<p>
<img src="/files/4/sunsetbreezehouse.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="120" align="right" />&quot;Greenfear&quot; is a term I first recently came across in an article on The Daily Green: '<em><a href="http://www.thedailygreen.com/2007/07/25/want-to-build-green-your-neighbors-may-try-to-block-you-is-it-greenfear/4303/">Building Green? Your Neighbors May Block You. Is It Greenfear?</a></em>' The premise is that people are afraid of new and green technologies, and that they will act to block it. In this particular case, a couple in Marin, California wanted to build a house with a number of green features. Neighbors raised objections that &quot;the modernist home would severely clash with the more traditional feel of the neighborhood. Some dubbed it 'trailer like.' A petition against the home was launched.&quot;<br />
<br />
While the green elements of the design may not have endeared the plan to the neighbors, the objections seem less about the fact the house was incorporating green technologies and more about just the appearance being out of character with the rest of the neighborhood. In this particular case, the house in question is a rather attractive, contemporary, modular home. It includes such green features as &quot;solar panels, recycled materials and a living 'green' roof.&quot; But, it is more likely that the resistance against this house was based on its general appearance, rather than specifically wanting to prevent a house from having the green features that its owners wanted.
</p>
<p>
</p>