Natalie Mendez

20 yrs of professional experience, MA Interior Design, ASID, IIDA, LEED AP, IDEC, world traveler and lifetime learner

[ADL @ADL]

Making inappropriate and highly offensive jokes that trivialize the Holocaust only serve to minimize the evil and inhumanity of Nazi crimes, denigrate the suffering of both victims and survivors and insult the memory of the six million Jews murdered in the Shoah.

[USGBC @USGBC]

Nominations for the #LEED Homes Awards are now open through May 19! The LEED Homes Awards celebrates outstanding LEED residential projects. Learn more and nominate your project today. https://t.co/rIMxoRkuCs

[IFI @IFIworld]

#IFIWID2022 is coming soon!

We hope your plans for this year's events are underway. If not, there is still time!

IFI invites you to explore this year's member-selected theme, "Pride of the Past, An Incentive for the Future". How will you celebrate?

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

The saints, who often count for little in the eyes of the world, are in reality the ones who sustain it, not with the weapons of money and power, but with the weapon of #prayer. #AllSaintsDay

[Natalie Mendez @InventiveDesign]

@NASAPersevere Congratulations.

[Lara @lara__mac]

My mom is retired, & she spends her winters volunteering at a sea turtle rescue center in south Texas. The cold snap is stunning the local turtles & they’re doing a lot of rescues. She sent me this photo today of the back of her Subaru. It’s *literally* turtles all the way down.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

It seems that @amazon has removed all of the "Christmas ornaments" with the images of the former Auschwitz camp. Thank you everyone for your activity and response.

[ASID @ASID]

1/5 Because #DesignImpactsLives, today ASID (@ASID and @ASID_Advocacy) submitted regulatory comments to @EPAAWHEELER & @EPA opposing Docket EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0159, regarding #asbestos. @ASID signed on to a joint design/construction industry letter and submitted separate comments.

[ASID @ASID]

2/5 Excerpt from @ASID’s letter in opposition: “Though @ASID recognizes and embraces the importance of testing and using new and safe chemicals and other materials in building design and construction, #asbestos’ long and largely harmful history...

[ASID @ASID]

4/5 ...thousands of Americans each year, per @CDCgov. The Agency’s rule places many of our fellow workers in the construction trades at risk of greater exposure to #asbestos…

[ASID @ASID]

3/5 ...in construction leads @ASID to oppose Docket EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0159, #Asbestos; Significant New Use Rule allowing manufacturers to petition @EPA to manufacture #asbestos products on a case-by-case basis could open a Pandora’s Box for a material that is estimated to kill...

[ASID @ASID]

5/5 This potential for public harm directly contradicts our members’ duty to protect the #health, #safety, and #welfare of the public in the design and construction of interior spaces.” #asbestos #designimpactslives @ASID_Advocacy

[ASID Gov't Affairs & Advocacy @ASID_Advocacy]

Because #DesignImpactsLives, today ASID (@ASID and @ASID_Advocacy) submitted regulatory comments to @EPAAWHEELER & @EPA opposing Docket EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0159, regarding #asbestos. @ASID signed on to a joint design/construction industry letter and submitted separate comments.

[ASID @ASID]

Follow @ASID, @ASID_Advocacy, and VP of Govt & Public Affairs @BSoukupJD to learn more about the Society's opposition to the #Asbestos Significant New Use Rule effort and other @ASID_Advocacy projects and initiatives.

[IFI @IFIworld]

We're proud to present our poster for World Interiors Day 2017, with the theme "Interior Design for Generations"! What will you do for #WID?

[NOAA @NOAA]

Happy #EarthDay to all! Be sure to see these 10 choices you can make for a healthier planet: https://t.co/8K8gKWsNPF @noaaocean

[Natalie Mendez @InventiveDesign]

1,000+ showed #MarchforScience: South Bend Indiana.
Very family friendly & children meet #Doctors, #scientists, & #animals.
#sciencemarchsb

[Natalie Mendez @InventiveDesign]

Our small town Fremont Indiana, schools are going #solar.
Very impressed & grateful.
#solarpower
#ThursdayThoughts
https://t.co/FL1OarAGhz

[USGBC @USGBC]

#LEED reduces the impacts of #buildings and their inhabitants https://t.co/D5RbZYHvMz

[ASID @ASID]

ASID is seeking new learning content for the ASID Academy. Learn more + download the RFP - https://t.co/w2dbNZMftJ #interiordesign #profdev