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History
The following is a chronological list of some of the major accomplishments achieved by PRAIRIE FISH.
| 2005 | PRAIRIE FISH celebrates 15 years of sustainable design advances. |
| 2004 | Selected by the USGBC to help beta test the new LEED accreditation examination. Earned LEED v2 Accredited Professional credential. |
| 2003 | Appointed to the Design Advisory Board of the International Academy of Design and Technology. Created first comprehensive review of all "green" design theories and presented this information to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. |
| 2002 | Real Goods store wins International Illumination Design Award while using low energy bulbs and meeting California's Title 24 requirements. |
| 2001 | Real Goods store featured in the fourth annual publication of Britain's Retail Innovation Report. |
| 2000 | Started writing "Read On" column of environmental issue-related book reviews in green@work magazine. |
| 2000 | Researched and designed the greenest store in America for Real Goods. Real Goods' Los Gatos California store was named to Stores of the Year. |
| 1999 | Published cover article "Can Retail Be Green?" in Visual Merchandising + Store Design magazine. |
| 1999 | PRAIRIE FISH is the featured cover story of Interiors & Sources magazine. |
| 1998 | Active Endeavors apparel shop in Chicago named to Stores of the Year. |
| 1997 | Appointed to Collins & Aikman's Sustainability Laboratory. |
| 1997 | Developed a new type of recycled cardboard for Patagonia to display their Capilene underwear as part of a UPS-shippable store fixture made of reclaimed heart pine. |
| 1996 | Built the first environmentally friendly Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop. |
| 1995 | Researched and designed a total new shop environment for Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops using environmentally friendly materials. |
| 1994 | Lectured at the Smithsonian institution's Cooper Hewitt National Museum of Design on "Red Path Design". |
| 1993 | Published "Red Path Design", a new design theology in Innovation, the professional journal of the Industrial Designers Society of America. |
| 1992 | Researched, designed, and developed the first ever 100% recycled/recyclable store fixture group fabricated from recycled plastic, recycled cardboard, and reclaimed steel for O wear, the organic cotton clothing subsidiary of VF Corporation. |
| 1991 | PRAIRIE FISH formally incorporated as the first or at least one of the first design firms dedicated solely to environmentally friendly design. |