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Monday, May 12, 2008 1:22:35 AM
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PIA Announces Hall of Fame Inductees
4/24/2008 10:23:52 AM
Plant Interscapes Acquires Evergreen Plant Care
3/6/2008 12:23:50 PM
Architectural Supplements Names Bill Meade V.P. of Sales and Marketing
2/19/2008 5:42:38 PM
Terry Anderson Joins National Interiorscape Network
1/22/2008 11:15:56 AM
Walt Campbell Passes, Funeral Arrangements Planned
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Morning Dew Hires Trish Miller in Customer Service, Plant Purchasing
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Planterra Buys Two Toledo-Area Interiorscape Firms
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Architectural Supplements Launches Division, Adds West Coast Subsidiary, Announces New Distributors
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Jeff Morey
Publisher
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Upfront From the Publisher
The Double-edged Green Sword
You cant deny it: The "green" movement appears to be here to stay. I dont know if the "Al-meister" is to be credited or blamed for it, but he certainly has brought it to the forefront. And unlike his alleged invention of the Internet, this one may be truer.
The bottom line is, whether or not you buy into the green carbon-footprint thing, it is on the minds of many - and I believe it is here to stay.
So, being in the green plant biz, we are obviously in a beautiful position to gain from this grassroots movement, right?
Not so fast.
Just as we might catch ourselves dancing in the streets, thanking heaven for our good fortune, we need to take a careful look at this.
Believe it or not, we may actually be cast as the bad guys in the green tomorrow. Its up to us to be aware of how this could backfire on us, and how we could proactively deal with it.
Much to my initial surprise, some in the green building movement view our wonderful air-cleaning tropical foliage as energy-wasting, carbon-footprinting monsters from the Everglades! Some see our products as a great evil, grown with - according to them - polluting chemicals and wasteful irrigation. Then, to top it off, the foliage is transported in fuel-guzzling monster trucks.
You begin to see that what we hope to be a boon for scapers could end up being a bust. As an industry, we must both publicly and privately work to counterbalance green extremists. More moderate, rational thinking will position our industry as the good guys we truly are!
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Parkway North, Dallas, by Corporate Green Interior Foliage
Posted: 3/17/2008 3:06:24 PM
In this eye-catching installation, the interiorscaper transformed a dark planter bed into a vibrant show of coordinated color. Three kentias in the center are accented by winding white and red river rock, along with two rows of assorted aglaonemas and bromeliads. We invite you to take a moment to admire the center spread pictorial of this distinguished project on pages 20-21 in the March/April issue of Interiorscape Magazine.
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