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Stepper Custom Homes Inc. gives back to the Earth.

July 04, 2008 - Samantha Vartiamaki

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Everywhere you look these days people are discussing the environment. Developers, builders and architects are working towards a "greener" future by building environmentally-friendly buildings.

We are looking out for our future, but are we looking at our present? One company is, Calgary-based home builder, Stepper Custom Homes Inc announced July 23, 2008 they will partner with Outland Reforestation to replace some of the trees they will take from the earth in 2008.

Dave Hooge, General Manager of Stepper told the CNW Group,

“Approximately 15 trees go into every home we build, by planting 4000 Lodgepole Pines, we are replacing every tree we will use to build homes in 2008.”

The trees will be planted in an area just west of Sundre, Alberta, on a site that was previously used as a natural gas well.

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04/05/2009 - posted by Irving D

In urban planning, the phrase connotes the idea that a large percentage of the human environment is manmade, in the otherhand, youth are busy with their Playstation 2 and these artificial surroundings are so extensive and cohesive that they function as organisms in the consumption of resources, disposal of wastes, and facilitation of productive enterprise within its bounds.Recently there has also been considerable dialogue and research into the impact of the built environment’s impact on population health. In landscape architecture, the built environment is identified as opposed to the natural environment, with the recognition that places like Central Park may have the look, feel, and nourishing quality of natural surroundings while being completely artificial and “built,” thus blurring the line between the two.

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