Chris Prelitz

Christopher Prelitz (born 1956) is an author, sustainability consultant, and Founder of Prelitz Design + Build, based in Laguna Beach, Ca.

Christopher Prelitz
NationalityAmerican
OccupationSustainability Consultant, author, designer
Known forSustainable Design

Author, Green Made Easy: The Everyday Guide for Transitioning to a Green Lifestyle was published by Hay House in April 2009.

Prelitz co-founded the Orange County Green Chamber, Transition Laguna Beach, the 10th Transition Town in the U.S., and CASBA, The California Straw Builders Organization, a California NGO responsible for California code and DOE adoption of strawbale construction. Prelitz built the first permitted solar powered residence in Southern California in 1993.[1]

Early life

Paul Christopher Prelitz was born in 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee, the oldest of 6 siblings. Son of Paul Philip Prelitz, an ocean and aerospace engineer and a mother of Native American Mississippi Choctaw descent.

Prelitz holds a Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Fullerton, and is a graduate of Duke University's Environmental Leadership program.

Prelitz worked in the Art and Entertainment departments of Disney Corporation, Anaheim, California.

Advocacy
  • President and Co-founder of "Transition Laguna Beach", the 10th U.S Transition Town.
  • Chair, City of Laguna Beach Environmental Committee, 2009 - 2012
  • Board of Directors of the Eos Institute, publishers of Earthword,[2] the first U.S. journal on sustainability.
  • Past president and present board member, Orange County Green Chamber

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-08-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1510/is_n81/ai_14656742

Sources

Publications
  • Green Made Easy: The Everyday Guide for Transitioning to a Green Lifestyle (2009)
  • The Hybrid House: Designing with Sun, Wind, Water and Earth (2010)
  • Interview, Interview with Chris Prelitz By Terence Loose, August 2008
  • Home, Green Home Riviera Magazine 2006, By Kersten Wehde, Photos by Geoff Ragatz
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