LinkLuv: 24 April

Who pays for environmentally friendly design? asks Architecture + Morality’s Corbusier:

“As I seem to be inundated with new information, advertisements or appeals to make buildings in a green-friendly manner, I find it more and more difficult to ignore the aspect of money in evaluating it all. Somehow I fail to suppress my sneaking suspicion that there’s more than just simply wanting to use resources more efficiently or limiting a building’s carbon footprint – that in reality the green movement in the industry of architecture is eyeing for potential new sources of fees and income. I admit it’s a cynical posture, but om so many places one looks, money is an important consideration when practicing the green way of life, especially when it comes to who is expected to pay for the extra expenditure.”

MoCoffee has opened an Etsy store. See his wares for sale at Mo Coffee’s Art Cafe, such as the following plate titled “George has brains.”

Adding: Coincidental to see the Sally Forth cartoon today (25 April 2008) suggesting part of the reason everything’s going green is because business has discovered how to profit from it.