![]() ![]() Leader in Affordable Green Housing: Sound Foundations NW The lumber harvested from deconstruction projects is then used as lumber for new, more affordable housing units including backyard homes known as DADUs and tiny houses. ![]() Sledge Seattle has repeatedly demonstrated the viability of a short-loop circular economy for salvaged lumber. Jim Barger and John Benavente specialize in the careful deconstruction of homes, buildings, and commercial structures across King County in the most environmentally responsible way possible. Sledge Seattle, LLC is a team of harvesters that rescues wood and other materials from homes destined to be demolished and thrown away. Leader in Green Building: Sledge Seattle, LLC This shared knowledge helps the county integrate the Tribe’s traditional cultural practices with contemporary science and technology toward restoring impacted natural resources effectively and appropriately for all people in King County. King George offers King County a unique perspective from the Tribe’s deep history in this place and the related traditional ecological knowledge derived from it. King George applies his knowledge by coordinating with government agencies to ensure Tribal members have access to their treaty-protected resources and that management plans provide for the preservation and enhancement of the Tribe’s valuable cultural resources. His oral history projects range from hunting, fishing, and clamming stories on the Puget Sound, to berry picking trips in the Cascade Mountains. Warren King George, oral historian for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribal Preservation Department, was presented with the Environmental Legacy Award for providing his invaluable perspective over the years on protecting and integrating Tribal cultural legacy, traditional knowledge, and utilizing cultural resources in contemporary project decision-making. Environmental Legacy: Warren King George, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Since then, Lavender has been an advocate for open space and land conservation, helping protect forests, trails, river corridors, farmland, natural areas, and urban greenspace throughout King County. Starting in the 1980s, she helped protect a fragile upper Bear Creek wetland near Redmond – one of the most productive salmon habitats in the Central Puget Sound region – from development. Lavender has been an environmental leader in King County for more than three decades. Under her guidance, Conservation Futures generated more than $300 million in funding for more than 350 projects that protected 120,000 acres of open space. The top honor – The Environmental Catalyst Award – went to longtime open space preservation advocate Terry Lavender, who has served on the Conservation Futures Advisory Committee for nearly two decades. “Their inspiring achievements contribute to a more resilient, more sustainable, more equitable King County.” 2023 King County Green Globe Award Winners Environmental Catalyst Award: Terry Lavender “Each of these Green Globe Award winners is shaping a better future for our region by producing lasting results for the people, fish, and wildlife that live in this spectacular corner of the country,” said Executive Constantine. This year’s 11 award winners include a company that carefully deconstructs buildings to put lumber back into the economy, an organization whose highly efficient approach to building tiny homes for people experiencing homelessness minimizes waste, a collective that improves the health of Black communities by strengthening the local food economy, and a pioneering land conservation advocate who helped protect 120,000 acres of open space. King County Executive Dow Constantine led a celebration in White Center this week honoring the 2023 winners of the Green Globe Award – the region’s highest recognition for environmental stewardship. ![]()
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