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Living Future 07 - Register Today!

Ed Mazria, FAIA, mastermind of the 2030 Challenge kicks off Cascadia's first annual regional conference on Apr 25, 2007. On Apr 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, and new initiatives including our Cascadia Fellowship Program, Pharos and more.

At Living Future you’ll learn, you’ll be inspired, and you’ll have the opportunity to create a road map for tools we need regionally to shape our future. This is THE event not to miss. Registration is filling up fast and the early registration deadline is Apr 2nd. Register Today!

Cascadia members receive a 15% discount 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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Enter 15 Minutes of Brilliance - Transformative Solutions
The world is full of big problems. What’s needed now are big solutions. Brilliant solutions in fact. We stand at a unique moment of human history, where so much of what we cherish hangs in the balance based on our capacity to create change rapidly and in fundamental ways. 15 Minutes of Brilliance is one small way that we hope to engage our membership to step up and share big picture solutions to change the built environment.
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Board Nominations
Cascadia seeks exceptionally qualified applicants for election to the Cascadia Board of Directors. Any member of Cascadia is qualified to apply for election to the Board. All interested candidates are encouraged to submit information to seek a seat on the Board in this election by Sunday, Mar 18. Winners will be announced at the Living Future Conference in April. More Info

The Living Future Competition Registration deadline has been extended!
Register by Mar 9. Prizes total $5,000 for professionals and $1,500 for students/Emerging Green Builders. Submittals are due no later than Mar 29.
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Living Building Challenge Dialogue Page
Cascadia’s Living Building Challenge 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. It is time to move beyond Platinum to the level of the Living Building. More Info

Living Building Challenge Video
Watch the 2 minute Living Building Challenge trailer and vote on Treehugger!
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Cascadia’s 2006 Annual Report
What did Cascadia accomplish in 2006? Read the document that highlights Cascadia’s achievements as it works to make change in the built environment.
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100 Friends New Level and Benefits
Cascadia has introduced the new “Living” level of Sponsorship to go along with our expanded sponsorship benefits package.
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Click Here to view our current sponsors

Thanks to our New and Renewed 100 Friends

Gold Level
     

Silver Level
ARC Architects
McKinstry 
GGLO 

Certified Level
University of Washington
Solaris Real Estate Group
BOORA Architects

Greenbuild Moves to Chicago
The U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, the premiere green building conference in the world, is moving to Chicago for its 2007 show, which will be held on Nov 7-9, 2007. More Info

Calling all Oregon Greenbuilders
The American Institute of Architects/Oregon (AIA) has proposed a bill that would make Oregon the leader in the design and development of sustainable, high performance buildings. Join the AIA/Oregon on April 12 in Salem, OR to support this vital effort.
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2010 Imperative
Tens of thousands of people participated in the Global Emergency Teach-in conducted by Architecture 2030. During this interactive webcast, they issued The 2030 Challenge and The 2010 Imperative, which are specific achievable strategies to transform the built environment. Click here to access the archived webcast. More Info

USGBC Energy Study
New Buildings Institute is working with the USGBC to study the actual energy performance of LEED NC buildings that have been occupied for at least one year.  Encourage LEED building owners to participate, or suggest contact names to us for specific buildings. More Info

Speech From the Throne
B.C. Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo has committed to developing a new unified Green Building Code for British Columbia in addition to cutting green house gases emissions. More Info

Cascadia LEED Statistics
as of 2/15/07

LEED Projects

OHSU Center for Health and Healing (in Portland) achieves LEED Platinum! More Info

 
BoneyardNW
If you are looking for a bunch of beams? Have a couple dozen doors? Look no further than the new online marketplace for Portland-area builders called BoneyardNW, located at www.BoneyardNW.com. Created in the tradition of wildly successful online marketplaces such as eBay and Craig’s List, BoneyardNW is a first-of-its-kind website that provides a place for the selling and buying of usable commercial construction materials that have been taken out of a building during renovation or demolition, such as doors, windows, masonry and even dirt.
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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

State of Oregon Sustainability Awards- Call for Applications With direction from Governor Kulongoski's Executive Order 06-02 "Sustainability for the 21st Century," the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department (OECDD) is sponsiring an awards program to "promote and advance the inclusion of sustinable practices in government and the private sector." Applications due March 16.
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Solar Panel Rental and Installation
The CitizenREnU program is the first to give you the chance to adopt green energy in your home without having to make a huge investment.
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Turning the Ship: Blog and Roundtable Discussion
Harvard University Graduate School of Design and The Clark Group are convening thought leaders from a variety of disciplines to explore the on-going environmental transformation of the U.S. economy. More Info

Campus Climate Challenge
The Campus Climate Challenge is a project of more than 30 leading youth organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Challenge unites young people to organize on college campuses and high schools to win 100% Clean Energy policies at their schools.
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Step It Up ‘07
This Apr 14, 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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National Wildlife Federation’s Chill-Out Video Competition
Students in the PCC Rock Creek Environmental Science Program and Student Government have produced a 2 min video entitled “Reducing the Carbon Footprint (PCC Rock Creek)”
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Go Green Directory
An Inland Northwest resource guide that brings green and sustainable organizations together in one resource.
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Go Green Business
A new business to business e-mail newsletter tracking everything related to the emerging green building industry in the Inland Northwest.
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Energy Trust’s First TV Commercial
Be the first to see Energy Trust’s first TV spot!
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Build It LEED! Toolkit
The Toolkit is offered by Cascadia Green Building Council 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 including checklists for each phase, prepared forms for working with subcontractors, and tools for preparing LEED documentation. The Toolkit includes blank forms and tools on CD, ready to be adapted to your company's needs and put to work on your next LEED project.
Purchase Build It LEED! Toolkit

The Insider's Guide to Marketing Green Buildings by Jerry Yudelson. Over 200 pages charting the future direction of green building. Feb. 2005 update edition. Buy the Book

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

Living Buildings and the Competitive Advantage of High Performance by Brandon Smith, turningtheship.com
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Can Buildings Be Free of Fossil Fuels by 2030?
by Leslie Jonsson, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
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Ecology honors Dale Anderson for environmental excellence
WA State Department of Ecology
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Snowboarding can teach us how to be green
by Tom Palidino, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
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Local homes database turns "Green”
by Dylan Rivera, The Oregonian.
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Green Acres: 7 Eco-Conscious Resorts
by Michael Oliver, Mountainzone.com
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Current Commentary: Demand Grows for Efficient Homes
by Bruce Sullivan, www.nwcurrent.com
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Daylighting Thaws Energy Bills
by Mark Anderson, www.nwcurrent.com
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Mithun is hiring for several positions in their Seattle Office
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Busby Perkins and Will
is hiring two Green Building Researchers
Position 1, 1-2 years experience
Position 2, 5 years experience

PECI (Portland Energy Conservation Inc) ia hiring a Senior Project Coordinator
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City Commissioner Sam Adams (Portland) is looking for a liaison to the Bureau of Environmental Services
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Cascadia’s Tacoma/Olympia Branch is looking for volunteers to assist with their graphic design and communications.
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Cascadia's Seattle Branch is looking for volunteers to assist with marketing, graphic design, and commuinications.
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Velocipede Architects is looking for an intern architect.
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