Green in Medusatag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14260072008-09-16T15:21:19-04:00Building a Modern and Sustainable house ini the Catskill Region of Upstate, NY.TypePadNatural Pools - Summer dreams...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-557090202008-09-16T15:21:19-04:002008-09-16T15:21:19-04:00With our project on hold the mortgage market a mess and summer going we are thinking how we can make our project better and yes dreaming. Or brother-in-law scoped some very cool pools on Daily Green so here are a...B+SThe MoMA PreFab Showtag:typepad.com,2003:post-528471942008-07-17T20:40:23-04:002008-07-17T20:40:23-04:00The Cellophane House I just got back from the Museum of Modern Art's - Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling. They are having their member's preview today and the show opens on Sun. July 20th. The exhibition features five contemporary...B+SDIY-Bicycle-Mower, "The Mowercycle"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-527842722008-07-16T14:54:09-04:002008-07-16T14:54:09-04:00We saw this on Inhabitat and then searched around and found its an idea that's been around for a bit. I want one. I just hope it goes hope it goes better than my clay pot smoker and DIY Wind...B+SCool Green Landscaping Products we like!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-505407922008-05-29T11:24:39-04:002008-05-29T11:24:39-04:00We transplanted our trees that was the easy part, the hard part is taking care of them. They needed extra soil to fill in around the hole as well as large stakes and wire to hold them in place plus...B+SMoving trees easy as one, two, tree...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-505364542008-05-28T20:20:00-04:002008-05-28T20:20:00-04:00In order to build our house in a location with nice views, good southern exposure, minimal septic construction and shelter from high prevailing winds we've sited the house nestled in the trees. Unfortunately this also means we have to cut...B+SHappy Earth Day from Green in Medusatag:typepad.com,2003:post-488525462008-04-22T14:19:49-04:002008-04-22T14:19:49-04:00Happy Earthday from Stephenie, Joaquin and Baldomero and our trees at Green In Medusa. We're currently waiting for our gravy train to come in so we can tell you about all the cool things we will do in our house....B+SHouse Appraisal...its ugly!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-479644442008-04-04T11:08:19-04:002008-04-04T11:08:19-04:00We received our appraisal and it was not so good. We were hoping to be able to get an appraisal that would cover the construction of the house, the site work, septic, foundation, renewable power, appliances, cabinets, and some miscellaneous...B+SNew Solar Energy Technology in Upstate New Yorktag:typepad.com,2003:post-472275342008-03-21T10:14:37-04:002008-03-21T10:14:37-04:00Thanks to one of our favorite blogs Catskill House Blog we found Prism Solar Technologies. They manufacture a new type of photovoltaic module that uses transparent holographic optical elements in its design. This new holographic technology, collects and spectrally selects...B+SThe Pallet Chair - Modern and Green!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-472497902008-03-20T15:53:54-04:002008-03-20T15:53:54-04:00We saw this super cool design that designer Nina Tolstrup - Studiomama came up with. Its a simple and elegant and sustainable design for chairs made out of wood pallets. She won Best Contribution to 100% Design for the most...B+SBids, Appraisal & Financing for Green Homes? We've been busy...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-472145222008-03-18T17:25:22-04:002008-03-18T17:25:22-04:00So we haven't blogged in awhile, Sorry. Lots of reasons but no good ones. We were waiting for our bids to come in so we can secure our financing. Its a process and a half. We recieved our final bids...B+S