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Not a whole lot of new News from Thumbprint Endeavors right now.  It seems that Barret in Denver is having the best winter and that Paul in Madison and Linda in Dayton, well, we are getting the Arctic blasts and the mounding snows. Spring, come on, enough with Winter!

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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.

Linda attended GreenBuild 2013 in Philadelphia in November 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 her role as Associate Director of the Office of Sustainability responsibilities, she continues to learn more about design and construction in her role as Project Liaison for the New Classroom Building on WSU campus, which this winter is in the foundation stage.  

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!