Miriam Landman's
Published and Aired Writings
Editing and Research Projects
Radio Production Work

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• "Green Homes on Display in West Marin," West Marin Citizen, September 11, 2008


• "Why I'm Backing Barack," on The Weekly Meat weblog, posted on February 27, 2008
  www.theweeklymeat.com/...


• Responses to three questions (regarding brick, eco-friendly furniture, and green information resources for builders) featured in GreenHomeGuide.com's Ask a Pro column posted on January 22, 2008


• "Chemical cleaners can introduce poisons, health risks into the home," San Francisco Chronicle, September 22, 2007


• A chapter and a case study in the book Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing, edited by Global Green USA (Island Press, 2007)


• Articles on green building and healthy housecleaning in Natural Home magazine's Special Resource Guide issue, July/August 2007


• Green Affordable Housing: An Overview, a three-page summary distributed to attendees of a symposium on Sustainable Design: New Directions for Affordable Housing, held at the National Building Museum in Washington DC, May 30, 2007


• Green Operations and Maintenance Manual for The Plaza Apartments: Best Practices for a Healthy and High-Performance Building;
  Healthy Home Guide for Residents of The Plaza Apartments;
  and template versions of both manuals that can be customized for other projects.
  Published by Enterprise Community Partners for the San Francisco Green Communities program, Summer 2006
  www.greencommunitiesonline.org/...


• "The Green Building Evolution," a commentary in Environmental Design + Construction magazine (in the annual "Perspectives on Sustainable Design" section), December 2005
  www.edcmag.com...


• "Better Places to Live," an article on sustainable neighborhoods and communities in GreenTech, a supplement to Urban Land magazine, October 2005
  www.uli.org/...


• "From a Movement to Mainstream Practice," a commentary published on GreenHomeGuide.com, posted March–June 2005


• Tools of the Trade: Practical Tools for Green Building Design and Analysis, a 125-page guide (also known as the Green Building Toolkit), which was available on CD-ROM or as a PDF download, City and County of San Francisco / Global Green USA, 2003
  www.sfenvironment.org/...


• "Top Three Materials for Healthy Home Remodeling," an article on ENN.com, October 2003, and on KQED.org, April 2003–present
  www.kqed.org/topics/home/homeimprove/healthyhome-feature1.jsp


• Radio commentary: "Commodified Oxygen," on public radio's Living on Earth, July 4, 2003 (and re-aired January 2, 2004)
  www.loe.org/shows/shows.htm?programID=04-P13-00001#feature2


• Truckee Middle School: A CHPS High-Performance Demonstration School, a case study published by the California Integrated Waste Management Board, 2003
  www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Publications/default.asp?pubid=1030


• Colorado Court, Santa Monica, a case study for Global Green USA's Greening Affordable Housing series, 2002
  www.globalgreen.org/greenbuilding/GAHI_resources.html


• "Our Indoor Air," and "Top Three Materials for Healthy Home Remodeling," articles for HealthyHomePlans.com, 2001 and 2003
  www.healthyhomeplans.com/articles/information26.php


• Radio story: A profile of entrepreneur John Reid, the owner of an innovative "bioshelter" greenhouse in western Massachusetts that combines fish farming with hydroponic agriculture; on NPR's Living on Earth, April 14, 2000
  www.loe.org/shows/shows.htm?programID=00-P13-00015


• Radio story: A profile of Troy Hurtubise, the eccentric inventor of a grizzly-bear-proof suit; on NPR's Living on Earth, November 5, 1999
  www.loe.org/shows/shows.htm?programID=99-P13-00045


• Radio segments: Miriam wrote more than fifty almanacs for Living on Earth shows between 3/13/98 and 3/10/00, on an eclectic assortment of topics, covering historical events, natural phenomena, animals, plants, people, places, and things.


• Breaking Through the Barriers to Sustainable Building: Insights from Building Professionals on Government Initiatives to Promote Environmentally Sound Practices, Master's Thesis, Tufts University, 1999
  www.egret.net/SustainableBuilding.htm


• Sustainable Building Resource Directory (co-authored with Angela Vitulli) and a summary report on the Austin Green Building Program, for the State of Massachusetts' Division of Capital Planning/Operational Services, 1998


• City of Tucson's Comprehensive Water Conservation Strategies, case study #47 in the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives case study series, 1997
  www.iclei.org/index.php?id=1139


• "The Risks of Creativity: Health Hazards at the Baskin Art Studios," City on a Hill Press, January 13, 1994


• "What is the Meaning of 'The Golden Mean?'" Book review, City on a Hill Press, September 30, 1993

In earlier years, Miriam's articles were published in the Resource Renewal Institute's International Green Planner, ICLEI's Initiatives, a California Oak Foundation brochure, the Santa Cruz Ecology Action News, and the Ann Arbor Ecology Center's Ecology Reports.

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• Green Homeowner Maintenance Guides and Homeowner Association Green Maintenance Reference manuals, created by Compendia, Inc., 2008: Made revisions and provided new content related to green operations and maintenance and green household/living practices (for green single-family homes and condominium developments, including LEED-H certified and GreenPoint Rated projects)
  Scope: Editing, writing, consulting
  www.compendiainc.com/green_homeowner_maintenance.htm
  


• U.S. Green Building Council's Northern California Chapter website content (Green Building Research and Publications sections): Solicited, coordinated, and edited case studies (on the Blach Intermediate School, CalPERS Headquarters, and Swinerton Headquarters projects), and developed a case study submission form, as well as lists of LEED certified buildings and other green buildings in the region, August 2007
  Coordination, research, and editing
  www.usgbc-ncc.org/...


• Simon & Associates Green Building Consultants website content updates (for the Projects section and the Simon & Associates section webpages), August 2007
  Proofreading and coordination
  www.greenbuild.com


• Making Affordable Housing Truly Affordable: Advancing Tax Credit Incentives for Green Building and Healthier Communities, a report by Global Green USA, 2006
  Copyediting
  www.globalgreen.org/greenbuilding/GAHI_resources.html


• WestCoastGreen.com's "Recommended Links" webpage: An annotated directory of green building websites and resources, 2006
  Research and some writing
  www.westcoastgreen.com/knowledge-center/links.php


• HealthyHomePlans.com's "Our Links" webpage: An annotated listing of healthy home and green building websites and resources, 2005
  Research and editing (and some writing)
  www.healthyhomeplans.com/our_links/


• Green Building Materials Selection and Specification Guide, developed by Global Green USA for the City of Santa Monica, 2002
  Copyediting (and some writing)
  www.globalgreen.org/greenbuilding/localGov.html


• Green Buildings: Bringing Environmentally Sensitive Design to San Francisco, a report developed by the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) association's Sustainable Development Committee, 2001
  Some research and writing (multiple contributors)
  www.spur.org/documents/010601_article_03.shtm


• The State of the States: Assessing the Capacity of States to Achieve Sustainable Development Through Green Planning, a Resource Renewal Institute report, 2001 http://greenplans.rri.org/resources/pubs/sos_index.html
  Comprehensive copyediting (and some research)


• Green Plans: Working Strategies for a Sustainable Future—A Primer, a Resource Renewal Institute report, 2001 http://greenplans.rri.org/intro/index.html
  Copyediting


• Local Initiatives: ICLEI Members in Action, 1993-1995, a book published by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, 1995
  Copyediting and production assistance

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• Svend Holst, reporter for the Empire, the daily newspaper in Juneau, Alaska, on the impacts of cruise ships on Juneau's environment and population, and the town's proposed head tax on cruise ship passengers. (9/24/99)


• Mike Matz, Executive Director of the Utah Wilderness Alliance, on the federal Wilderness Act and the growing grassroots movement for wilderness designation. (9/10/99)


• Jennifer Price, author of Flight Paths: Adventures with Nature in Modern America, on how pop culture represents and uses nature. (7/16/99)


• Margaret Bowman, Senior Director of the Dams Program at American Rivers, on the breaching of the Edwards Dam in Augusta, Maine. (7/2/99)


• Ron Tipton, Director of U.S. Ecoregion Conservation for the World Wildlife Fund, and Michael Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army-Civil Works Division, on the proposed Everglades restoration plan. (6/25/99)


• John Elkington, author of Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business. (6/11/99)


• Warren Leon, Deputy Director of Programs at the Union of Concerned Scientists and co-author of The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices. (5/28/99)


• Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface, Inc. and author of Mid-Course Correction, Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model. (11/27/98)


• Betsy Lydon, Program Director at Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet, on the organization's list of ten must-eat-organic foods. (NPR Fall Fundraiser show, 1998)


• Lynne Cherry, author of many children's books and Director of the Center for Children's Environmental Literature. (10/16/98)


• Todd Wilkinson, author of Science Under Siege: The Politician's War on Nature and Truth, on the harassment of whistleblowers in federal resource agencies. (9/11/98)


• Carl Frankel, author of In Earth's Company: Business, Environment, and the Challenge of Sustainability. (7/10/98)


• Michael Ableman, author of On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm, on an organic farm and education center in the middle of suburban development on the outskirts of Santa Barbara, California. (6/26/98)


• Alan Weisman, author of Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, a book about a unique, experimental community in Colombia. (5/1/98)

Other pieces that Miriam produced for Living on Earth:

• Three Mile Island: An audio collage of media and pop culture allusions to the disaster, then and now. (3/26/99)


• Wendell Berry, farmer and writer, reading from The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry. (Series, Fall 1999)

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