Has it really been since early 2013 since we’ve posted an
update on the news from the Thumbprint Endeavors team? Wow, how time flies when you are busy, busy,
busy!
Linda attended GreenBuild 2013 in Philadelphia earlier this
month and once again, had a very enjoyable learning experience. Many great
presentations, including one very memorable “grow healthy food where you live” talk by
Ron Finley, the LA Green Guerilla.
Another highlight this fall was organizing and participation for a very
successful USGBC Green Apples, Green Schools Community Service Day. She’s been incredibly busy during the warm-weather
months with the Campus Community Gardens and Gardening Outreach. Now the last of the vegetables have been
harvested and the beds have been put to bed for the winter. In addition to teaching and Associate
Director of the Office of Sustainability responsibilities, Linda continues to
learn more about design and construction in her role as Project Liaison for the
New Classroom Building on WSU campus, which is now in the foundation stage.
Barret has also been very busy in Denver. It has been a year now that he started
working as Development Executive with International Center for Appropriate and
Sustainable Technology, better known as iCAST
(www.icastusa.org). He is also working
with the other side of the iCast enterprise,
Resource Smart (www.resourcesmart.org). In this new position, Barret is pursuing
the career that he is passionate about — helping and educating people
about energy conservation and Greening the built-environment.
Paul is now an Architect Intern in Madison WI with ARO
Eberle Architects. He and his wife
relocated there over the summer from Toronto (following his 2012 graduation
from University of Washington with his M.Arch). Among other projects,
Paul’s primary responsibilities are assessment of science and lab facilities at the University of
Milwaukee.
That’s the latest Thumbprint Endeavors LLC news on this nearly last
day of November 2013. We are all busy,
mostly with our full time careers which means our team is more loosely
affiliated than in the past but interestingly, we all continue to work in
various shades of Green in the world of design and construction of the built
environment. Whether it is in our
day-to-day positions, we continue our efforts to help people and organizations
to make their day-to-day operations more sustainable.
Take Care and Always Think, then Act in Sustainable Ways --
It’s in the best interest for all of us!
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