Kaiser Permanente Opens Environmentally Friendly Hospital in Modesto, Calif. (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)Kaiser Permanente opened its most environmentally friendly hospital to date to patients and staff today in Modesto, California, bringing more jobs to the San Joaquin Valley, and expanding Kaiser Permanente’s convenient health care offerings and sustainable building design.
Teacher nationally recognized for environmentally-friendly building practices (Belleville Intelligencer)Gary Magwood practises what he preaches. When it comes to advocating, designing and building structures from straw bales and other environmentally-friendly materials, Magwood is passionate [.]
A $29 million green parking garage (CNN Money)Moore Ruble Yudell Architects, a 65-employee firm in Santa Monica, has been designing sustainable buildings for more than two decades. The company markets its green expertise to secure high-profile projects around the world, including the new U.S. embassy in Berlin and a planned consulate in Taipei.
UN-HABITAT. HomeAnalyses and studies human settlement patterns, and develops methods for controlled settlement with the preservation of the environment in mind.
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy(ITDP)promotes environmentally sustainable transportation policies and projects worldwide, acting to counter automobile dependence in developing countries and Central and Eastern Europe.