What is "natural"?
What makes a material or process "green"?
How can I be sure the manufacturer's claims are true?
What are "resource efficient" materials?

Where Can I Buy "Green" Materials?
Are these Materials Stocked Locally?
Can I get them through my regular distributer?

How do these Materials Impact IAQ?
Do all materials out-gas?
Is there plywood that doesn't use Formaldehyde?
Is there a safe level of out-gassing?
Do all glues out-gas?
Are people really allergic to building materials?

What are the Life Cycle Costs?
How do Initial Costs Compare?

When should I recycle something?
Is it better to conserve resources by recycling?
How many times can a material be recycled?
Do the materials I recycle really have an impact?
What is the post-consumer content?
Where can I recycle building materials?

Do we know what the embodied energy content is?

Who has used these materials?
Who has specified these materials?
Can I see an installation?

How do these materials hold up over time?
Do resource efficient materials work as well as regular materials?
What are the maintenance issues for these new materials?

Why should I change the way I design and specify?
If we don't change, how long before we run out of common materials?

Are "natural materials" better?
Aren't all materials natural?
Are these materials more vulnerable to fire or pests?

How good are the manufacturer's warranties?

Is engineered lumber better than natural wood?
Is one manufacturer's process better than anothers?
Are natural materials more vulnerable to fire or pests?
Are there technical specifications and test results for these products?

Is it more difficult to find financing for alternate materials housing?

Will my contractor know how to use the product?
Will it involve additional labor?

How much does sustainable energy cost?
It seems to make sense, why isn't it required already?

Why does ADPSR oppose nuclear energy?
Isn't nuclear energy green because it doesn't cause greenhouse gases?

Is it true that oil will be gone in this century?
I'm hearing commercials about clean coal: how clean is it?
Is natural gas in short supply?

What are energy carriers and why are they important?
Why isn't electricity a good way to heat your home?

What is the Hydrogen Economy?
Will the Hydrogen Economy save us?

What's a bio-region and why are they important?

How do I know if my community is healthy?

Don't I know how to spend my money better than the government?
Why can't I live my life without other people telling me what to do?

I've heard economists say that it's possible to substitute capital for the environment is that really true?

What is the importance of eating organic food?
Why should I become a vegetarian?
How can I support the small family farmer?

Why does it seem like the faster I go the behinder I get?

What is the systems approach and why is it important?

Isn't the future in doubt if we don't provide adequate education for today's youth?

Aren't markets the most efficient way of allocating goods and services?
Don't we have to keep growing to be prosperous?

The quality of life seems to be deteriorating while the GNP is increasing, is that possible?

Isn't world peace a little pie in the sky?

Don't we already have a fairly just society compared to most places in the world?

What would you do if someone was going to harm a member of your family?
Doesn't turning the other cheek just result in a lot of red faces?