Second Gen San Francisco Real Estate practitioner and EcoBroker blending social media tools with practical on the streets sales smarts. My company is San Francisco Real Estate Services. Serving the city for over 25 years.
Hey T, Congrats on your first post at Inman. Great discussion. >Kevin Doel. I echo your thoughts here: "What I would hate to see would be if cynicism over "green wash" gripped our society and suddenly snuffed out the seeds of awareness that all these billions of marketing dollars have sown". I've grown a bit weary of the "movement" myself. But it's easy to just brush these issues off as being cliche' and let's move on to the next one. Especially when our environment and culture keeps putting the issue right in our faces. If we, as consumers were not standing up to big corporations, the marketing side would be non-existent. The important measure will be where do they take a stance when it comes to their practices as businesses. Our individuals efforts are null and void if they don't put their money where their mouths are. Brad Coy Realtor/VP at San Francisco Real Estate Services *EcoBroker
I feel both lucky and unlucky when heading to the pump. Being as San Francisco is roughly 7X7 miles square, I don't burn through fuel a whole lot. On the other hand, when I do fill up, I believe we have to be of the highest in the nation when it comes to gas prices. Just yesterday it was $4.33 per gallon for premium http://flickr.com/photos/bradfordcoy/2441522284/ Were I do feel it is in deciding to fly or drive on weekend trips and or vacations. Having a car in California means having a great amount of freedom to enjoy all that it has to offer. Never so much as now have I re-considered routes and or other options of transportation when it comes to these trips. I'm not scaling back with regards to showing property so much as this only happens once or twice a week. We are lucky to have the online home searches (good photos provided) that help in eliminating many unnecessary showings. On days I know I am going to be idle in the office I do walk or ride my bike to work. If not, I have a nice home office that does the trick just fine. Weekends off are also made for walking. Good for the heart -- good for the soul. Oh yeah, and good for the environment.
There has been quite a movement in Green construction and LEED certified properties. Locally her in San Francisco the Mayor has proposed to standardize "Green" construction, giving us the greenest skyline in the world. The ordinance calls for "all new residential and commercial buildings to meet internationally recognized standards for energy and water efficiency, recycling, pollution control and other environmental measures." Brad Coy Realtor/VP www.sfres.com EcoBroker/Contributor www.thedailygreen.com
