Professional Resources

** Take the Living Building Challenge**

Upcoming Events & Conferences
City of Seattle Green Events Calendar
Urban Sustainability Forum
Northwest EcoBuilding Guild Events
Green Build Conference in Boston, November 19 & 20, 2008

Conservation Development Case Studies
Treemont, Fall City (Cascade Land Conservancy)
The Woodson Place, Rains County Texas

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
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
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