A nice shout out to USGBC California in Greenbiz.
Excerpt:
On April 10, six regional sustainable building communities in California united to form the U.S. Green Building Council California, a statewide nonprofit.
"The new structure and entity create a centralized entry point where anyone can engage with and become part of the green building movement," according to a statement. The announcement follows a trend happening across the country as smaller sustainable building groups are increasingly collaborating, aligning and at times consolidating to amplify their impact.
While USGBC California is a combination of only USGBC communities, the consolidation of the sustainable building community around Philadelphia in 2017 brought together the USGBC, Passive House and Living Future communities. Both of these examples show the evolution of the sustainable building movement from local, LEED-centric, grassroots efforts to more regional, broader coalitions of professionals.
Read the whole story here - https://www.greenbiz.com/article/sustainable-building-groups-combine-accelerate-chang[…]V0Awk-aOrbNlRcx-MYBgOMMaIIKFiWsTmkWroKRenTkBmEDeqrgj_O4KRlSw