Land: a green investment.(green home resource[TM]: GREEN ROOTS)

New Life Journal | February 1, 2007| | Copyright

Q. I have money ready to invest in land. Can you recommend the most eco-friendly ways in which I can purchase acreage and envision a "green" land use plan?

An eco-minded client once asked me, "Why would I choose to buy acreage?" Good question! land has intrinsic value," I answered. A lengthy discussion of the financial benefits of the environmentally sensitive land purchase and the benefits of eco-friendly land planning and use followed. Land is synonymous with natural social and economic capital. In terms of the law of supply and demand, there is only so much land. ...

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