For a while now, I have dreamt and re-dreamt what my "practice" will look like one day. Lately, I've been on this kick that my birth center (if I ever have one) will be the first LEED certified birth center. Well, someone beat me to it, which is a good thing, I guess. I found this center, scheduled to open in NYC in 2011 which looks pretty darn cool. They'll have a team of midwives, mental health counsellors, childbirth educators. lactation specialists and others all working together to serve women. They are also going to reach out to "marginalized" groups who might not feel comfortable with standard health care - eg, the working poor, new immigrants, adolescents, etc. Pretty awesome. This is totally what I want to do in Michigan. My center probably won't be this big and fancy, but the concept is good. However, mine will also have a community garden and an after-school program.
Anyhow, if you're interested, you can check it out here:
http://www.newspacenyc.org/about/
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