New Orleans Green Salon
AIGA New Orleans and Loyola University New Orleans will hold its second annual Green Salon on March 14th at Loyola. The all-day event will feature presentations and panel discussions about the nature of sustainability and what the New Orleans community can do to survive. Local bands will play throughout the day.
Why It Matters:
"Sustainability" and "Green" have become buzzwords for environmentally friendly practices, but the terminology's meanings are often lost in vague or overwrought descriptions that overwhelm the average person, who cannot understand what to do as an individual.
Our purpose at 2009 Green Salon is to cut through the murkiness, discussing how environmental issues affect us and the changes each person can make. By bringing together experts from many fields making an impact on sustainability, we will explore contributions that can reduce waste and create a more sustainable community.
Who'll Be There:
- Keynote Address by Ellen Lupton, writer, curator, and graphic designer; director of the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore
- John McGowin, City of New Orleans Energy Manager
- Dr. Bob Thomas, chair of the Environment Group for Governor Bobby Jindal's Economic Growth Transition Advisory Council
- Dr. Craig S. Hood, Professor and Chairperson of Biological Sciences. Dept. of Biological Sciences and the Environmental Studies Program
- Rebuilding Information Station, a cooperative initiative of LSU AgCenter, UNO, The Road Home, and Tulane City Center that supports sustainable, wise home reconstruction following Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav
- Charlie Margiotta, Senior Vice President, Real Estate, President, TerraPointe Services Inc., Rayonier Inc.
- Aimee Cabrera & Deborah Poole, Associate Dean for Public Services, Monroe Library
- Karen Kemp, Green Project, which offers high-quality, salvageable merchandise to the community
- Dana Eness, The Urban Conservancy
- Case Miller, Preservation Resource Center
- John Clark, Professor of Philosophy, Gregory F. Curtin Distinguished Professor in Humane Letters and the Professions, Dept. of Philosophy and Loyola Environmental Studies Program
- Kathleen O'gorman, Religion and Ecology Professor, Loyola University
- Autumn Snyder Harrell, New Orleans attorney in environmental law
Admission is free. This event is generously supported by Loyola University New Orleans, AIGA New Orleans and the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design.
For more information about the 2009 New Orleans Green Salon, visit the AIGA New Orleans website. http://www.aiganeworleans.org/events/green-salon
Or contact Green Salon co-chairs:
Nancy Sharon Collins, Director of Special Events, AIGA New Orleans,
nscstationer@earthlink.net
Timothy Samaha, Sustainability Chair, AIGA New Orleans, its4tim@msn.com
Daniela Marx, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, Loyola University,
dmarx@neo1.loyno.edu
Posted by sustainability in Business, Community, Ecological footprint | February 6, 2009
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