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Entering the Ecological Age: Sustainability in the 21st Century City

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 6:30 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

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Entering the Ecological Age: Sustainability in the 21st Century City


"Human development is following a dangerously unsustainable path globally. Waves of investment in low and middle income countries are accelerating this problem because they are following an unsustainable model. Our urban areas and methods of food production consume land and non-renewable resources inefficiently. But we can do something to turn the situation around: we can move towards an ecological age."
-- Peter Head


Event Description


London Net Impact Professional Chapter is pleased to invite you to our latest event featuring a discussion by Arup´s director Peter Head on the topic of climate change adaptation and mitigation and the creation of a global framework to reach sustainable living conditions.

Peter will explore how the world can start to make the transition towards an "ecological age of civilization" by looking at how urban centres can be developed and retrofitted to increase resource efficiency whilst preserving or improving quality of life. He promotes ecological footprint analysis to move towards the goal of environmental sustainability, setting out a vision of life in a sustainable community of the future.

Following his early career in steel bridge construction, Peter has been a Director of Arup since 2004 where he leads the Planning and Integrated Urbanism business. Peter was appointed a Commissioner on the London Sustainable Development Commission in 2002, representing the construction sector. There he was a member of the group that drafted the new Sustainable Development Framework for London and led on a voluntary code of practice for sustainable planning, design and construction of London's built environment. He is project director for Dongtan and other Eco City projects in China. In 2008 he was awarded the prestigious Frank Whittle Medal.

The full report by Peter Head entitled Entering an Ecological Age: the Engineer's Role  is available at http://www.arup.com/Publications/Entering_an_Ecological_Age.aspx.

When

Wednesday 2 September 2009, 18.30 pm

Venue

The Horniman Pub (in the downstairs Cellar Wine Bar) at Hay's Galleria, Unit 26 Hay's Galleria, Counter Street SE1 2HD. (Off Tooley Street Near the HMS Belfast moored on the Thames).

Map / URL

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Price

Free for Net Impact Members, £5 for Non Members*
 
*Save on future speaker series events by signing up as a member. Visit http://www.netimpact.org/registernewmembers.cfm  and select International Professional for a special rate of $30 USD.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Net Impact London Team

When & Where



Horniman at Hays (downstairs private function room)
Hay's Galleria
Tooley St
SE1 2HU London
United Kingdom

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 6:30 PM (GMT)


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Net Impact is a network of 15,000 professionals, MBAs and graduate students committed to using the power of business to improve the world. With more than 200 student and professional chapters on 5 continents in 75 cities and 80 graduate schools, Net Impact is one of the most innovative and influential networks in existence today. The Net Impact London Professional Chapter was launched in 2006 and has developed a reputation for exciting and cutting-edge events with influential and agenda-setting speakers.

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