Year: 2009
LEED Green Associate Study Guide (Part 2 of Series)
Every LEED project needs to fulfill all prerequisites and Minimum Program Requirements. These do not get the project any points towards certification. To get points, the project must include many different strategies in the different categories to add up to the threshold number of points. Read through this website for details on the process: GBCI.Read More
LEED Green Associate Study Guide (Part 1 of Series)
This entry will focus on how the LEED rating systems are set up and the basic categories of credits. For a basic introduction to LEED, check this website. The LEED Rating Systems are the sets of credits and categories that a LEED project team is aiming for. They are specific for the type of construction,Read More
I have Google Wave!
Last Sunday, I got my invite for Google Wave (from now one I will call it GWave). If you don’t know what it is, Google has created what they think email would be if it were invented now instead of 40 years ago. Here is a short video with a basic explanation: So far, IRead More
Accepted to be a StartingBloc Social Innovation Fellow!
I received an email yesterday that I have been accepted for a StartingBloc Social Innovation Fellowship, that will start with the Social Institute for Innovation in March 2010. Here is a description from their website The StartingBloc Social Innovation Fellowship is kickstarted by the Institute for Social Innovation. The Institute is a five day transformationalRead More
Tips from the “Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-time Job Seekers”
This document has been helpful to me as a novice job seeker. Even if you are not looking for a job in the nonprofit sector, there is a lot of good advice that could be useful for your job search! Below the embedded document, I have pulled out some of the most helpful things thatRead More