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Howard Hall Farm is both an historic restoration project and a vehicle for educating people in sustainable, environmentally conscious restoration techniques. The site of our learning laboratory is a 1780s stone manor in the heart of the Hudson River Valley. This Federal style home presents a number of restoration challenges specific to this region of the country. We invite you to join us in our effort to RESTORE GREEN.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Prune the Leaves. Don't Cut Green Corners.



This video was borrowed from One Red Paperclip

Our friend Dan just sent us some discouraging news. We were all whipped into a frenzy of excitement and hope when we learned about William McDonough, the revolutionary Architect who planned (among other things) to build an ecologically balanced, energy-efficient village in China. Unfortunately, the project doesn't seem to be going too well (read:disaster)...

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