It Was Never About the Summit
Two Julys on Ebbetts Pass
David Gottfried
Founder of the U.S. Green Building Council, home of LEED, and the World Green Building Council — now a movement spanning 85 countries. Author of Regen360: An Operating System for a Regenerative Earth. Dad, cyclist, martial artist, painter.
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