The Ecological Design Consortium (EDC) is a multidisciplinary student, staff, and faculty organization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign established to promote the use and integration of ecological, economical, and equitable design solutions for the built environment.

The main goal of EDC is to educate our members, the university, and the community through discussions, lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on experience in the hopes of creating a healthier and more livable built environment for ourselves and future generations.

This link provides information about our winter, summer, and fall courses.

Winter: November 30 – December 13, 2006 Summer: June 18 – August 10, 2007 Fall: TBA, 2007

In addition to a full permaculture design certificate course, this dynamic residential program provides a holistic introduction to social permaculture, ecovillage design and implementation, and community living. Most Universities offer students upper division credit, through program participation.

Green architecture and land planning services with over 25 years of proven experience.

Contemporary architecture agency in Paris. The agency asserts diversity and approaches each project with a theoretical and contextual specific step.

Housing Zone's Green Design Forum - Interviews, Discussion, News and more.

The USGBC is the nation's foremost coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to work. Creators and arbiters of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating and accredidation system.

Sustainable building industry trade group

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