In 2006 I had the opportunity to spend a morning at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, dreaming my way through their green home exhibit. It was a remarkable and eye-opening experience. The exhibit was housed, literally, in a green home called the Glide House . It was one of 10 Glide Houses that had, at that point, been designed by Northern California architect Michelle Kaufman and her company. The house was filled with ideas for sustainable organic living and I will probably come back...