John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies, Cal Poly Pomona, CA. http://www.csupomona.edu/~crs/

A beautiful example of creating a sustainable center for classes, living, working, and being. It was a surprising oasis after the clogged and vast superhighways surrounding the Los Angeles area. CRS sits on a hill beyond the agricultural fields of Cal Poly's campus, and is a quiet yet energetic hub. The new Master's program was interesting and according to a few of the students I talked with something they were very excited about. You get to focus in whatever area you want, from environmental education to landscape architecture. A very self-directed study. The edible landscape intriqued me since I have no idea what half of those fruits are, but they were sweet tasting! Including the vine/cactus looking things in the picture below. Behind them on the "hill" are large tubes that are harvesting methane from the recently covered landfill, which is now the "hill". A good way to harvest what we've thrown away, but when can we use it before we consider it trash.

I also got to visit the Claremont Environmental Design Group that my uncle used to be a principal in. They are working on small projects, but also some community size developments. They get to work with their hands and their heads to work from within the development beast that has taken over our country and are trying to create places where humans and wild places can coexist.