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The Urban Sustainability Forum is now the Transformational Lecture Series

The Transformational Lecture Series aims to inspire all building industry professionals to embrace their role in creating a sustainable built environment now, as well as ensuring that sustainability becomes integral to all development in the future. By reminding us why we must act boldly and helping us to imagine a world where sustainability is the baseline, these lectures promise to inspire a revolution!

Transformational Lecture Series events are FREE to the public thanks to our sponsors: BetterBricks, Cascadia Region Green Building Council, and City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development.

To be included in news announcements, send your email address to Robin.Magonegil@Seattle.Gov Unless specifically noted, all events are free of charge and no registration is required.

Forum Sponsors: City of Seattle, BetterBricks, City of Vancouver, Cascadia GBC

UPCOMING SPEAKERS


		Thursday, April 30 Thinking Like A Mountain 5.30-7.00pm Main Presentation Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave FEATURING: Robert Bateman ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: Robert Bateman’s realistic painting style, featuring wildlife in its habitat, encourages examination of the natural world. He is a well-known artist, naturalist and spokesman for many environmental and preservation issues. The subject of numerous books and films, his honours and awards include Officer of the Order of Canada. For more information, please visit www.cascadiagbc.org/education/transformational-lecture-series. You can also download the presentation flyer.

		Thursday, June 25 Low Energy Buildings and Sustainable Communities 5.30-7.00pm Main Presentation Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave FEATURING: Guy Battle, Director, Battle McCarthy Ltd. ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: Guy Battle is an environmental and building engineer known for his work in low energy sustainable buildings and urban environments. His consultancy engineering practice has worked on a vast range of projects and has an international reputation for its work in delivering cost effective eco-friendly buildings. For more information, download the presentation flyer.

		Thursday, October 22 Change and Resilience 5.30-7.00pm Main Presentation Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave FEATURING: Sim Van Der Ryn, President, EcoDesign Collaborative ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: We all understand Gandhi’s famous dictum, “Be the change you wish to see.” Global climate chaos and its effects on global ecological systems will be with us for a millennium. How will we exist with a change we didn’t want to see? The answer lies in resiliency—in our own beings and in everything we conceive and design to support human life and the life of all beings. It means resilient communities, institutions, environments, minds and hearts. Sim Van der Ryn is a visionary, author, educator, public leader, and internationally distinguished pioneer in ecological design with 40 years of experience at the forefront of integrating ecological principles into the built environment. For more information, download the presentation flyer.
PAST 2008 SPEAKERS

		Thursday, February 26 Green Building -- The New Economy and the Future of the Building Industry 5.00-7.00pm Tacoma public Utilities, 3628 S. 35th Street, Tacoma FEATURING: Jason F. McLennan, CEO, Cascadia Region Green Building Council For more information contact: angie@cascadiagbc.org To register, go to http://tlstacomajasonfebruary.eventbrite.com

		Tuesday, March 24 5.30-7.00pm Main Presentation First United Methodist Church Sanctuary, Fifth & Columbia FEATURING: Richard Moe, President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: Richard Moe is co-author of Changing Places: Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl, a study of the causes of urban decline and the use of historic preservation as a tool for revitalization, published in 1997.In 2007 he was awarded the National Building Museum’s Vincent Scully Prize, which recognized his leadership in moving historic preservation into the mainstream of American life and expanding the public’s understanding of the importance of protecting and celebrating our heritage. That same year he also received the American Historical Association’s Theodore Roosevelt-Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service. Moe was named an honorary member of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 2003. Download the presentation text.

URBAN SUSTAINABILITY FORUM ARCHIVE For a listing of all past (2007, 2006 & 2005) Urban Sustainability Forum speakers, including links to presentations, see our forum archive. If you have questions or would like additional information about the Urban Sustainability Forum, contact our Outreach & Evaluation Manager at (206) 615-1171. OTHER GREEN EVENTS Other green building and urban sustainability events in the Seattle area are listed on our Green Event Calendar.

Last Updated: April 13, 2009