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Honoring 10 Women in Green Building and Design – Let Us Know Who We Missed

By Tracey de Morsella on March 31, 2010 13 Comments AIA COTE, Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods, Ann Edminster, Annette K. Stelmac, Anni Tilt, Architecture for Humanity, Arkin Tilt Architects, AskNature.org, biomimicry, Biomimicry Guild, Biomimicry Institute, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, Build2Sustain, Building Security and Building Type Basics: Justice Facilities, California Straw Building Association, CalStar Cement, Carol Venolia, CASBA, Design Avenues, Design Like You Give a Damn, Design of Straw Bale Buildings; The State of the Art, eco-efficient building initiative, eco-efficient buildings, ecological building, Ecological Building Network, Efficient Wood Use In Residential Construction, Elaine Hsieh, Elizabeth J. Heider, environmental design consultant, Foundation Capital, GBA, Green Building Advisor, Green Building Alliance, green design, Healing Environments: Your Guide to Indoor Well-Being, Innovation Consultancy, Innovation for Conservation Program, Inspirit-llc, Janine Benyus, Kate Stohr, Kelly Lerner, KEMA Services, LEED certification, LEED Cost Study, LEED for Homes, LEED Homes, Living Building Challenge, Living Homes, Margie Ruddick, mentor organisms, natural models, Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House, One World Design, Open Architecture Network, Rebecca L. Flora, Serious Materials, Skanska Environmental Performance Network, Skanska Green Council, Skanska USA Building, straw bale construction, straw-bale homes, sustainable design solution, sustainable human systems design, sustainable preconstruction, sustainable products, Sustainable Residential Interior, The Nature of Things, U.S. Green Building Council, World Habitat Day, WRT

Green design and construction is a career arena in which there are not an abundance of women being represented, yet we found a number of women working in these sectors and leaving their distinctive mark. Below are profiles of 10 women who we believe are pioneers in the green building and design field.

INTERNSHIP SPOTLIGHT: Lopez Community Land Trust Offers Summer, Fall Sustainable Building Internships

By Chris de Morsella on April 30, 2009 Comments Off on INTERNSHIP SPOTLIGHT: Lopez Community Land Trust Offers Summer, Fall Sustainable Building Internships earthen plaster, green building, green building internship, internship, LCLT, lime plasters, Lopez Community Land Trust, Lopez Island, natural plaster construction, passive solar, San Juan Islands, straw bale construction, sustainable building, sustainable building internship, WA, Washington

The Lopez Community Land Trust (LCLT), a non-profit community-based organization is offering sustainable building internships for the Spring, Summer and Fall of 2009 in Lopez Island, WA. The sustainable internships will include construction with straw bale and natural plaster construction and a host of other tasks connected with completing the Common Ground neighborhood.