Shauna Piscitello: It’s Easy to be Green with Feng Shui
Learn from Eco-Consultant and Graceful Lifestyles Interior ReDesigner Shauna Piscitello on getting yourself and your clients on the road to green. Would you like to be more earth conscious, but don’t know where to begin? Now you can create a greener home, even if you haven’t [...]

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Gold-Plated Church Windows Purify Air
Live Science
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:02 EDT
(image courtesy of www.planetware.com)
Medieval stained-glass windows colored in gold nanoparticles help purify air when lit by the sun, a new study finds.
"For centuries people appreciated only the beautiful works of art, and long life of the colors, but little did they realize that these works [...]

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Republic of Tea using feng shui in office
Location, layout improves business environment, productivity
By Paul Jones
Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:22 PM PDT
The Republic of Tea, one of Novato’s more recognizable companies, has created a successful niche purveying a product many use to relax and unwind. But for employees of the company, that state of mind [...]

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From Alumni and recent Graduate Susan Nunn:
My focus will be on restaurant consulting and feng shui for the restaurants (mostly) (we are turning this restaurant totally ‘green’ this fall)…. and all of the foods (right now we are known for having the healthiest foods around) but now we are going no partially hydrogenated oils, nothing [...]

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Karen Carrasco: Green Design & the Five Elements – A Match Made in Heaven
Karen Carrasco is a Western School of Feng Shui™ graduate, practitioner, and teacher. She brings to Feng Shui a lifetime of experience creating ecological homes, native plant gardens, organic farms and sustainable community among different cultures and lifestyles. Her passion is linking [...]

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From the Surfrider Foundation:
Did you know that an estimated 100 million tons of plastic debris have accumulated in two areas of the Pacific Ocean that together are larger than the continental United States? (These areas are aptly called the Eastern and Western Garbage Patches.) There is so much plastic, that it outnumbers the zooplankton six [...]

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From WSFS Alumni Laura Forbes Carlin and Alison Forbes Houlihan:
There is no better time to create a healthy, eco-friendly home than when preparing for the arrival of a new baby. Babies are less able to cope with the toxins in their environment than those of adults. However, with all the best intentions, many parents unknowingly [...]

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We Built This SolarCity
Entrepreneur Lyndon Rive wants to solarize your house for a low, low price
By Lisa Hymas
11 Apr 2008
Would you pay $25,000 to $30,000 to put solar panels on your home? If you’re like most cash-strapped Americans, you’d balk at that five-figure expense, no matter how green you aspire to be. OK, what if [...]

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Q. In FS class in 2003 we learned not to use fluorescent light bulbs anywhere. Now it is considered environmentally friendly to use compact fluorescents. I would love to hear Terah’s opinion on whether to use the compact bulbs or not. Does she know any way to lessen the effect of the compact fluorescents? Kathy
A. Dear Kathy,
I [...]

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