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Woodlands Stewardship Education Center
Welcome to the Woodlands Stewardship Education center at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park. This new interpretive center is designed to educate the community on stewardship actions the Fairfax County Park Authority is taking to preserve and protect natural and cultural resources and inspire visitors to be land stewards at home. From the use of reclaimed materials solar energy generation to rainwater collection and reuse and wastewater treatment, this stewardship education center provides an incredible teaching platform for demonstrating technologies and processes that can reshape our individual relationship with the environment around us.
To align with the sustainable mission and objectives of the Park Authority, the Woodlands Stewardship Education Center is designed to meet the rigorous sustainability standards of the Living Building Challenge. Only a small handful of buildings have achieved this standard of development in which all aspects of a project – structure, design, systems, materials, and operation – are used to teach the principles of stewardship for resources and healthy choices in use of water, energy, site use, and building methods.
Inform the community on stewardship actions the FCPA is taking to preserve and protect natural and cultural resources.
Through the use of hands-on activities and instructor-led presentations, educate on actions community members can take to help ensure their personal health through healthy landscapes, buildings, and practices in the built environment.
The Living Building Challenge defines the framework for operational, cultural, and environmental design goals for the facility. All aspects – structure, design, systems, materials, and operations of the center itself – will be used to teach the principles of stewardship for resources and healthy choices in use of water, energy, site use, and building methods.
Provide educational outreach to all residents of the county and promote social equity, diversity and inclusiveness.