Certificate in Sustainable Building and Design

Aitan Mizrahi: NBC & CSBD Alumni

November 8, 2017

By Chrissy Bellmyer, Operations Director

In the summer of 2012, Aitan Mizrahi joined us on the Yestermorrow campus for 9 “spectacular” weeks in the Natural Building Certificate immediately followed by “core” of the Certificate in Sustainable Building and Design. His courses at Yestermorrow were formative to his career and he continues to carry these experiences with him.

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Adam Schwartz: Helping Urban Farmers Create Value-Added Ventures

October 2, 2013

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director

At ECO City Farms, a 1.5 acre educational urban farm in the Capital Beltway in Maryland, Adam put a sea shipping container to new use by designing and building the FoodShed, an on-farm commercial kitchen for value-added production and a teaching kitchen for local food production.

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Student Impact: Shipping Container Finds New Use at ECO City Farms

August 30, 2012

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
A young entrepreneur, farmer, and environmental educator, Adam Schwartz came to Yestermorrow seeking hands-on learning in design/build with a strong focus on sustainability. Interested in working at the intersections of ecological design, green building, and sustainable agriculture, Adam chose Yestermorrow’s Certificate in Sustainable Building and...

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Come On People Now...

February 29, 2012

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
In exchange for our time, skill and efforts, we interns can request to have a place in classes that relate to our personal pursuits. For three weeks starting in late January, I was in the core class for the Certificate in Sustainable Building and Design. This course pans out to be three separate, intense one-week classes that take the students...

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