Partner Profile

Academy of Oriental Medicine
Location	Austin, TX
Organization Type	Educational (Other)
Percentage Green Power	100%
Organization-wide Purchase	Yes
Partner Profile One of the guiding principles of the Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin, Texas, is that learning to heal should take place in a healthy environment. The Academy work's towards that goal by purchasing all of its electricity as green power. Efficient energy management, energy conservation, and recycling are other steps the school takes to reduce its environmental impact. Stuart Bailey, the Academy's facilities manager, describes the Academy's commitment to green power, "As a school, our mission is to teach practitioners to help, heal, and transform the lives of their patients. Using renewable energy helps us carry out that mission, making us better stewarts of the environment and better able to promote health and healing."