Partners in Sustainable Building

The Home Depot Foundation is giving Habitat for Humanity International $30 million for a program called Partners in Sustainable Building. The program will try to make at least 5,000 Habitat homes more energy efficient and will also fund green building for homes that will be built by Habitat in the next 5 years.

Habitat for Humanity International has built more than 250,000 houses worldwide since it was founded in 1976.

Brad Pitt makes it right in New Orleans

Brad Pitt has pledged 5 million dollars to help rebuild New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward. He has commissioned architects to come up with designs that incorporate environmentally friendly building materials and techniques including solar energy. His organization is http://www.makeitrightnola.org/

Here is one of the proposed designs. You can see more on the web site listed above.