ReVamp
You may have noticed that we have a new look! Using the Blogger platform hopefully gets to many of the suggestions people gave in my survey last week. Also, it will help give you more of what you want and allow for pictures and graphics. However, I am going to need your help; please email me any pictures you take of your chapter doing advocacy! It can be anything from your advocacy day to a screen shot of your advocacy related tweets. Lastly, please utilize the "Comment" box below for feedback and suggestions.Also, in an effort to avoid Spam issues on our end and on your end, please subscribe using the "Follow by email" box at the top right hand corner, next to the blog text. The hope is to phase out the direct email from me. See blow for exact location on your screen.
Monthly Adovates Call
Rescheduled for August 20, 2013 at 3:00pm EST. RSVP through Yammer.
A message from Rick: LEED is looking forward
In case you missed Rick's blog post about the recent attacks on LEED.
2014 Chapter Grants
We just opened our USGBC Chapter Grants yesterday - Advocacy is supported under our Impact grant program this year.State Market Briefs
Remember, the state market briefs are available for 36 states. We are finishing up the rest, but we wanted to make sure you know where they live on the USGBC website.
World GBC Government Leadership Awards nomination deadline extended.
Call for Proposals for the 2013 Greenbuild Chapter Forum Rapid Fire presentations is now open.
Iowa State Senator, Rob Hogg hosting a climate action tour in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
Chapters
Thank You for your Service!
USGBC-Cincinnati are losing two great advocates this month. Shawn Hesse and Patrick Quinn are moving on to exciting new endeavors. We hope you will reconnect with USGBC in the future. Thank you for all of your great work!
USGBC-South Carolina is hosting a Green Schools "Common Ground" Summit on September 26, 2013.
Please send me any advocacy related events or updates! This was the number one feedback from survey respondents, they want to know what is going on in other states!
Campaigns
It has been about a year since we launched our campaigns and we are doing some evaluation. We've talked to most of the co-chairs of the campaigns to get their feedback and also to brainstorm where they think we should go with the campaigns. So look out soon for more information on next steps for action on the campaigns.
Going forward, I will be posting the updates directly to Yammer and then linking them in my updates, to save space (and less scrolling for you).
The Center for Green Schools was in Atlanta this
week for the National Conference of State Legislatures. Stay tuned next week
for a full report and updated resources to help state lawmakers advance green
schools.Green Schools
Resiliency
Congress
Do you know where your member of Congress is during their summer recess? Make sure you are signed up for their newsletter and updates to get this information.
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