BFREEHOMES

We've all had this conversation: is a huge single family green home reallygreen? A new building in the desert? A man-made island in Dubai?

In her new book, Mindfully Green, Stephanie Kaza argues that environmentalism must be about more than the personal actions we take or the public policies we support. To be truly transformative, it must change the way we see ourselves, our world, and the relationship between the two.

DARMSTADT, Germany -These houses are part of a revolution in building design: There are no drafts, no cold tile floors, no snuggling under blankets until the furnace kicks in. There is, in fact, no furnace.