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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) has earned the competitive LEED Platinum certification (LEED-CI v2009) from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its new office in New York City.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has earned LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its New York City office.  The new office demonstrates the Fund's commitment to providing its staff with a cost-effective, healthy, and productive workplace that is aligned with its environmental values, and also allows the foundation to concentrate financial resources on advancing social change that contributes to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world.

Stephen Heintz joins the Steering Committee of Partners for a New Beginning, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization established to advance "renewed engagement with Muslims around the world based on mutual respect and responsibility.”

The 2009 Audited Financial Statement presents the financial position of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund as of December 31, 2009 and 2008.

Civic engagement and advocacy are important tools for nonprofits to utilize to make change happen, but how organizations are allowed to get involved is governed by federal rules.  RBF grantees, the Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest  and Council on Foundations, have created two civic engagement toolkits for foundations.

RBF grantee 2030 Inc.'s Architecture 2030 has unveiled its new Web site, which showcases the progress it has made since its inception in 2006. The new site features a comprehensive and up-to-date tool for researchers interested in the building sector, where they are able to examine how the building sector relates to energy, climate change, and economic problems as well as potential solutions.

RBF grantee, the Abraham Path Initiative, Inc. is featured in The Guardian, as travel writer Kevin Rushby documents his five-day hike along the Path of Abraham. The Abraham Path Initiative seeks to promote understanding among followers of the Abrahamic faiths.

Sustainable Development Program Director, Michael Northrop, discusses the government's role in investing in renewable energy in this podcast hosted by Mary-Charlotte of Santa Fe Radio Café.

In preparation for the November 2010 climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, the World Resources Institute hosted a civil society strategy session to discuss how to best approach mitigating and adapting to climate change.

In its latest climate action report, the Presidential Climate Action Project provides a new set of recommendations for President Obama to initiate before the United Nations' 16th Conference of the Parties meets this November in Cancun.