As I set about my education into all things green and earth friendly (which has been exponentially accelerated by fellow blogger and my Newest Bestest Buddy Aaron Campbell of Campbell Energy), the one idea that I keep coming back to is, "How can I be the most environmentally responsible person that I can be.........reasonably".

As a Realtor, it is easy to become frustrated with the lack of creativity or vision among builders.  The rows and rows of similar looking, poorly made townhomes, particularly in the Greenwood area of Seattle come to mind.

In a culturally savvy area of the world such as Seattle, it is hard to believe that we have put up with so much monotony and blandness in our quest for urban renewal.

I would like to welcome the newest member and star blogger to Lake Forest Mark, Aaron Campbell.

Aaron is a residential energy consultant and has his own company, Campbell energy.

In Aaron's own words, he fancies himself an "energy efficiency personal trainer". And he would like you to know, that no, he is not Pete Sampras.

He likes to help people minimize their carbon footprint and help them run their homes as green and efficiently as possible.

You can learn more about him and his company at his Active Rain Profile:

Zillow.com released it's findings for the 2nd Quarter of 2008 for select markets around the country.

Seattle, as usual, fared better than most of the markets around the country, but the trend is definitely a down one. 

According to Zillow, King County Overall had a 6.7% drop in home values
over the same quarter last year and  1.4 percent drop from last
quarter: