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News3/16/07 - Join us in a COMmunity Profile Series conversation with Marin County Supervisor Charles McGlashan as he describes his vision supporting sustainable practices in Marin County. 4/13/07 - Join us in a COMmunity Profile Series conversation with Professor of Public Policy at U.C. Berkeley and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich as he describes his vision for the role of democracy and education for shaping the future 5/25/07 -Join us in a COMmunity Profile Series conversation with Peter Calthorpe, named by Newsweek as one of 25 'innovators on the cutting edge' as he describes how community design with a focus on environmental sustainability and human scale can be adapted throughout the globe.
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Sim Van der RynSim Van der Ryn is the Co-Director of The Center for Regenerative Design and the president of Van der Ryn Architects, a renowned leader in sustainable architecture. For over thirty-five years, his design, planning, teaching and public leadership has advanced the viability, acceptance and knowledge base of ecological principles and practices in architecture and planning. His vision, passion and keen insight into the opportunities and challenges of every project, in concert with his collaborative skills, have made ecological design a real solution for our times. A NY Times profile headlined “Eco-Design, a surging field,,. catches up with a founding father) (Nov 17, 2005) begins,, “Long before the Prius hit the road and sustainability became the buzzword du jour, there was Sim Van der Ryn, the intrepid pioneer on the eco-frontier.” Trained as an architect with a degree from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; licenses from California and New Mexico; and certification from the National Council of Architectural Registration, the theme of Sim's career in design, teaching and research has been applying principles of physical and social ecology to architecture and environmental design. For 35 years he was Professor of Architecture and Ecological Design at the University of California, Berkeley. Sim also founded the Farallones Institute which helped to create national awareness of "ecologically integrated living design." The work started by the Farallones Institute continues today at the Ecological Design Institute (EDI), Van der Ryn Architects' non-profit partner. EDI offers training, education, and research services in ecological design to businesses, government agencies, professional organizations and educational institutions. Sim has also written seven cutting edge books about sustainable planning and design including Sustainable Communities (1986) with Peter Calthorpe and Ecological Design (1996) with Stuart Cowan and Design for Life (2006). He was been honored by numerous awards by civic, environmental, and professional groups. For more about Sim, visit his website: www.vanderryn.com |
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