Advocacy & Public Policy
Mission, Vision, & Goals
Mission: To transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.
Vision: Buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation.
Overall Goals:
- Increase Awareness of environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous buildings and communities that improves the quality of life.
- Promote Sound Governmental Policy that encourages market adoption of sustainable planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of the built environment.
- Increase Inter-Organizational Cooperation between similarly focused groups in Idaho and the Northwest.
- Increase Educational Opportunities for K-12, Secondary, Professionals, and policy makers that are age and skill appropriate for each group
- Increase Professional Participation Statewide by working with the membership and marketing committees in regional efforts
Committee Leadership:
• Leif Elgethun
Advocacy and Public Policy Committee Chair
• Hans Glenn
LEED for Homes Advocate
• Candess Packard:
K-12 Green Schools Curriculum Representative
• Scott Hopkins:
Green Schools Advocate
We encourage anyone to be involved.
Meeting Times:
Advocacy and Public Policy: TBA, Contact Leif Elgethun
LEED for Homes: TBA, Contact Hans Glenn
LEED for Schools: Last Tuesday of the Month, 5:30 @ Givens Pursley, Contact Scott Hopkins
