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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

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.

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.

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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21 Acres All-Electric Delivery Box Truck to Move Local Produce As Carbon Emission Reduction Initiative

December 2, 2020 - We're building a 12-ton, fully battery-powered, refrigerated electric delivery truck that will be capable of extended highway and city driving.