Professional Resources
** Take the Living Building Challenge**
Upcoming Events & Conferences
Cascadia Living Future
Conference May 5 - 7, 2010
City
of Seattle Green Events Calendar
Urban
Sustainability Forum
Northwest EcoBuilding Guild
Events
Built Green Conference March 12, 2010
Conservation Development Case Studies
Treemont,
Fall City (Cascade Land Conservancy)
The Woodson Place, Rains County
Texas
Download guidelines and case studies from Pearl River
County
Development & Building Resources
County Code Requirements
Green
Tools for Low Impact Development
Green
Tools Post Construction Soil Standards
Green
Tools Residential Buildings
Green
Tools Commericial Buildings
Incentives
& Grants
Sustainable
Sites Initiative
King
County Transfer of Development Rights Program
Green Building Industry Organizations and
Resources
Built Green of Washington
Northwest EcoBuilding Guild
Sustainable
Industries Journal
US Green Building Council Cascadia Chapter
Goat Clearing & Plant Salvaging
Resources
Goat
Trimmers
Healing Hooves
Rent-A-Ruminant
King County Native Plant
Salvage Program
Sustainable Business Networks
Business
Alliance for Local Living Economies
Network for Business Innovation &
Sustainability
Keeping Forests & Habitat Healthy
Eco-forestry
practices
Letting
dead trees lie
Recommended Books
The Integrative Design
Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability by
7Group and Bill Reed
Conservation Design for Subdivisions by Randall
Arendt
Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate by Rocky
Mountain Institute
Growing Greener: Putting
Conservation into Local Plans & Ordinances by Randall
Arendt
Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest by Russell
Link
Women in Green: Voices in Sustainable Design by Kira Gould and
Lance Hosey
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability
by David Holmgren
Saving Puget Sound: A Conservation Strategy for the
21st Century by John Lombard
The Northwest Green Home Primer by
Kathleen O'Brien and Kathleen
Smith
Wildwood A Forest for the Future by Ruth & Merv Wilkinson