"GREEN" homes now for lease in East Side Costa Mesa! Homes are available for lease starting October 1st of 2008. Media coming soon! Pets are acceptable as long as they agree to behave well.Homes are just one block from Del Mar Community Garden of Costa Mesa. Click here to learn more about Costa Mesa Community Gardens.Newport Mesa Unified School District Woodland Elementary School - grades K-2Kaiser Elementary School - grades 3-6Ensign Middle School - grades 7-8Newport Harbor High School... Read Full Story
From the moment I was first introduced to the idea of using shipping containers for real estate development, it made a whole lot of sense. I caught some "green" home or living show on TV that featured LA architect, Peter Demaria of Demaria Design. So when I heard about Larry Pokras' new firm, LNP Design, in Costa Mesa, I was thrilled to have a local design firm centered around shipping container development. With the Port of Long Beach just miles away, this is something for any real... Read Full Story
July 16th and 17th, EcoBroker held their 5th annual Green Real Estate Convention in Denver, CO. The convention included presentations from motivational speaker Terry Watson and "green" living advocate and television personality Sara Snow. Panel discussions ranged from "greening" local MLS systems to "green" financing. The conference also included a reasonably sized group of venders for the expo and plenty of opportunities for agents to mingle with one another. The two days were packed... Read Full Story
I was fortunate to be featured in this years "green" August issue of Coast Magazine. Please check it out, if you have time. You should be able to download it by click one of the links below. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FULL ARTICLE CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FULL ARTICLE Written by, Evan T. Little Realtor®, EcoBroker® Volkl Investments Inc. 949.939.9687 phone evan@volklinvestmentsinc.com My other blogs: Going "Green" in Orange County Orange County, CA Community Real Estate in Orange County... Read Full Story
As if the politicians that represent us aren't, in general, dumb enough, I have to see Chuck Norris trying to influence people on Youtube and speaking on Fox News too? Not that I'd ever watch Fox News to begin with unless of course I desperately needed to know what Britney Spires is up to. Seeing things like this reminds me of the movie "Idiocracy". It feels like we're already in the future, watering our crops with Gatorade... you'd have to see the movie to get it. Drilling anywhere... Read Full Story
CITY OF COSTA MESA CALIFORNIA 92626-1200 P.O.BOX 1200 FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER PRESS RELEASE January 9, 2008 “Green” Fee Waivers Currently Available Through June 30, 2008 The City of Costa Mesa is currently offering fee waivers for green installation and express Planning and Building Division Plan checks through June 30, 2008. Under the City’s Build Green Incentive Program, all or a portion of the fees will be waived for green installations of solar panels... Read Full Story
Some months ago I accidentally drove bye one of two community gardens in Costa Mesa. I'd seen community gardens on TV shows before, but didn't realize that such a resource existed outside of larger, urban cities like Chicago or New York. After a little asking around I was directed to speak with Ruth A. Raheb, Recreation Supervisor for the City of Costa Mesa. She's quick to return phone calls and awfully friendly when discussing community gardens. So finally! I got all the answers as to... Read Full Story
I just recently heard of Critical Mass, an event that is typically held on the last Friday of every month in cities around the world where bicyclists and other self-propelled commuters take to the streets in mass. The groups seem to have little to no centralized organization and pride themselves on their autonomy. I appreciate the simplistic approach to the idea of getting together in mass to celebrate bicycling. Of course the underlying message of alternative transportation and... Read Full Story
About two months ago at a "green" building presentation, the president of Living Homes become the 2nd person to tell me that residential greywater systems are illegal in this area. They had tried to do one on a project of their's, but were prevented by the city. A few weeks ago, I heard the same thing from the gentleman who took me on a tour of Orange County Water District's Ground Water Redistribution plant. Not that he should be an expert, but the story seemed to be consistent that... Read Full Story
How do we keep Orange County so green in what is, more or less, a desert region and at what cost are we paying for such extravagance? As our population in Orange County and around the world continues to grow, we'll need to use more water for the things we need to have and less water for things we'd like have. To my knowledge, the amount of fresh water on earth has not changed much in recent history. So with the same amount of water being available to us year after year and more and more... Read Full Story
