http://www.emagazine.com/ E/The Environmental Magazine, a bimonthly clearinghouse of information, news and resources for people concerned about the environment. en atursi@ksvc.com Copyright 2012 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:46:53 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChristopherWeberBlogFeed/~3/107tuqHcfXA/builder-in-chief http://www.emagazine.com/blog/builder-in-chief#id:9162#date:21:09 by Christopher Weber What a shift in rhetoric this 2012 campaign has brought. Back in 2008, the presidential hopefuls tackled major environmental issues at every debate. Republicans and Democrats alike proposed green-job and renewable energy programs, then argued about whose was better. Now, the major&#8230;<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristopherWeberBlogFeed/~4/107tuqHcfXA" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:09 GMT http://www.emagazine.com/blog/builder-in-chief http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChristopherWeberBlogFeed/~3/bMDTgh7tNU8/speak-your-mind-thats-wind-power http://www.emagazine.com/blog/speak-your-mind-thats-wind-power#id:8814#date:20:17 by Christopher Weber Around 2008, a small group of artists left behind the familiar themes that have dominated hip-hop for decades. Instead of rapping about the usual: drug culture, the nature of fame, relationships, or loyalty versus betrayal, these artists wanted to talk about the environment. One of the most&#8230;<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristopherWeberBlogFeed/~4/bMDTgh7tNU8" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:17 GMT http://www.emagazine.com/blog/speak-your-mind-thats-wind-power http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChristopherWeberBlogFeed/~3/2ZvLHTPQ48s/amtrak-meet-thomas http://www.emagazine.com/blog/amtrak-meet-thomas#id:8689#date:18:16 by Christopher Weber May 7 was National Train Day, an Amtrak-sponsored holiday on which rail enthusiasts gather to geek out on signals and switches, club cars and coal tenders. My three-year old son Simon has more than a passing fondness for railroads, inspired by the omnipresent Thomas and Friends. So we headed to&#8230;<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristopherWeberBlogFeed/~4/2ZvLHTPQ48s" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 16 May 2011 18:16 GMT http://www.emagazine.com/blog/amtrak-meet-thomas http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChristopherWeberBlogFeed/~3/l488L1xWh6E/heigh-ho-heigh-ho http://www.emagazine.com/blog/heigh-ho-heigh-ho#id:8585#date:19:34 by Christopher Weber You may have seen the ad online. Grainy black and white, backed by a plucky roots-flavored rendition of the classic Snow White tune “Heigh-Ho.” The scene: Braddock, Pennsylvania. We see, in succession, people climbing into well-fitted denim work clothes, busting up a wall with sledge hammers,&#8230;<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristopherWeberBlogFeed/~4/l488L1xWh6E" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:34 GMT http://www.emagazine.com/blog/heigh-ho-heigh-ho http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChristopherWeberBlogFeed/~3/sZi4EQGKKX8/green-buildings-union-problem http://www.emagazine.com/blog/green-buildings-union-problem#id:8510#date:16:09 by Christopher Weber In mid-November, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) held its annual Greenbuild Expo here in Chicago, and I went to check it out. I wanted to see who, if anyone, in the $2.6 trillion green-building industry was hiring during these continuing post-recession dark days. The USGBC is a Washington,&#8230;<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristopherWeberBlogFeed/~4/sZi4EQGKKX8" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:09 GMT http://www.emagazine.com/blog/green-buildings-union-problem http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChristopherWeberBlogFeed/~3/G_BIG4xN6QA/nice-house-if-you-can-get-it http://www.emagazine.com/blog/nice-house-if-you-can-get-it#id:8423#date:02:56 by Christopher Weber Since 2008, Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry has hosted a special exhibit called Smart Home: Green + Wired. For an extra $8, you can tour a seemingly perfect environmentally friendly house. It’s an actual freestanding house on the museum’s lawn, a stack of thrifty modular units&#8230;<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristopherWeberBlogFeed/~4/G_BIG4xN6QA" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:56 GMT http://www.emagazine.com/blog/nice-house-if-you-can-get-it