It is only a matter of time before the economic advantages of energy conservation will come to the forefront and it will be graduates from the Centre of Excellence and other forward thinking institutions around the world that will be providing the skilled workforce to lead this change.
Brian Hughes Timing Is Everything Ajahn Sona Birken Merle Kindred Green Building Jeannette C. Armstrong Indigeneity Stephen Joyce Breaking Down Brenda Martens A Brief History of Design Douglas MacLeod Buildings Save the Planet Robert Parlane Agent of Change Branko Kolarevic Performative Architecture Sunddip Panesar Nahal Learning Revolution Nikos Theodosakis Mattering
Robert MacDonald Be a Gardener
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Curated by Brian Hughes
Beyond Sustainability Curated by Brian Hughes
Beyond Sustainability Contributions to TEDxOkanaganCollege
Emily Chartrand Beyond Plastic
OKANAGAN INSTITUTE
This is why it is a blessing supreme to be a part of this important discussion looking “Beyond Sustainability” being held at the cutting edge Centre of Excellence. Through the auspices of TEDx, our presenter’s talks will be archived and become part of the mesh of innovation, which is created by Crowd Accelerated Innovation. The challenges facing our species are great but the power of many minds working together shall overcome.
Jim Hamilton Ideas Into Action
BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY
The investment made by Canadian taxpayers in creating a Centre of Excellence with a focus on sustainable building technologies took a great deal of foresight. Typically post secondary institutions in this country produce professionals who extract our resources or train MBA’s to maximize shareholder value no matter what the cost to the environment.
Contributions to TEDxOkanaganCollege
Beyond Sustainability was chosen as the theme of TEDxOkanaganCollege 2011 to capture what seems to be on the minds of many as we head into an uncertain future on this planet. We are focusing on the “Actions to be Taken” to maintain the combined integrity of the environment, social structure and economic health in the Okanagan Valley and the World. The Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Building Technologies in Penticton, B.C. represents a manifestation of this complex balancing act in Canada. As Canada is a major provider of wood and iron ore used in building, it made sense to construct a training college to teach trades people how to build new green buildings of the future and to develop new green building policies that are relevant to Canada and other northern nations. In many ways, more sustainable building construction and design techniques offer a relatively fast return on investment.