Simple Shoes + Eden Reforestation Project... last day!

Over the last 21 days, via e-mail sign-ups and social network sharing, fans and Eden Reforestation Project champions have helped Simple Shoes and ERP plant 11,802 trees.
Check out the video below for more information on this great initiative or click on this link.

Simple Shoes Partnership from Nate Conklin on Vimeo.

It's easy, free, and only takes a minute... and 10+ trees will be planted for each participating individual!

Costa Mesa Solar Tour

The Costa Mesa Solar Tour participates in the American Solar Energy Society’s (ASES) National Solar Tour to advocate and inform Orange County Residents about solar power and related green building design principles and products.
Click here for more information...

Paul Krugman of the NY Times talks 'green'

We know trying to battle climate change isn't going to be free but there are many out there who don't even want to try. How important is our planet and its health? Is it too expensive to save, of course not! Nobel prize winner and writer for the New York Times, Paul Krugman, explains that it might actually be a lot more affordable than critics make it out to be...read more at Mr. Krugman's NY Times Op-Ed page.

Architectural Alchemy

'Architecture seems to be entrenched in two equally unfertile fronts: Either naively utopian or petrifying pragmatic. We believe that there is a third way wedged in the no mans land between the diametrical opposites. Or in the small but very fertile overlap between the two. A pragmatic utopian architecture that takes on the creation of socially, economically and environmentally perfect places as a practical objective.' -Bjarke Ingels

USGBC-OC's September Event

USGBC-OC - This month's Chapter event is sponsored by the Education Committee and focuses on Renewable Energy.
Also, take a look (and register for this event) at the new USGBC Orange County Chapter website: www.usgbc-oc.org

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Sustainable Business Leadership Council

Thanks to everyone who made it to the first Sustainable Business Leadership Council event last night at Andrei's Conscious Cuisine!
We had a great evening of meeting like-minded colleagues, as well as enjoyed the opportunity to learn about green business planning from Linda Harasin, of the OC Small Business Association.
If you're interested in learning more about SBLC, check out the temporary website here.