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Transformative Solutions for the Next Generation
The world is full of big problems. What’s needed now are big solutions. Brilliant solutions in fact. We stand at a unique moment of human history, where so much of what we cherish hangs in the balance based on our capacity to create change rapidly and in fundamental ways. As Albert Einstein so famously stated “problems cannot be solved by the same level of consciousness that created them”. Somewhere out there is an idea that can create shifts in our culture and change the path we are on. Somewhere out there is brilliance waiting to be unleashed and an idea waiting to be shared. The Cascadia Region Green Building Council endeavors to be a small but integral player in the effort to redirect and reshape the relationship between the natural and built environment and humanity’s role straddling the two. We can’t do this alone. 15 Minutes of Brilliance is one small way that we hope to engage our membership to step up and share big picture solutions to change the built environment.
Some example of Brilliance? How about Gottfried’s and Italiano’s idea to form the US Green Building Council in the mid-nineties? How about Janine Benyus’s idea to connect and share nature’s lessons to the built environment? How about Ed Mazria’s 2030 Challenge to address climate change or our own response- The Living Building Challenge? How about Wangari Maathai’s simple but profound idea to begin the greenbelt movement in Africa? We are surrounded by brilliance each day, but most have no platform in which to share it with a wider audience. Living Future 07 is now part of this solution. If you’ve been thinking about something big - or something small with big consequences, then step forward! All ideas will be shared in the conference program and a few will be selected to give a 15 minute presentation to the whole conference that could be the start of the solutions we so dearly need.
