so I had one of those great turning moments last night, when I got to introduce one of my heros to a full house here in Victoria. David, director of DCAT, has been a part of some of the most comprehensive and prolific changes to building code around sustainability issues, and has been leading the charge on "deep greening" our buildings for almost ( Read more... )

... I just finished my last shift at home hardware. phew, thank god. I feel done with that job, and so ready to move on. work this spring/summer looks like ( Read more... )

My friend Christy asked me and I thought I would share...:
>I'd love to hear more about it. Obviously I have no skills, knowledge or experience on this, but if there was anything I could do >to help, please tell me. (Who sets the construction codes anyway?)

So construction codes in Canada get set by the government. Its very important obviously that ( Read more... )

I feel like I am playing game of staying on top of the ball. Im not even trying to move forward, I am just trying to roll with whats coming forward. wow.
I met Terry today. there is serious energy behind a cooperative building company in Victoria. I wonder where this could take us.

I hereby accept that to do what I want to do in the next 2 years of my life, I will have to learn to memorize endless acronyms. SIRCC, CRS, CICC, CCS etc.

I meant to watch the simpsons and have a quiet movie night in, but instead I somehow started a new work related blog for myself and talked to Janell.

scores of the day:
+ 2.5 resumes out today
++ phone call with J
+ excited about new blog
- damn cold out there
+ yay for learning to manage anxiety well

A little fire has got lit in me for starting a nb co-op company here in Victoria. I am meeting a lot of people interested in it and supportive. resources, but not organizing, feel thick on the ground. I am excited ( Read more... )

There are things I love about green building: it's shit together, large projects happen frequently, it has government and local support, and clear standards ( Read more... )

Emerald Hills Urban Village

I'm also enjoying the Building with whole trees article from the new york times. Not only has it got some great "house porn" but this little fragment was great- quote ( Read more... )

work sometimes seems like all good love affairs- its a moving target. Like all good lovers I spend a lot of time peering into her eyes thinking- what am I giving to this? how is this feeding me? how do I sustain what is good and beautiful between us? She crops up in my thoughts unbidden in the middle of the day. I fantasize about work in the future ( Read more... )