Thanks to Greg Hyer of LinkingRaleigh.com for the entrepreneur spotlight feature yesterday! It’s a Q&A on Eco-modernism, quick snapshot of what we do & why.

Q. How does Eco-modernism give back to the community? A. …On our renovation projects, we do our best to keep demolished items out of the landfill by donating to Habitat for Humanity or other reuse centers. We try to use products that are fabricated within 300 miles of the Triangle.

We act as advocates for being aware of how we affect the environment and our own health.  If you eat at home, you know what you’re eating. If you buy locally grown food, you’re reducing the impact of transporting it.

If you have a good kitchen to cook in, you’re more likely to use it, to the benefit of your own health and the Earth’s.

My niche is specializing in modern style kitchen designs that work for people without costing a fortune. Throw in a little humor and it makes a potentially stressful process easier & more fun.  Here’s a sneak peek at our new logo.

R-LINE free hybrid bus loop begins downtown Raleigh runs on 2/14

The green glow on their eastern horizon will be emanating from those of us who wish we could be there.

Just the speaker list is amazing:

Laura Allen with Graywater Guerillas, Jerry Brown – California Attorney General, Tony Napolitano from Smart HomeOwner magazine, and Raleigh’s own Sarah Susanka, and countless other innovators from wind to solar to landscape. Wow.

Well, I missed it, but this past Thursday night at Quail Ridge Books, Lyle Estill spoke about his book Small is Possible – Life in a Local Economy. Lyle is VP of Stuff at Piedmont Biofuels in Pittsboro. Small is Possible is the story of how one small town in Chatham County NC figured out how to cultivate a vibrant local economy:

“Unwilling to rely on government and wary of large corporations, these residents discovered it is possible for a community to feed itself, fuel itself, heal itself and govern itself.”

Given the current cost of transportation, I don’t see how local economies can’t become stronger, including the increase in density of urban development and efficient space design. Kind of ironic in the whole ‘Global Economy’ that’s been so forefront since the ’90′s.

Quail Ridge Books is a great independently owned bookstore in the Ridge Road shopping center on Wade Avenue in Raleigh. There are always interesting events there – this past spring, Sarah Susanka spoke. I really have got to stop missing these things!

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