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In every person's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.Christopher Morley

Nature With an Edge

9.19.06 | New York Times | It sounds too selfish to say that the struggle to preserve the natural world is also a struggle to preserve the wholeness of our being, but it is a fact nonetheless. There are few better examples of this than the works now on display at the International Center of Photography, in a new exhibition called “Ecotopia.” That word implies something paradisal, but what the exhibition really suggests is the fragile ecology of the place we live — the glory of what it is and the sorrow of what we have done to it.

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WOODSTALK Fiberboard Helped Developer Work Toward LEED Certification

7.21.05 | Midland , MI | Even though individual products are not eligible to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) certification, products like WOODSTALK™ Gold MR Fiberboard play a key role in the overall ability of a project to earn sustainable distinction.

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UrbanAmerica Launches New Fund

3.2.05 The Slatin Report Fund manager UrbanAmerica, which in the late 1990s was a pioneer of institutional investing in non-core urban areas in cities across the U.S., is launching its second fund, UrbanAmerica II. And UrbanAmerica has a powerful partner in hand: Fisher Brothers,

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MoMA Exhibit Showcases Power of Landscapes

2.24.05 San Francisco Chronicle "Groundswell: Constructing the Contemporary Landscape" opens Friday at the Museum of Modern Art and runs through May 16. The display features 23 projects from around the world — some completed and some still conceptual — of abandoned, derelict

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Greenworld 2005: Sustainability Uncovered

2.23.05 IIDA The Northern Pacific Chapter of the IIDA hosts Greenworld, April 7 with keynote speaker Jean-Michel Cousteau, famed oceanographer, explorer, filmmaker, and son of the legendary Jacques Cousteau. Jean-Michel has spent his life communicating to people of all nations and

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