So Tom Brady and his wife built this enormous house. She's a "green" activist, and says that her ginormous house is efficient and has some solar so its green.

http://blog.sfgate.com/ontheblock/2012/01/25/tom-brady-
gisele-get-heat-for-their-new-20mm-mansion/?tsp=1

im not so sure... what do you think?

Hmm. I'm not sure about this either. I mean they do have "solar panels on the roof and rainwater recovery systems" but I wouldn't call the house "green" or "eco-friendly". Especially since, according to the link, there is about 7,333 sq. ft. per person. I wouldn't consider that green since three people live in that 22,000 square foot mansion.

well...I guess that depends on whether she takes a plane or a bike to get from one end of the house to another...

In this same vein, I came across a good article about why fixing up old homes is greener than building new ones:

http://grist.org/cities/this-old-house-why-fixing-up-ol
d-homes-is-greener-than-building-new-ones/

http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/sustainability
/green-lab/valuing-building-reuse.html