{"id":258,"date":"2009-05-08T21:18:41","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T21:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/intentchopra\/2009\/05\/greening-our-communities-an-ex.html"},"modified":"2009-05-08T21:18:41","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T21:18:41","slug":"greening-our-communities-an-ex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/intentchopra\/2009\/05\/greening-our-communities-an-ex.html","title":{"rendered":"Greening Our Communities: An Exclusive Podcast with Green Author Nancy H. Taylor (By Mallika Chopra)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As it takes a village to raise  a child, it will take many villages to begin healing the planet. We  will need greener homes, greener schools and greener hospitals. Not  only that, we will also need more recycling centers, organic supermarkets,  community gardens, public transportation, green initiatives on our state  ballots and countless other things that can only be built from a community  level. &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nancyhtaylor.com\/images\/bigbook.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;When we start thinking as a  community, our combined forces have a dramatically larger impact on  the world than that of a single individual. I spoke with green  author Nancy H. Taylor, who is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1423603877?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=intent0c1-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1423603877\">&ldquo;Go Green: Building an  Earth-Friendly Community&rdquo;<\/a> and teaches a course on &ldquo;The Art of Green  Living and Building.&rdquo; She is also currently working with a committee  to draw up green building-outlines for her hometown of Jackson, Wyoming,  where she will be applying many of the principles outlined in &ldquo;Go  Green.&rdquo;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Nancy speak about  her personal inspiration to live a greener life, and how you, too, can  participate in greening your home and the community that you live in. No matter what city or town you are  a part of, ultimately we are all in this together. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/node\/135052\/edit\">Listen to the podcast interview here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Visit Nancy&rsquo;s website at  <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nancyhtaylor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>www.nancyhtaylor.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1423603877?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=intent0c1-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1423603877\"><em>Buy Nancy&rsquo;s book here <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Other online resources:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natcap.org\/\"> Natural Capitalism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As it takes a village to raise a child, it will take many villages to begin healing the planet. We will need greener homes, greener schools and greener hospitals. 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