Green Affordable Housing in Indian Country

March 2008: The "American Indian Report" article "Green Building Initiative Underway" focuses on the ongoing partnership between the St Croix Tribal Offices in Hertel Wisconsin and the Green Communities and Green Affordable Housing in Indian Country Team. This publication is distributed to federal, state, local, and tribal officials across the country. Contact the publisher to receive a copy or subscribe to the publication on-line: http://www.falmouthinstitute.com/home.asp

December 2007: The UW Faculty team and “Northern Light Straw-Clay Construction” were featured on The Science Channel show “Invention Nation.” The episode is called "Innovative Alternatives" This is the link to the Invention Nation website where you can see upcoming re-broadcast dates: http://science.discovery.com/fansites/invention-nation/episodes.html.

Here is a brief excerpt: 

December 2007 Award: “Finalist” Best Program Awards by the North American Association of Summer Sessions. http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/about_us/ann_rept07.pdf

December 2007: USDA Secretary announces award to the Green Affordable Housing in Indian Country Initiative: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2007/12/0378.xml

October 2007: Wisconsin State Journal http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2007/10/07/0710080227.php 

September 2007: US Department of Housing and Urban Development “EcoWise” Newsletter
http://170.97.67.13/offices/pih/programs/ph/phecc/newsletter/sept07.pdf

August 2007: Science Daily and Alternative and Renewable Energy Institute reprinted the article about the Green Affordable Housing in Indian Country Initiative that originally ran in the UW News.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070814102510.htm
http://www.aredi.org/_coreModules/content/contentDisplay.aspx?contentID=2910

August 2007: University of Wisconsin News: http://www.news.wisc.edu/13979