European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 222007 stars and stripes Page meet Patrick Stewart meet Lundsey Harding building Green Jim especially psf exited by Universal press Syndicate o 2007 the mini company inc by Betty Debnam from the mini Page by Betty de Anam 2007 the mini Page publishing company inc Home Sweet environmentally Friendly Green houses Are springing up the Glide House most Green houses Are specially designed for a certain spot this Green House is designed in such a Way that it could be put almost anywhere it is prefabricated or made in parts that can be shipped to a building site and assembled it was designed by architect Michelle Kaufmann of California a Green House like this is on display inside the National building museum Washington do through june 24 2007 the Glide House got its name from the sliding Glass doors along the Southern front solar panels or wind turbines could be added to generate electricity sliding Wood panels help keep the heat out in the summer and in during the Winter it is single Story and Small in size so it takes up Little space and uses fewer building materials what Green Means Are you Green recently we have heard a lot about our earths problems with global warming and climate change Many of us have decided to help Are you going Green being Green Means being sensitive to our environment recycling so we Cut Down on the use of materials caring for and preserving our natural resources finding ways to save Energy did you know that houses Are going Green too Why Green houses we often think of cars As being big Energy guzzlers and polluters houses Are too constructing maintaining and sometimes tearing them Down takes a lot of the earths Energy most of the houses people buy today Are built by builders who use the same House plans Over and Over wherever they build but More and More architects Are thinking Green and building to suit a special spot stores Are Selling Green things the Green idea is growing Green is my favorite color Hie mini Page thanks architect Donald Albrecht curator of the exhibit the Green House new directions in sustainable architecture and design thanks also to the educational staff at the National building museum Washington do for their help with this Story what Green houses do use their land wisely without taking up lots of space stay comfy and dry and not Damp and moldy use the Sun wisely for example planting a tree in the front Yard creates Shade in the summer and lets the suns rays in during the Winter also including solar panels uses As few natural resources As possible to provide electricity have clean healthy air inside site to see Wawn Borg