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2006 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference -- Audio Recordings
Audio compact discs from the 2006 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference are available for purchase. The fifth annual conference drew more than 1,200 attendees and offered dozens of seminars, symposia, workshops, and other events.
2008 National Preservation Conference Speeches
Speeches from the 2008 National Preservation Conference are now available on the National Trust for Historic Preservation website. If you missed any of these key sessions, or just want to revisit a great talk, streaming audio from the Plenary Sessions and Special Lectures can be accessed at your convenience.
2008 UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Speaker Series
Ecofoot, the official website of the Office of Campus Sustainability at Michigan State University, provides a listing for its 2008 UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Speaker Series. Participating in the Fall 2008 speaker lineup are Ritu Primlani, Richard Louv, and Tom Princen.
2009 New Partners for Smart Growth Session Proposals
The Local Government Commission (LGC) is conducting a ''Call for Session Proposals'' (CFSP) for the 2009 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference program. This process will be open from May 19 through June 25, 2008. The submittal review process will take place from early-July through late-August 2008.
5th World Environmental Education Congress -- Call for Papers
The Organizing Committee of the 5th World Envronmental Education Congress is accepting abstract proposals for its May 10-14, 2009 event in Montreal, Canada.
AIA Recorded Presentations -- Convention '09
Did you miss the 2009 AIA convention? The American Institute of Architects is offering through its website a video stream of select presentations and workshops from the 2009 National Convention and Design Exposition.
APA National Planning Conference Coverage 2007
The American Planning Association has created a website featuring resources and information from their 2007 National Planning Conference. Session reports, photos from various events, media coverage, and more can be found at this resource.
APA's 2009 Planning Conference -- Call for Proposals
The American Planning Association (APA) is seeking proposals for providing educational content at the 2009 APA National Planning Conference in Minneapolis, April 25–29, 2009.
Best Practices in Green Education
Best Practices in Green Education from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) offers model education programs and curriculum to support efforts in educating for sustainability. USGBC believes educators learn best from hearing the stories of other educators' efforts.
Call for Papers -- International Sustainable Development Conference -- Sustainable Cities
The Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management (CUPEM), The University of Hong Kong, in association with ERP Environment, have announced the 12th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference 2006 will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong on April 6-8, 2006.
Call for Program Ideas -- New Partners for Smart Growth 2008 Conference
The Local Government Commission is conducting a ''Call for Program Ideas'' for the 2008 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference program. This process will be open from June 6th through July 11th, 2007. The submittal review process will take place from mid-July through late-September 2007, and those selected for inclusion in the final program will be notified by late September.
Caring for Land Trust Properties
How can you be a good guest and care for the land you have been entrusted with? In Caring for Land Trust Properties from the Land Trust Alliance (LTA) you will learn to manage properties more effectively.
DOE Webinar: Sustainability Planning in El Paso
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Technical Assistance Project (TAP) for state and local officials is offering a Web seminar, and is titled ''Strategic Energy and Sustainability Planning in El Paso, Texas.” The webinar will take place on Wednesday, January 27, from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
State and local officials can learn about the steps involved to create and implement a strategic energy plan. You will learn about the common steps that are used in many strategic energy plans. You will hear about the how the City of El Paso, Texas, developed its strategic energy plan, which included energy performance goals. Finally, you will also hear frank commentary on lessons learned from a recent sustainability summit held in El Paso.
Three speakers will present at the seminar:
- Alexander Dane, project manager at the DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for the project to assist El Paso in developing its strategic energy plan
- Brian Levite, senior energy analyst at NREL
- Marty Howell, manager of the newly created El Paso, Texas, Sustainability Program
The Web seminar is free of charge, but you must register in advance to obtain a URL for the presentation and call-in phone number. You can register online, find information about the presenters, and read background materials at the link below.
For the Greener Good: Public Lecture Series
For the Greener Good is a public series that affirms the National Building Museum's commitment to environmental sustainability. It calls on experts from diverse backgrounds to investigate links between environmental sustainability and design, public health, energy policy, bioscience, infrastructure, education, and even popular culture.
Getting It Done: New Tools for Communities
''Getting It Done: New Tools for Communities,'' a conference by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation/Chicago (LISC/Chicago), drew more than 900 individuals from 24 Chicago neighborhoods and 56 cities for workshops, tours, and more.
Go Green Winston Salem
Celebrate with the City of Winston-Salem as they highlight the city's growing ''Green'' influence in everything from transportation to business, in a week-long celebration. A series of events is planned for September 15-19, including several elementary school presentations with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system, three unique forums focusing on ''Greening Your Business,'' ''Green Building and Sustainable Community,'' and ''Transportation.''
Great Plans, Great Communities
Looking to illustrate the connection between planning and great places? APA's Community-Wide Audio/Web Conference Great Plans, Great Communities provides a striking introduction to planning and makes the case for the importance and wide-ranging benefits of planning.
Harvard Green Campus Initiative: Vision 2020 Event Resources
The ''Harvard Vision 2020: A Bridge to Campus Sustainability'' Conference featured three days of discovery and discussion involving prominent keynote addresses, interdisciplinary panels of faculty, staff, students and alumni, corporate and government leaders, workshops, special events and networking opportunities. Resources from this event are now available online.
Imagine Green Madison
Imagine Green Madison was a three-day community gathering and the first step in a long-term action agenda to create and implement new networks, partnerships and activities to promote sustainability and a healthier urban environment in and around Madison, the fastest-growing city in Wisconsin.
Infrastructure Planning: An Expanded View
APA Education and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy offer Infrastructure Planning: An Expanded View, a CD-ROM that includes a recording of this session from the 2007 APA National Planning Conference synchronized with a PowerPoint presentation, program transcript, PowerPoint presentation note sheets, and supplemental reading materials.
Law, Policy and Finance Courses at the National Center for Smart Growth
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy, National Center for Smart Growth, & Environmental Finance Center announce a new Environmental Training Track -- Law, Policy, Finance. Three courses will be offered, two in spring 2009 and one in fall 2009.
Living Plants, Liveable Communities: Call for Papers
Proposals for oral presentations or posters/informational displays are invited for the first symposium of the Canadian Institute for Sustainable Biodiversity. ''Living Plants, Liveable Communities: Exploring Sustainable Horticulture for the 21st Century'' will be held February 17-19, 2010 at RBG Centre, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
M.A. Urban Environmental Leadership
Lesley University's M.A. in Urban Environmental Leadership gives students an opportunity to study the complete picture of the urban environment and gain a understanding of the human forces that shape it.
National Smart Growth Conference RFP
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking proposals for organizing a national smart growth conference. This conference will be a multi-disciplinary event that focuses on diverse smart growth issues and attracts a diverse audience of practitioners, researchers and policy makers. This conference should be at least a 3 full days and should be convened in January or February 2009.
New Audio from 2008 Smart Growth Speaker Series Events Now Available
New audio recordings are now available from seven Smart Growth Speaker Series events at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Audio from the April through October 2008 events can be accessed through the Smart Growth Online website 24 hours a day.
New Partners for Smart Growth 2006 Conference: Call for Program Ideas
The New Partners for Smart Growth organizers have issued a Call for Program Ideas for their Fifth Annual Conference, to be held in Denver, Colorado, January 26-28, 2006.
New Partners for Smart Growth 2007 Conference: Call for Program Ideas
The New Partners for Smart Growth organizers have issued a Call for Program Ideas for their Sixth Annual Conference, to be held in Los Angeles, California, February 8-10, 2007.
New Urbanism: Rx for Healthy Places
Share the opportunities and challenges of designing and retrofitting communities that make it easier for people to live healthy lives at New Urbanism: Rx for Healthy Places is the theme of CNU's 18th annual Congress in Atlanta, set for May of 2010.
Our Town -- Brownfields Remediation Curriculum
Our Town is an interdisciplinary high school curriculum focused on brownfield remediation and economic redevelopment. The program leads students through a process of identifying specific brownfield sites in their communities and studying their redevelopment potential.
Pathways to Campus Sustainability Webinar Series -- 2008
Environmental Health & Engineering is hosting Pathways to Campus Sustainability, a series of webinars designed to provide you with the most up-to-date tools and knowledge necessary to manage a successful campus sustainability program.
Plan-110 -- Introduction to Historic Preservation Planning
Planetizen's Introduction to Historic Preservation Planning is a six-month, self-paced course that provides professionals and concerned citizens alike with an introduction to the basic knowledge and action framework they need to develop historic preservation programs -- from historic resource surveys, to individual property nominations, to cultural resources elements of general plans -- in their communities.
Plan-135 -- Introduction to Smart Growth
PLAN-135: Introduction to Smart Growth is a six-month, self-paced course designed for planners, local officials, developers and citizens interested in learning more about smart growth. William Fulton, regarded as one of the nation's leading commentators on urban planning, metropolitan growth, and economic development, provides a thorough introduction to smart growth planning concepts and offers practical analysis of smart growth plans and practices.
Poundbury Series 2009
The Poundbury Series, launched in 2007, is a series of seven lectures and tours which are an essential experience for those involved in the planning, design and building of housing developments in the United Kingdom and beyond.
Rail~Volution 2009: Call for Proposals
Rail~Volution has issued a call for proposals for its 2009 conference, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, October 30–November 1, 2009. Rail~Volution 2009 will cover the basics and explore emerging topics, ranging from complete streets to value capture to the green economy to high-speed rail.
Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference Set for June 1-3
Reclaiming Vacant Properties: Building Leadership to Restore Communities is the only national conference focusing on building the knowledge, leadership, and momentum to reclaim vacant and abandoned properties for thriving neighborhoods. The 2009 event will be held in Louisville, Kentucky, from June 1-3.
Reframing the Issues: New Ways of Talking About Affordable Housing and Smart Growth
On Thursday, June 9 at 2 p.m. ET, KnowledgePlex and the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities will present a discussion about new strategies for communicating about affordable housing and smart growth.
Rethinking Transportation -- Call for Papers
The Call for Papers for ''Rethinking Transportation for a Sustainable Future,'' to be held October 28-29, 2008 at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, has been extended until April 30, 2008.
Smart and Sustainable Campuses 2009 -- Call for Presentations
The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) invites you to share a story, success, or research on sustainable practices in higher education at the 4th Annual Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference, April 5–7, 2009 at the UMUC Inn & Conference Center, adjacent to the University of Maryland, College Park.
Smart Growth @ 10 -- Call for Abstracts
In 1997, Maryland burst into the national spotlight with the passage of its Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation initiative. The initiative gained broad national recognition and praise. Next year, 2007, marks the 10-year anniversary of Maryland's experiment with Smart Growth. Yet the question remains: Has Smart Growth in Maryland changed the development pattern in Maryland?
Smart Growth Canada Network -- Online Learning Modules
The Smart Growth Canada Network provides smart growth learning modules through its e-Learning portal.
Spring 2007 Smart Growth Speaker Series Audio Now Available
New audio recordings are now available from two Smart Growth Speaker Series events at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Recording are from the April and May 2007 events; the topics are ''Large-Scale Revitalization in Small Communities'' and ''Smart Growth Strategies for Colleges and Universities.''
Summer 2007 Smart Growth Speaker Series Audio Now Available
New audio recordings are now available from two Smart Growth Speaker Series events at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Hear Gene Krebs from Greater Ohio talk about how to win with smart growth, and Greg LeRoy from Good Jobs First tell about coordinating economic development incentives with land use planning.
Sustainability and Big Cities
Sustainability and Big Cities features environmental scientist William Moomaw discussing the environmental challenges facing cities and what cities can expect over the next decades. This CD-ROM includes the session of the same name from the 2007 APA National Planning Conference.
Sustainability Leadership Workshops and Certificate Program
The Sustainability Leadership program is a series of non-credit professional development workshops. These action-learning workshops are designed to provide both a theoretical foundation and practical application tools that can be used to move your organization toward sustainable systems.
Sustainable Communities Partnership Live Chat
The White House will host a live chat with the Sustainable Communities Partnership on July 15 at 2:00pm EST.
The purpose of the chat is to promote the important work of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities and how it exemplifies the President’s broader metropolitan and urban agenda, and to take questions from a large interested audience. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about the Partnership’s progress, sustainable community policies, funding opportunities, and more.
The chat will be moderated by Derek Douglas, Special Assistant to the President on Urban Policy at the White House. You are invited to ask questions live at the link below. Or, you can submit questions in advance through Planetizen.
Sustainable Future Webinar
Listen to Debra Rowe and others as they present a 90-minute webinar on the latest trends in sustainability on campus. Several higher education experts highlight some of the best examples of implementing sustainable projects and practices. This recording is from the June 6, 2007 event.
Teaching Smart Growth -- Model Courses
Teaching Smart Growth -- Model Courses is a selection of university course prospectuses compiled by the U.S. EPA that describe how smart growth principles are being used at U.S. colleges and universities.
The Impact of School Siting on Children’s Health
A school's site and its context within a community can affect children's health, as well as economic development, land use, and transportation. The National Governors Association (NGA) Center is hosting a five-part monthly web conference series called The Impact of School Siting on Children's Health.
The Polycentric City Presentations
Congress for New Urbanism announces that presentations from CNU XIII: The Polycentric City are now available online. The June 2005 event featured more than 80 tours, seminars, salons, and other programs.
Training Future Leaders in Sustainable Development
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is supporting the first global initiative to provide rigorous professional training for future leaders in sustainable development.
Understanding Sustainability -- Curriculum Unit
Understanding Sustainability is a two-week, activity-based curriculum unit for high school (grades 9-12) social studies teachers that contains eight engaging and inspiring lessons that help students build the connections between economy, history, democracy, and sustainability. Each lesson in the two-week unit is aligned with National Council for the Social Studies curriculum standards for easy classroom integration. For every topic covered, students learn creative tools to contribute toward sustainable solutions in their local and global communities.
Understanding Sustainability: High-School Curriculum
Understanding Sustainability is an activity-based curriculum unit for high school social studies teachers that contains eight engaging and inspiring lessons to help students build the connections between economy, history, democracy, and sustainability.
Watershed Academy Webcasts from the U.S. EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Watershed Academy sponsors free Webcast seminars. Local watershed organizations, municipal leaders, and others are invited to sign up for these free, on-line Webcast training sessions that frequently emphasize the connections between land use and water quality.
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