Loca Lingo Multicultural

I strongly believe this current global warming event will influence our cross-cultural and international relations. For the first time in history, after World War 2, the whole earth community will have to find out a common agreement having an impact on everyone’s life. Each human being is part of the problem and the solution.

From a Marketing point of view, “green labels” are hot ! Many in the very short future, will claim direct “green” benefits, especially when the citizen will be fully aware of what’s going on.

As a citizen-consumer, you should always bear in mind the following when examining a product claiming such “Green” statement :

- In which material is the product ?
Is it a polluting one ?
Will it become a polluting waste ?
Is the process to produce it more polluting than the pollution it will save the earth from ?
What about the comparison with a standard non-green item ?

-Where do the materials come from ?
if you have to ship the whole material across the ocean - take the pollution caused by logistics into account.

-What about its usage of other resources ? Does it waste them ?
Does it use more water than a standard process ?

-How long will it take for payback time (when talking about energy savings) ?

The eco-house process displayed on these two videos seems to be really “green” at first sight - everything has been thought. No detail seems to have been forgot… I wonder though about the solar panels (usually coming from a polluting process) and the whole hi-tech system in the basement for making such system viable… more complicated than a standard house (domotic, here we go), but more autonomy,… What about its real impact on the local eco-system ?
What would be the local impact of a normal house (connected to the state-electricity and water grid) ?

Well, for more information…