PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION APRIL 2014 GREENING EMBASSIES CHIEf-Of-MISSION GUIDELINES HOW H.A. GILES LEARNED CHINESE FOREIGN April 2014 SERVICE Volume 91, No. 4 AFSA NEWS FOCUS GREENING EMBASSIES AFSA Releases Chief-of-Mission Guidelines / 45 Eco-Diplomacy: Building the Foundation / 20 VP Voice State: Collaborating with Our Partner Organizations / 46 U.S. embassies and consulates around the world are becoming showcases VP Voice Retiree: Retirement for American leadership in best practices and sustainable technology. Begins Before Retirement / 47 BY DONNA M. MCINTIRE VP Voice FCS: The Budget Resource Merry-Go-Round / 48 The Greening Diplomacy Initiative: Chief-of-Mission Guidelines / 49 Capturing Innovation / 24 AFSA Hosts Chiefs of Mission / 51 AFSA On the Hill: State’s homegrown Greening Diplomacy Initiative relies on seeding, Beyond Advocacy Day / 52 harvesting, sifting, implementing and sharing employees’ innovations New Association Management and ideas, large and small. System for AFSA / 53 BY CAROLINE D’ANGELO AFSA VP Meets with Florida Retirees / 54 The League of Green Embassies: 2013 Sinclaire Award Recipients / 54 AFSA Book Notes: American Leadership in Sustainability / 30 America’s First Globals / 55 A coalition of more than 100 U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide AFSA Partners with United Nations shares ideas and practical experience in the field. Association / 56 BY JOHN DAVID MOLESKY FSJ Editor-in-Chief Steps Down / 56 AFSA and DACOR Salute U.S. Marine Security Guards / 57 Finns Take the LEED in Green Embassy Design / 35 The Foreign Service Family: The Finnish embassy in Washington, D.C., is a green building that The Packout and Me / 59 was ahead of its time. Here is the story of this sustainability pioneer. Life in the Foreign Service / 59 BY EMILIA HONKASAARI COLUMNS President’s Views / 7 Three Reasons to Love the League FEATURE of Green Embassies BY ROBERT J. SILVERMAN How H.A. Giles Learned Chinese / 39 Letter from the Editor / 8 The life and work of Herbert Allen Giles offer insights for many Foreign Service Who Knew? members—particularly those who embark on the kind of linguistic journey BY SHAWN DORMAN Giles undertook as a young diplomat. Speaking Out / 17 BY PHEBE XU GRAY Bring Back the Powell Fellows Program BY TYLER SPARKS Reflections / 73 Hi, My Name Is Susie— and I’m a Global Nomad BY SUSIE MARTINEAU DEPARTMENTS Letters / 9 Talking Points / 11 Books / 66 Local Lens / 74 On the cover: The Embassy of Finland in Washington, D.C. Photo by Jussi Tiainen. The building, its architecture based on the Finnish tradition of simple design existing harmoniously with MARKETPLACE natural surroundings, established a powerful progressive presence for Finland at its comple- Classifieds / 62 tion in 1994. In subsequent years, embassy staff made it a priority to decrease the structure’s Real Estate / 68 environmental impact. It was the first foreign embassy in the United States to receive the U.S. Index to Advertisers / 72 Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star and the first to receive LEED certification. 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While serving as behind it, coordinating the diplomacy and component—green buildings—is the focus Embassy Stockholm’s management coun- financial interagency in a sustained effort of this month’s Journal. selor, Mary Teirlynck proposed the idea for that took nearly 10 years. And thus a major At the same time, I wonder if our overall a League of Green Embassies at a fall 2007 foreign policy achievement of the Clinton approach to other countries on the issue of offsite dedicated to the embassy’s alterna- administration was secured. climate change is muddied by the fact that tive energy partnership with Sweden. I was Such was also the case with the League, the United States has historically benefited a participant. The idea was that American which was up and running in 2007, press- from the unrestricted use of carbon-based embassies across the region should col- ing for more greening initiatives. Similar resources. laborate, combine and showcase their thinking at headquarters complemented