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Living Future 07- Register Today!


Early Registration Deadline Extended To April 9th!
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Ed Mazria, FAIA, mastermind of the 2030 Challenge kicks off Cascadia's first annual regional conference on April 25, 2007. On April 26 and 27, in partnership with the AIA Seattle Committee on the Environment, Jason F. McLennan will roll out Cascadia’s vision of a sustainable future through Living Buildings. Leading regional and national experts will provide engaging, interactive technical break out sessions aimed at providing key strategies and removing barriers to achieve Living Buildings.

During Cascadia's Big Bang and Gala Celebration, Cascadia will unveil a number of new initiatives at a regional and national level, welcome in Cascadia's newly elected Board of Directors, celebrate our regional branches, and present achievement awards to the dynamic individuals who've invested a lifetime of blood, sweat, and tears fighting for the environment on our behalf. Did we mention the luscious organic local food and libations, or the live entertainment and dancing?
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Cascadia's members receive more than 15% off the Living Future conference.
Why become a member? Individual membership demonstrates your partnership with Cascadia and your commitment to change as Cascadia provides a voice of leadership on the most critical issues of our time. For more information or to join please
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Board Elections
Cascadia Board elections are now open! Regional Cascadia members are eligible to vote and have received a ballot and elections are open until Tuesday April 10th. Click here to view the Board candidate’s profiles.
Not a member? Join by Monday April 9th to vote in the elections.
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Living Building Challenge Dialogue Page
Cascadia’s Living Building Dialogue page is up and running! This informative tool provides a forum for LB enthusiasts to collaborate with other users while learning all about what makes a building a Living Building.
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Cascadia EGB is looking for Mentors
The Emerging Green Builders are looking for mentors to assist with the Natural Talent Design Competition. Mentoring is a way to provide resources, tools, information, and experience that is invaluable to those entering the green building movement.
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Cascadia LEED Statistics
as of 3/15/07

Green Building Playing Cards Cascadia is excited to offer Green Building Playing Cards. These full decks of cards offer a creative and fun way to educate and inspire people to adopt green building practices. Click Here to Order.

NEW! LEED-NC Version 2.2 Flash Cards! Cascadia has updated our “Flash Cards” to Version 2.2 Click Here

Top 10 Green Building Products 2007 Sustainable Industries Journal is taking nominations for the 2007 edition of the Top 10 Green Building Products.  Submissions due by May 14th. More Info

Top 10 Green Building Products 2006 and Green Real Estate Guide 2006
Download these free supplements to Sustainable Industries Journal.
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The Philosophy of Sustainable Designby Jason F. McLennan Tapping into the work of many pioneers and ‘green design philosophers,’ McLennan clearly presents a framework for people to understand Sustainable Design and how ultimately it will become the future of architecture and design. Buy the Book

Build It LEED! Toolkit
The Toolkit is offered by Cascadia to complement the Build it LEED! training or as a stand alone tool. Authored by Ann Schuessler, Director of Sustainable Building Practices at The Rafn Company, and Elizabeth Powers, Project Manager at O'Brien & Company, the Toolkit provides the complete, step-by-step process of LEED Project Management from pre-construction through documentation.
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Rebuilt Green 120 pages, $10. "Rebuilt Green is the first book to explore the true meaning and social dimensions of green building." --Paul Hawken. Buy the Book

Step It Up ‘07
This April 14th, tens of thousands of Americans will gather all across the country at meaningful, iconic places to call for action on climate change. We will hike, bike, climb, walk, swim, kayak, canoe, or simply sit or stand with banners of our call to action.
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Washington State Green Building Financial Incentives
Includes, rebates, grants, and tax incentives for building green in the state of Washington.
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Solar Incentives for Washington State Residents
Includes Federal, State, and Local incentives for going solar.
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People and Place Weblog
Place matters. Though our wired world connects us to far-flung communities of interest and practice, we turn around to find that place matters still. Explore these ideas and others in the Ecotrust/ Ecotrust Canada online journal.
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Seattle Green Roof Website
The City of Seattle has launched a highly informative resource page for Green Roofs. Includes case studies, links to other sites, and other resources.
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Call for Entries: Metafore Innovation Awards 2007
The second annual Metafore Innovation Awards will recognize product and service innovations that reduce or offset climate change through new methods and processes. Entries are being accepted until Friday, May 18.
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Pierce County Coalition for Environmental Health Priorities
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department was awarded a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to find out what environmental health issues are most important to county residents, and what we should do about them.
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Green Roof Courses
As Canada's premier polytechnic institution, the British Columbia Institute of Technology is in a unique position to promote the advancement of the green roof industry through curriculum programming for trades, technology and management students.
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Heat Recovery from Wastewater
A technology that can recover billions of dollars of lost heat going down the drain.
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Saranac Hotel Renovation Featured on KREM 2 News
The Saranac Hotel Renovation at 25 W. Main in downtown Spokane was recently featured in a KREM 2 News broadcast. Zeck Butler Architects is designing the renovation with a committment towards sustainability. The project is slated to be LEED™ GOLD.
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Sun is shining on 'green' construction
by Tristan Baurick, Bainbridge Island Review
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USGBC: PVC is not a healthy building material
by Bill Walsh and Tom Lent, Healthy Building Network
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Green Building adds to Affordability, by Dan Schauer, Portland Tribune
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Making your Second Home Green
by Amy Gunderson, The New York Times
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Bank of America Announces $20 Billion Environmental Initiative
www.sustainablebusiness.com
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'Green' homeowners happier; cost savings are key
by Bend Weekly News Source, Bend Weekly News.
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Green housing project to cut emissions
by Sid Tafler, The Globe and Mail
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Callison is hiring a Director of Sustainable Design Resource
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BCRA is hiring for several designer, architect, and designer positions.
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YRG Sustainability Consultants is hiring a Green Building / LEED Consultant
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Portland Energy Conservation Inc. is hiring several engineer and project coordination positions.
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The City of Vanouver (WA) is hiring a Sustainability Coordinator
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MarketShift Strategies is hiring a Marketing Assistant
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