in one of three “WiiCare” Wii tournament games.  INSULATE! was chosen as the NCBTA YOUCARE Charity of [...]

Click here for the article “From February through May students from the School of Public Health Jeff Quinn, Leilani Ogan, and Peter Balvanz partnered with youth from Caswell County to better understand what these young residents believed helped them stay healthy, and what gets in the way. Among the many factors mentioned, at the environmental [...]

NY Times article By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS Published: July 18, 2010

Check out this article: http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/

Aging in Place – A toolkit for local governments The Design for Aging in Place Toolkit (interior design) Toolkit for Aging in Place Communities Creativity Matters:  The Arts and Aging Florida Planning Tools Aging in Place and Universal Design Resources Neighborhood Works Michigan Seniors Blueprint for Action:  Developing a livable community for all ages Center [...]

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Click here for more information on the Asheville Offset program of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce.

A movie file is now available containing the presentation of Barry Patterson speaking on the concepts of biomimicry and sustainability.  This presentation was given as a keynote address at the 2010 Mountain Green Sustainable Communities Conference. Click here to download this movie file. AdvantageWest/AdvantageGreen sponsored the presentation of Barry Patterson.