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Aaron Fairchild serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Green Canopy Homes.  With over 25 years in real estate construction, development and lending, Aaron has a deep understanding of residential & commercial finance, residential construction, and energy efficiency.  A third generation lender, entrepreneur, and a graduate of the University of Washington’ Executive MBA program, Aaron is an experienced fund manager, developer, and thought leader in corporate culture and mindfulness development.  Aaron is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Gabon, Africa where he built schools and homes for teachers.  A two-term board member of Washington Environmental Council, he currently serves on the boards at Master Builders Association and Enhabit.

Resources:

• This guy launched a thriving real estate business at the peak of the housing crisis

• Green Canopy’s B Impact Report

• Putting “impact” at the center of impact investing: a case study of how Green Canopy designed its impact thesis

• ImpactAssets 50: Green Canopy, Inc.

• McKinsey Article & Report: Reinventing construction through a productivity revolution

Videos/Audio:

• Aaron Fairchild of Green Canopy Homes: Builders & Innovators Summit 2017, Goldman Sachs

• Empower Happy Hour | Aaron Fairchild

• Solution Stories: Green Canopy Homes from Climate Solutions

• Green Canopy Homes Youtube Channel

• PGS Alumnus Spotlight: Sam Lai, Co-founder of Green Canopy Homes

• Next Economy Now Podcast: Bettina von Hagen: Blending Capital & Worldviews That See the Forest for the Trees

Terminology:

• Vertical Integration

• Redlining

• Infill Development

• FSC Certified

Books:

• The New Carbon Architecture

• Project Drawdown

People:

• Bettina von Hagen

Organizations:

• Ecotrust

• Ecotrust Forest Management

LIFT Economy is an impact consulting firm whose mission is to create, model, and share a locally self-reliant economy that works for the benefit of all life. 

Ryan Honeyman is a Partner at LIFT Economy and author of The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good (Berrett-Koehler Publishers). You can follow Ryan on Twitter @honeymanconsult or email him ryan@lifteconomy.com.