EcoInspired

LEED Certified Meeting & Retreat Center

Today I had the opportunity to visit The Presentation Center run by the Sisters of the Presentation in the Los Gatos hills. After the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989, they awakened to a new turn in their mission. Sensing their new obligation to preserve the earth, they raised money to build a LEED-Gold certified Welcoming Center. Home to a dining hall that serves food prepared from produce gathered from their garden, and several meeting rooms, this straw bale, living roof building is a peaceful and naturally cooled facilities for all who seek physical, mental and spiritual sustenance.

Dining Hall

Sunflower Husk Cabinets

Cellulose Ceiling

Meeting Room in the Welcoming Center

In addition to the Welcoming Center, there are cottage accommodations for groups and personal retreats, a wonderful large older building with meeting space and private rooms, a labyrinth, gardens, trails, picnic tables, and an old redwood grove.

Next month I’ll have the pleasure of facilitating a retreat for the California Certified Organic Farmers management team.

For more information, check here
http://www.ccof.org

http://www.presentationcenter.org.