Compostmodern09 comes to Toronto on March 21st

[Bernard Hellen]

This past Saturday in SF AIGA held the Compostmodern09 Conference. The conference got GREAT reviews and you can read Worldchanging's synopsis at http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/009456.html

For all those who didn't make it down to SF, the event was recorded and RGD Ontario's Sustainability Committee will host a satellite 'live' rebroadcast of the event on March 21 at George Brown School of Design. Participants can sign up for a 1/2 or full-day of viewing. RGD's Compostmodern will also feature moderated group discussions themed around the day's speakers.

Compostmodern is fertile ground for sustainability. Presented by the San Francisco chapter of AIGA and the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design (CFSD), this interdisciplinary conference explored the range of design thinking necessary to create a socially and ecologically responsible society. Designers, manufacturers and business leaders came together to find inspiration, share knowledge and explore real world opportunities for transforming products, industries and lives. For the complete schedule, go to http://compostmodern.org/

This year's conference demonstrated how sustainable solutions converge as design, ecology, social activism, business and economics intersect. Speakers included Eames Demetrios of Eames Office, Saul Griffith of Makani Power, Allan Chochinov of Core 77, California College of the Arts (CCA) Design MBA Chair Nathan Shedroff, climate strategist Michel Gelobter, John Bielenberg and Pam Dorr of Project M and the HERO Housing Resource in Alabama, Emily Pilloton of Project H Design, and Autodesk Sustainable Design Program Manager Dawn Danby. GreenBiz editor and sustainability author Joel Makower reprised his role as emcee.

RGD Event Pricing:
Members $10 for the half day; $20 for the full day
Non-Member $15 for the half day; $30 for the full day

To sign up for the Compostmodern09 Toronto rebroadcast event or find out more, please email [e-mail] or call 1.888.274.3668

[AmyLeaman]

I'd love to! Do I have to be a member?

[Bernard Hellen]

Thank you. Yes indeed. this is the first event of the newly formed RGD Sustainability Committee and we will be holding a 'Green Jam' to brainstorm additional areas of interest/involvement. You attending?

[AmyLeaman]

Bernard - is this an initiative of the Sustainability Council at the RGD? If so, nicely done!