A Better World by Design Kicks Off This Weekend in Rhode Island!
Posted By Daniel Blaustein-Rejto On September 26, 2011 @ 5:04 pm In Announcements,Green Design Events,social design,Sustainable Building | No Comments
We are eagerly awaiting the 2011 A Better World by Design [4] conference coming up this weekend, Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, on the campuses of the Rhode Island School of Design [5] and Brown University [6]. We have covered this energetic, exclusively student-run conference on socially conscious design [7] in the past, [8] and will be attending once again to bring you the highlights. If you’re as excited as we are, tickets are still available [9] with an 80% student discount!
This year’s jam-packed 3-day schedule features such inspiring speakers as Kate Stohr [10], Managing Director of Architecture for Humanity [11] and co-editor of Design Like You Give a Damn [12]; Peter Haas [13], founder of AIDG [14], an NGO that supports small infrastructure companies in Haiti and Guatemala; John Fetterman [15], Mayor of Braddock, PA [16]; and Elizabeth Johansen [17], Director of Product Development at Design That Matters [18]. We also can’t wait to hear Wolfgang Feist [19], founder of the rigorous Passivhaus [20]standard for low-energy buildings, who will be presenting via teleconferencing.
Equally thrilling are the cutting-edge panels and workshops, as well as this year’s new sustainability initiative [21]to make all daytime conference meals locally sourced and zero-waste. We suggest looking into the panels on Socially Engaged Architecture and Research Into Zero Energy Architecture, as well as Continuum’s [22] workshop on Design Thinking for Social Innovation and Mary Hark’s [23] hands-on workshop on Ecologically and Socially Sustainable Material Choices.
Lastly, Sunday’s Better World Expo [24] is sure to feature some surprising new designs and innovative start-ups. We’re looking forward to helping set up and walk through the QuadDror Emergency House [25], designed using Studio Dror’s promising new structural system. We hope to see you there!
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[4] A Better World by Design: http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/
[5] Rhode Island School of Design: http://risd.edu
[6] Brown University: http://brown.edu
[7] socially conscious design: http://inhabitat.com/fuseprojects-award-winning-xo-laptop/
[8] past,: http://inhabitat.com/a-better-world-by-design-conference-kicks-off-october-1st/
[9] available: http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/registration/
[10] Kate Stohr: http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/blog/speakers/kate-stohr/
[11] Architecture for Humanity: http://inhabitat.com/open-architecture-network-cameron-sinclair/
[12] Design Like You Give a Damn: http://www.inhabitatshop.com/Design-Like-You-Give-a-Damn-Book.html
[13] Peter Haas: http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/blog/speakers/peter-haas/
[14] AIDG: http://www.aidg.org/
[15] John Fetterman: http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/blog/speakers/john-fetterman/
[16] Braddock, PA: http://www.15104.cc/
[17] Elizabeth Johansen: http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/blog/speakers/elizabeth-johansen/
[18] Design That Matters: http://designthatmatters.org/
[19] Wolfgang Feist: http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/blog/speakers/wolfgang-feist/
[20] Passivhaus : http://inhabitat.com/worlds-first-passivhaus-public-pool-opens-in-lunen-germany/
[21] sustainability initiative : http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/2011-conference/food/
[22] Continuum’s: http://continuuminnovation.com/
[23] Mary Hark’s: http://www.maryhark.com/
[24] Better World Expo: http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/blog/events/expo/
[25] QuadDror Emergency House: http://inhabitat.com/studio-dror-shows-off-versatility-of-quadror-structural-element-in-relief-housing/
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