The Make It Right Foundation

Founded by the architect William McDonough and the actor Brad Pitt, this project aimed to rebuild 150 houses after the hurricane Katrina, in 2005. The intention was to rebuild this houses in a sustainable way applying the McDonough's "Cradle to Cradle" principles. The houses were designed by worldwide famous architects such Shigeru Ban and Frank Gehry and have LEED Platinum certification.

Initially the homes were designed for people who had lost their homes from the hurricane but after the green homes are also available for other people in the community.

A nice initiative for an urgent cause.

More about the project -Make it Right website

Source: Make it Right, 2014, How We Build. Accessed 25 April 2014 <http://makeitright.org/how-we-build/>