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SUMMARY:Shaping Communities as if Sustainability Mattered
DESCRIPTION:Join UBC and SFU for a discussion with two of Vancouver’
 s most influential planning academics, Professors Mark Roseland and 
 Ron Kellett. Learn more from Mark Roseland about what’s happened at 
 the community level in sustainable development since the UN Earth Summ
 it in Rio de Janeiro, 1992. Find out about Ron Kellett’s work on eng
 aging citizens through “measured visualizations” to explore and ex
 press the links of energy, GHG emissions and community planning.\nWhen
 : 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 2012\nWhere: Rm C40
 0, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC\nRegister: www
 .picsroselandkellett.eventbrite.com or just turn up (The event is fr
 ee of charge and open to the public. Space is limited and only availab
 le on a first-come, first-serve basis.)\nLive Web Stream: Shaping 
 Communities as if Sustainability Mattered\nProf. Mark Roseland is Di
 rector of the Centre for Sustainable Community Development and Profess
 or of Resource and Environmental Management, SFU. Dr. Roseland lecture
 s internationally and advises communities and governments on sustainab
 le development policy and planning. The 4th edition of Dr. Roseland’
 s Toward Sustainable Communities will be published in Spring 2012 and 
 released at the ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability 2012 Wo
 rld Congress and International Researchers Symposium, associated with 
 the Rio+20 Earth Summit. At SFU, he is a founding member of the SFU Co
 mmunity Trust’s Board of Directors, responsible for the award-winnin
 g UniverCity sustainable community development project.\nProf. Ronald 
 Kellett is a professor at the School of Architecture and Landscape Ar
 chitecture, UBC. Since the 1990s, his work has focused around issues o
 f environmental quality and urban form and the development of form-bas
 ed decision support tools for urban design. His research, consulting a
 nd writing has influenced patterns of urban growth and development in 
 several Canadian and US cities and contributed to the adoption of ‘g
 reen’ urban design processes, plans, codes, standards, guidelines an
 d prototypes. \nWe hope that you can make it, either in person or by 
 accessing our webcast at Shaping Communities as if Sustainability Mat
 tered.\nSara Muir Owen \nPacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PIC
 S) \nUniversity of British Columbia2260 West Mall, CIRS Building | Va
 ncouver, BC  V6T 1Z4Tel 604.822.4644 | sara.muir-owen@ubc.ca\nwww.pi
 cs.uvic.ca | www.sustain.ubc.ca/pics\n\nFor more information visit h
 ttp://villagevancouver.org/events/shaping-communities-as-if-sustainabi
 lity-mattered
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CATEGORIES:downtown, lecture, free
LOCATION:UBC Robson Square
WEBSITE:http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/pics
URL:http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/pics
CONTACT:604.822.4644
ORGANIZER:Sara Muir-Owen, UBC Program Coordinator
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