[Greenbuilding] Not Flying // was: The Coolest Buildings Aren't Green

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On Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:51:06 -0500, Jason Holstine <jason at amicusgreen.com>  
wrote:

  > Drink organic beer, or organic gluten-free, local, small-batch artisan  
vodka.

> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn  
> <info at ecobrooklyn.com> wrote:

>> Which basically blows all my green credits to hell in jet fuel. What to  
>> do.

All good suggestions for "things to do" (on any day for that matter) from  
Jason.

But for a holiday to get away from New Yawk slush to warmer climes, how  
about:

(i) Build a wind-powered , ocean-going, racing, sailing yacht using  
hardwood timber salvaged from shipping crates that were used to deliver  
exotic granite slabs to NYC from places like South America, India, Africa.

(ii) Get in touch with MeatHook (aka Norbert Senf) and find out where his  
Masonry Heater Asscoiation compadres are doing one of their charitable  
building projects (ie the last one I recall was in Guatemala IIRC ?) and  
then

(iii) Do some research to find out what sorts of things the citizens of  
that country are in dire need of and do a charitable drive in NYC to  
gather up donations of those needed items ( ie shoes, eyeglasses,  
medicine, cash etc )

(iv) "Leak" the story to the media so that they publicise the project and  
get some media buzz going so that you get people so desperate to  
participate that they start bidding for positions as crew members on the  
sailboat (should be able to raise at least $50k,. Eh ?)

(v) Load up the donated goods and set sail for  the warmer climes with  
all-female (simply because they do a better job with less monkeying  
around), volunteer crew (including volunteer Cordon Bleu chef of course)  
while you kick back and enjoy some of that    "organic beer, or organic  
gluten-free, local, small-batch artisan vodka" that Jason mentioned.

(vi) Deliver the donated goods to the Masonry Heater Assoc gang for  
distribution and stick around to help and learn from the Master  
Craftspersons.

(vii) When the project is complete,  catch a good wind in the sails and  
see what she's really capable of (ie without the bulk of all that donated  
material) and head back to New Yawk, stopping by the Dominican Republic on  
the way home, if you like.

(viii) Back in New Yawk, if you don't have a place to dock the boat until  
the next holiday, sell it for a gazillionBux as a must-have GreenBling  
item.

(or hitch-hike or bicycle down to Florida and then rent a sailboat for the  
trip to the island if the above suggestion sounds like too much work )

Me ? I like winter and look forward to enjoying the brisk cold and snowy  
landscape here around home.

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Rob Tom ADT1
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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