Sustainable Path Foundation is excited to announce the Seeking Sustainable Solutions Seminar Series!

Topic: EXPLORING ENERGY AND DESIGN: SMART SOLUTIONS FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

This seminar will highlight work being done right here in our backyard and explain what needs to be done in the future to ensure the sustainability of our region.

Presenters: Alan Durning of Sightline Institute and Jason McLennan of Cascadia Region Green Building Council

Alan Durning is the founder of Sightline Institute, a think tank that tracks trends in the Northwest environment and community and offers solutions for the region to implement.  He wrote "How Much is Enough? The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth," and is writing a series for Sightline's blog: "The year of living car-lessly."

Jason McLennan is the CEO of Cascadia Region Green Building Council.  He is also the author of the Living Building Challenge an international green building program and co-creator of Pharos, the most advanced building material rating system in North America. Jason is known as an international thought leader in the green architecture movement and has lectured on sustainability across the US and Canada. His work in the sustainable design field has been published or reviewed in dozens of journals, magazines conference proceedings and books including Architecture, architectural Record, Dwell, Plenty, Metropolis, NY Times, The Globe and Mail, The World and I, Ecostructure and Environmental Design and Construction Magazine. He is the author of three books; The Philosophy of Sustainable Design, The Dumb architect’s Guide to Glazing Selection, and the Ecological Engineer.  The Philosophy of Sustainable Design is currently used as a textbook in over 40 universities and colleges and is distributed widely throughout Europe and North America.

Reception: 5:30 - 6:30pm

Seminar: 6:30 - 8:00pm

Post Seminar Networking: 8:00 - 8:30pm

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