Indianapolis played host to the season finale of Extreme Makeover Home Edition.  The Green Dean Team had the opportunity to be on set and hang out with Ty and the crew.  What we really wanted to see were the green initiatives that were being used in the build.  While we didn't get the chance to see the interior green building products, we did notice a couple of really cool things that were being incorporated on the outside.

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has proclaimed April 2009 as National Landscape Architecture Month. ASLA’s 48 chapters across the country, as well as the national headquarters in Washington, D.C, will celebrate with public outreach activities to introduce the profession as a green career choice to children, parents and educators.  Green Dean is featured in a webisode that highlights National Landscape Architecture Month and how a landscape architect can help you at your home.

Green Dean will be on his way to Texas!  The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is holding it's National Green Building Conference in Dallas on May 8-10.  Green Dean will be part of the discussion in a featured educational session on Saturday, May 9th!

Our generosity knows no bounds and we aren't shy about it!  Green Dean, GreenDeanTV.com and Tangiblegreen.com are giving away $500 to every person that owns a home, lives in an apartment, has a living room, bathroom, laundry room and/or kitchen!  For complete details and that pesky fine print... 

The Green Dean Team searchs the Internet, trade magazines, vendor's brains and various other counter cultures for new product information.  Maybe at the start of the Industrial Revolution, there was more innovation and technology progressing at such a rapid place, but we honestly can't remember.  Nowadays, it seems like there are new green, sustainable products hitting the markets every week.  These products aren't showing up on your big box home improvement store shelves yet, but it never hurts to keep abreast of what products are out there and how to get them!  Every once in a while we come across a product that gets our creative juices a-flowing.  VAST Composite Pavers are just that type of product.