GLOBAL EMERGENCY TEACH-IN: THE 2010 Imperative
FEBRUARY 20, 2007 NOON-3PM EST
LIVE WEBCAST FROM NYC -- FREE -- in English, Spanish, Portuguese
Join hundreds of thousands of global citizens -- professionals in the fields of architecture, planning, engineering, landscape architecture, interior and industrial design -- who want to learn how they're contributing to global warming and what they can do to stop it.
In the United States, buildings alone are responsible for nearly half of all annual greenhouse gas emissions, and the percentage is even higher in other parts of the world. Sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and hosted by Architecture 2030, the three-hour program will address the role of architects and the building community in climate change.
To register for and/or participate in the webcast, visit www.2010imperative.org, It's not necessary to register in order to participate, but it will help the organizers plan the event, and you'll receive updates in coming weeks about the program.
Participants in the webcast will learn about the 2030 Challenge, which calls for all buildings and major renovations to immediately reduce their energy consumption by 50 percent and for all buildings to be "carbon neutral" by 2030.
The challenge was issued by Architecture 2030, a non-profit organization established in 2005 to address the global warming crisis, and its targets have been adopted by the AIA. According to Arch. 2030, stabilizing emissions in the building sector and then reversing them to acceptable levels could keep the global warming trend to one degree centigrade above today's level.
Panelists at the webcast include Susan Szenasy, editor in chief of Metropolis Magazine; Dr. James Hansen, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies; Edward Mazria, AIA, founder of Architecture 2030; and Dr. Chris Luebkeman, Director of Arup's Global Foresight and Innovation Initiative.
Following presentations by the panelists, there will be a real-time question and answer session.
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