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Link to Spectrum News 1 (July 4, 2024) | Van Drunen is the owner and winemaker of Charlie & Echo, an urban winery in San Diego producing natural craft wine from local vineyards. Van Drunen said they’re the first winery tasting room in Southern California to be certified as a California Green Business, and the first […]

I was born here. Raised by rocky beaches, winter deserts, and towering trees. I’ve swam in fields of golden poppies, danced in streams with golden trout, looked down from the top of our tallest mountain to the depths of our driest desert, and choked on the smoke of fires and the exhaust of trucks. I’ve […]

Link to Ten Across Conversations (April 19, 2024) | Listen in as Ten Across founder Duke Reiter and USGBC-California Executive Director Ben Stapleton discuss solutions for decarbonizing the built environment, ideals for the future of city health and design, and how California is currently leading the way in many U.S. climate efforts. (Listen to full […]

New Statewide Entity to Focus on Community Engagement, Workforce Development, Education & Stronger Statewide Advocacy Recognized Sustainability Leaders Across California Support USGBC Communities Unifying into Statewide Organization LOS ANGELES (April 10, 2024) – USGBC California launches this month as an independent nonprofit unifying six regional communities across the state that were originally founded in collaboration […]