Tag Archives: Green Buildings

Green & Chic | The Ambrose, Santa Monica, CA

By Dian Hasan | May 28, 2010 The Ambrose Hotel, a chic small boutique hotel in Santa Monica may just be one of the pioneers in green hotels. In 2008, the Ambrose was awarded the first Leadership in Energy and … Continue reading

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How do business hotels become greener? Boston’s Seaport Hotel may have valuable insight

By Dian Hasan | October 8, 2009 As with everything in life, there’s real and imaginary, there are real people doing real work, and those who only talk about it. The same rule applies to businesses, it’s important to identify … Continue reading

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Indonesia’s Green School a ‘seed in nature’

The past few months have seen the global economic crisis push the issue of climate change into the background. But for one school in Indonesia, protecting the environment is the very reason it is open. It’s called Green School, and … Continue reading

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An ode to the earth’s most sustainable building material, Bamboo. Green School, Bali

By Dian Hasan | August 25, 2009 For centuries people across the the world’s sunbelt, and other tropical areas, have been living, breathing, eating bamboo. Bamboo was the source of choice for building materials, food, arts & crafts, and a … Continue reading

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