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The Journey to a More Sustainable Inner
and Outer World with Jerry Yudelson By Sasha Frate Jerry Yudelson is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Fellow—the highest achievement for a LEED professional in the green building industry—a Federal GSA (General Services Administration) National Peer Professional, a registered professional engineer with more than twenty-five years’ experience, and the author of fourteen books on green buildings, water conservation, green homes, green marketing, and sustainable development. Yudelson’s work is focused on the long-term environmental impact of urban developments on climate change, specifically greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the operations of homes and buildings. With a B.S. in engineering from Caltech, an A.M. in water resources engineering from Harvard, and a M.B.A. from the University of Oregon, Jerry is an irrefutable expert on green living. A pioneer in organizing Earth Day activities in 1970 on the Caltech campus,Yudelson also taught some of the first university courses in the U.S. in the new field of environmental studies at the University of California Santa Cruz. Jerry has been a driving force in the green building movement since 1997 and co-founded the first U.S. Green Building Council chapter in 1998. He also served a six-year term as chair of the steering committee for Greenbuild, helping to develop it into the largest green building conference and trade show in the U.S. In The World’s Greenest Buildings: Promise vs. Performance in Sustainable Design,Yudelson was the first author to address building performance. In his latest book, The Godfather of Green: An Eco-Spiritual Memoir, Jerry shares his unique journey through three major environmental movements while simultaneously pursuing an ancient spiritual path. Jerry connected with Face the Current and graciously shared his insights into the benefits of meditation, the ways in which we can relate to and live in harmony with our planet, the need for the reinvention of the green building movement, and his recommended green-living action-steps that we can incorporate into our daily lives.
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