Are you being trained for the world you will inherit? On February 20th, from noon - 3:30pm, in Emerson Suite A, Ithaca College will be one of hundreds of host sites around the globe to simultaneously broadcast this interactive learning opportunity that will focus on global warming, climate change, and the built environment.
Rapidly accelerating climate change, which is now fueling dangerous regional and global events, will
require innovative mitigation and adaptation strategies and measures. Data from the U.S. Energy
Information Administration illustrates that buildings are responsible for almost half (48%) of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually; globally the percentage is even greater.
Seventy-six percent of all electricity generated in U.S. power plants goes to supply the ‘Building Sector’. Immediate action is essential if we are to avoid hazardous climate change.
Program Schedule is as follows:
Noon – 12:15pm
WELCOMING REMARKS – Susan Szenasy, Editor, Metropolis Magazine
12:15 – 12:45pm
A THREAT TO THE PLANET – Dr. James Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
12:45pm – 1:15pm
RESUSCITATING A DYING WORLD (2030 Challenge / 2010 Imperative) – Edward Mazria AIA, Founder, Architecture 2030
1:15pm – 1:45pm:
DOING IS BELIEVING – Chris Luebkeman, Director, Global Foresight and Innovation Initiative, ARUP
1:45pm – 3:30pm:
DISCUSSION AND Q&A - Questions for the speakers will be sent in through a web-based interactive system.
This event is free and open to the public.
This webcast event is sponsored by the American Institute of Architects, the U.S. Green Building Council, and the New York Academy of Sciences, with support from Campus Climate Challenge, the National Wildlife Federation, and others.
For more information: www.2010imperative.org
