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.
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, a multi-billion-dollar New York-based family development and ownership organization. By PETER SLATIN

