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Transformational Lecture Series
New Directions in Green Development
 

When:	Thursday, May 22 | 5:30 -7:00 pm
Location:	Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave Event is free, but please RSVP (see below)

Bill Browning is one of the green building and real estate industry's foremost thinkers and strategists, and an advocate for sustainable design solutions at all levels of business, government, and civil society. His expertise has been sought out by organizations as diverse as Fortune 500 companies, leading universities, non-profit organizations, the U.S. military, and foreign governments. In 1991, Bill founded Green Development Services at Rocky Mountain Institute, an entrepreneurial, non-profit "think and do tank" whose work advances energy-efficient and environmentally-responsive design. In 1999 Green Development Services was awarded the President's Council for Sustainable Development/Renew America Prize. Bill remains a Senior Fellow at RMI.

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION: The green building market has enjoyed exponential growth since the launch of LEED, with commensurate increase in green building-related incentives, policies, and expansion into new business sectors. Browning will draw from experience with some of the largest and most influential organizations around the world to discuss new trends in green development as well as to demonstrate why everyone should be no less than optimistic of the continued healthy growth of the green building industry.

The Urban Sustainability Forum is now the Tranformational Lecture Series The new series aims to inspire all building industry professionals to embrace their role in creating a sustainable built environment now, as well as ensuring that sustainability becomes integral to all development in the future. By reminding us why we must act boldly and helping us to imagine a world where sustainability is the baseline, these lectures promise to inspire a revolution!

Transformational Lecture Series events are FREE to the public thanks to our sponsors: BetterBricks, Cascadia Region Green Building Council, and City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development.

Please RSVP at http://tlsbillbrowningwa.eventbrite.com.

Information on future speakers and additional events for 2008, as well as past speakers, are available on our website at www.seattle.gov/dpd/greenbuilding.

If you have any questions, please contact:
Lynne Barker
Lynne.barker@seattle.gov
(206) 684-0806