<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for this post, Jason - </div><div><br></div><div>We only lost power for two days as well and had minor tree issues. And I have been and am so worried about people who might be stuck in homes or apartments without enough food or water and resources. I am eager to know what we can do to really help. Personally and professionally.</div><div><br></div><div>To the extent I can help through Rate It Green in terms of hosting information exchange and conversations about rebuilding, however specific they need to be by topic or community, count me in for the effort. I would consider adding features I might not have planned yet if it can help. </div><div><br></div><div>Personally, I am interested in helping directly as opportunities arise and individuals can find ways to be helpful and effective. Maybe we can organize donations of time and services, whether people donate planning help, or on site expertise or labor, or are willing to just go help in time with specific rebuilding projects. I'd go put in some time working on a building in person. I think this opportunity is also going to exist for some time. </div><div><br></div><div>Maybe in this rebuilding, there are both environmental opportunities to do better at the same time we can offer some support for people who might already need work and who might need work now as a result of this disruption and damage. This is really a time for the triple bottom line. </div><div><br></div><div>Maybe Habitat can get involved, since I know they have experience in organizing large numbers of volunteers. Just a thought. Who out there knows what green and other volunteer efforts are in progress? </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Allison</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Allison Friedman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Rate It Green<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.rateitgreen.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.rateitgreen.com</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div><div><br></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Message: 1</div><div>Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:13:44 -0400</div><div>From: Jason Holstine <<a href="mailto:jason@amicusgreen.com">jason@amicusgreen.com</a>></div><div>To: Greenbuilding Listserv <<a href="mailto:Greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org">Greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>>,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"<a href="mailto:healthyhomebuilding@yahoogroups.com">healthyhomebuilding@yahoogroups.com</a>"</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="mailto:healthyhomebuilding@yahoogroups.com">healthyhomebuilding@yahoogroups.com</a>></div><div>Subject: [Greenbuilding] Northeast Sandy rebuilding</div><div>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:CCBB0148.25EE9%jason@amicusgreen.com">CCBB0148.25EE9%jason@amicusgreen.com</a>></div><div>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"</div><div><br></div><div>We were lucky enough, here in Maryland, to only be down for 2 days from</div><div>Sandy with no damage. But we are following an inquiry about helping the</div><div>rebuilding process in NJ and NY so that as families rebuild they do it with</div><div>a priority on green attributes and, in the shadow of Katrina & ?passive</div><div>survivability?, to be prepared for the next time.</div><div><br></div><div>Given that both NY Governor Cuomo and mayor Bloomberg have both pegged</div><div>climate change on Sandy and said they expect this to happen again, there?s a</div><div>window to move people into proaction.</div><div><br></div><div>We would welcome any info, advice, leads for organizations, associations,</div><div>chapters, NGOs, and agencies to talk to, and other thoughts relating to the</div><div>state of the building and remodeling markets, gauging the absorption of</div><div>green, potholes and barriers, how permitting works, the use of unions and</div><div>subcontractors, and other concerns on the ground that can make-or-break</div><div>success.</div><div><br></div><div>Thx,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jason Holstine</div><div><br></div><div>Amicus Green Building Center</div><div>?Sustain Your Space?</div><div>Member - USGBC, GreenAmerica, NARI, NAHB</div><div>e: <a href="mailto:jason@amicusgreen.com">jason@amicusgreen.com</a></div><div>w: www.amicusgreen.com</div><div>p: 301-571-8590</div><div>tf: 866-587-9140</div><div>f: 301-571-8597</div><div><br></div><div>-------------- next part --------------</div><div>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</div><div>URL: <<a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/pipermail/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org/attachments/20121103/a6f78f19/attachment-0001.html">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/pipermail/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org/attachments/20121103/a6f78f19/attachment-0001.html</a>></div><div>-------------- next part --------------</div><div>A non-text attachment was scrubbed...</div><div>Name: image.gif</div><div>Type: image/gif</div><div>Size: 4216 bytes</div><div>Desc: not available</div><div>URL: <<a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/pipermail/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org/attachments/20121103/a6f78f19/attachment-0001.gif">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/pipermail/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org/attachments/20121103/a6f78f19/attachment-0001.gif</a>></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Subject: Digest Footer</div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>Greenbuilding mailing list</div><div>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address</div><div><a href="mailto:Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org">Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page</div><div><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>End of Greenbuilding Digest, Vol 27, Issue 3</div><div>********************************************</div><div><br></div></div></div></span></body></html>