Good to find other Green REALTORS are spreading the word, Patti. Fairview Green, of which I am a part, is a team of Minneapolis Real Estate professionals committed to the Green Home movement in Minnesota. Recently, we had a rooftop meeting on the Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center (a state-of-the-art environmental business center) with one of the top leaders of the green movement in the country and the World, Corey Brinkema. Corey, who resides in Minneapolis, a good guy, and it’s easy to see by meeting with him why he is such a great leader.

Our Fairview Green group, led by Investor Tom Kaul of Greenwood, is dedicated to learning, educating, communicating and implementing energy efficient strategies into the new home industry. We had a rooftop meeting with Corey Brinkema, of www.GreenInstitute.org Minneapolis, a nationally-recognized leader in and the sustainable real estate development and eco-industrial business. Corey has nearly 20 years of experience in the real estate and environmental industries with many projects around the United States and globally. Corey developed the Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center, a state-of-the-art environmental business center that has become an international model for the sustainable development of commercial-industrial facilities. Corey serves on the board of the national Eco-Industrial Development Council and the steering committee for Eco-Industrial Estates Asia Network.

Our rooftop rendezvous was fun not only because were building relationships and networking, but because it was a beautiful Fall afternoon in a the middle of a Minnesota prairie garden, and it was quite an experience to witness a garden growing ON A ROOF.

We all benefited from the meeting because we came away with a better understanding of each other as people and as organizations with many common goals. We are committed to a set of guiding principles, which includes leaving the World a little better place than when we found it. Chris Deutsch, Minneapolis Real Estate Agent and "Green" enthusiast.