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Facilities Manager Kelly Rankich displaying energy efficient technology in the 21 Acres Great Hall
21 Acres LEED Green Building Tour

April 21, 2022 - Join us for a Green Building Energy Tour at 21 Acres, held every third Saturday of the month at 11:00

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Facilities Manager Kelly Rankich displaying energy efficient technology in the 21 Acres Great Hall
21 Acres LEED Green Building Tour: Earth Systems in Action

March 10, 2022 - Join us for a Green Building Energy Tour at 21 Acres, held every third Saturday of the month. Get a

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Kelly Rankich and Barry Febos film a live green building tour at the 21 Acres LEED Platinum campus.
21 Acres LEED Green Building Tour

December 4, 2021 - Join us for a Green Building Energy Tour at 21 Acres, held every third Saturday of the month at 11:00

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Facilities Manager Kelly Rankich displaying energy efficient technology in the 21 Acres Great Hall
21 Acres LEED Green Building Tour

December 4, 2021 - Join us for a Green Building Energy Tour at 21 Acres, held every third Saturday of the month at 11:00

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Facilities Manager Kelly Rankich displaying energy efficient technology in the 21 Acres Great Hall
21 Acres Virtual LEED Green Building Tour

December 2, 2021 - Join us for a Green Building Energy Tour at 21 Acres, held every third Saturday of the month at 11:00

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Wildflowers on the 21 Acres green campus help support biodiversity.
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Rewilding the Green Building Berm

June 12, 2021 - For ecosystems, greater biodiversity means greater resilience to changing climate factors. We're rewilding our built environment with this wildflower meadow to support pollinators.

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The converted GMC cab of the 21 Acres truck holds an electric engine.
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Final Stages of Electric Truck Conversion Gains Hands-on Help

March 13, 2021 - The nonprofit is building a 12-ton, fully battery-powered, refrigerated electric delivery truck that will be capable of extended highway and city driving.

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On a virtual building tour of the 21 Acres living roof, Barry Febos explains how local carbon credits can help with climate change and polluted urban areas.
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Local Progress in Carbon Offsets Proves Hopeful for Climate Action

March 5, 2021 - Pierce County is the first in the country to offer carbon offsets for urban reforestation. Here's why that's a big deal.

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Second Agricultural Recycling Event of 2020 Is a Success

December 4, 2020 - We teamed up with farmers in the Sammamish and Snohomish Valleys to save their hard-to-recycle agricultural materials for another round of recycling in November.

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