The Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design (CUISD) will host URBAN PLANET: EMERGING ECOLOGIES,
a one-night event featuring a unique series of lectures and discussions
with internationally known thought leaders in development and design.
Key speakers include:
Alfredo Brillembourg, Urban-Think Tank and S.L.U.M. Lab, will bring a social investment perspective to these questions,
Jean-Claude
Bolay, Director of the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development,
will discuss the role of technology in the emerging global city and
Mitchell
Joachim, Terreform ONE and Planetary ONE, will explore the move beyond
standard notions of “sustainability” toward urban systems that actively
benefit their environment.
http://cooper.edu/events-and-exhibitions/events/urban-planet-emerging-ecologies