http://www.livingroomrealty.com sustainability :: creativity :: community Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:39:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   There was a great article in the New York Times last Friday about a group in the Fort Greene neighborhood called Brooklyn Cohousing.  They were able to purchase an unbuilt condo development based on a rehabbed church property with a 7500sf central courtyard.  They intend to turn it into a ... http://www.livingroomrealty.com/new-cohousing-project-in-brooklyn/ I (Abraham) finally finished my EcoBroker® coursework and officially certified!  You may or may not have heard of EcoBroker® but here's the skinny: Founded in 2002, EcoBroker® was the first, and remains the largest, green real estate training and communications program in the world. EcoBroker® training is intended to ... http://www.livingroomrealty.com/ecobroker-certified%c2%ae/ Hey y'all, check out Thea Liberty Nichol's thoughtful review of our current show, Philip Dembinski's Nothing Just Happens/Along The Boulevards, at ArtSlant, and then come see the show for yourself if you haven't already! http://www.livingroomrealty.com/livingroom-gallery-review-on-artslant/  Happy Accidents, Jeroen Nelemans Please join us for a screening of single channel art works from the collection of Jefferson Godard on November 6th at 7:00.  Artists included in this screening will include Guy Ben-ner, Kate Gilmore, Jeroen Nelemans, Michael Phelan and Carlos Rigau.  The works shown will focus on themes ... http://www.livingroomrealty.com/short-film-screening-at-livingroom-gallery-7pm-thurs-116/ We're Obama's rich!  Let me just say, we know how to throw a FUNdraiser! We finally tallied up all the dollars and cents and thanks to a great many generous souls we raised a whopping total of $6,636 for the Obama/O'Biden campaign!  Not only that but $4,481 of ... http://www.livingroomrealty.com/obamathon-salon-results/   This American Life did another great show on explaining our current economic crisis.  It's more then just the sub-prime mortgage crisis and they break it down for you.   You can listen to it at their website www.thisamericanlife.org.  It's episode 365.  If you missed the original episode in May on the ... http://www.livingroomrealty.com/this-american-life-does-it-again/ Obamathon Salon: A Progressive Fundraiser You don’t want to miss this fist bump worthy day of progressive activities to support the Barack Obama presidential campaign. Sunday, Baracktober 12th, 2008 Part One: 12PM - 5PM at LivingRoom Gallery, 1530 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60642 The party will then progress ... http://www.livingroomrealty.com/obamathon-salon/ Interested in residential solar energy systems?  Well then, you are in luck! On October 4th from 10AM - 3PM the Illinois Solar Energy Association (ISEA) will be having their 2008 Illinois Solar tour.  There will be over 200 homes involved statewide.  To find out more information CLICK HERE to visit their ... http://www.livingroomrealty.com/illinois-solar-tour-new-residential-tax-credits/   This is someone's home in Manhattan!  Click Here to read this wild real estate story in last Sunday's NY Magazine.  A photographer bought this abandoned bank building in the Bowery in 1966 and has lived there ever since, after restoring it.  Wow, that's a project! http://www.livingroomrealty.com/nyc-fairy-tale-home-story/ Did you know LivingRoom Realty is a drop off point for the super awesome CSA (community supported agriculture) farm Genesis Growers.  They have Spring, Summer, and Fall shares.  They also have eggs and chicken shares!  Check out their website HERE and sign up for the fall share which starts in ... http://www.livingroomrealty.com/genesis-growers-csa-fall-share/