Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Tranformational Lecture Series Part 1

"Collaboration and Change: The Pathway to a Living Future"
by: Jason McLennan, CEO, Cascadia Region Green Building Council

What a GREAT LECTURE that was last night!

Jason is an excellent speaker, with a lot of really interesting subjects to talk about. If he has anything to do with the future - and he does - it's going to be a very exciting place.

Here are just a few of the topics he covered.

Zugunruhe: Migratory Restlessness
He is begining to sense a certain restlessness in people - a sense that a very big change is in the air, and people are getting ready to make that leap.

A design competition will soon be announced:
redesign the composting toilet to a more user-friendly version

Pharos: http://www.pharosproject.net/
a "nutrition lable" for building material products
signalling the future of material sellection

The Living Building Challenge: http://www.cascadiagbc.org/lbc
As close to true sustainability as we can currently get
Going beyond Platinum LEED

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