keynote speakers

Ed Mazria,

opening address:

Meeting Humanity’s Greatest Challenge

Ed Mazria, an architect in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is the author of many published works, such as The Passive Solar Energy Book. After receiving his B.Arch from the Pratt Institute, he spent two years as an architect in the Peace Corps in Arequipa, Peru. He worked with the firm of Edward Larabee Barnes in New York before beginning a teaching and research career at the University of New Mexico and University of Oregon. He is the recipient of numerous awards, most recently the Outstanding Planning Award in 1999 from the American Planning Association.

Cameron Sinclair,

closing address:

REbuilding Communities in Sri Lanka

Cameron Sinclair is the co-founder and executive director of Architecture for Humanity, a five year old non profit which promotes architecture and design solutions to humanitarian crises. Currently he is working in four countries on projects ranging from school building, earthquake relief to developing mobile medical facilities to combat HIV/AIDS.

featured speakers

Jack Elliott

REsolving to re-solve: aesthetics, ethics and activism

An architect, interior designer, and academic, Jack Elliott is an assistant professor in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology. In his course, “Ecological Literacy and Design”--the first such full-semester course in the nation--students develop environmental ethics through real world projects

Paul Falsetto

Older & Wiser: Historic Structures and Sustainability

An architect with Fletcher, Farr & Ayotte in Portland, Oregon, Paul Falsetto is a graduate of the University of Oregon’s Historic Preservation and Architecture programs.

Robert Gilman

Transforming a Small City

Founder and president of the award-winning Context Institute, Robert Gilman has devoted his life to helping groups and individuals transform their lives while helping move the planet toward a humane and sustainable future. One of the founders of the Global Ecovillage Network and the co-author of Eco-villages and Sustainable Communities, he is recognized as visionary in sustainability.

Gunny Harboe

REstoring and REimagining
Chicago’s Historic Landmarks

P. Thomas “Gunny” Harboe, AIA, is Vice-President of the Preservation Group for McClier in Chicago. His work on buildings such as the Reliance Building and the Rookery Building has won him national recognition.

Rebecca Luke

Sustainable Style Foundation:
Saving the World in Style

With broad experience in fashion and event production, Rebeeca Luke is CEO of les Egoistes and a co-founder of the Sustainable Style Foundation. She remains active in social and environmental issues that affect her community.