Living Future 2013 - Seattle

Living Futures unConference 2013

David Suzuki opened the Living Future unConference 2013 with a heart-felt talk which was both a reflection on the past and a call to action for the future. On the topic of environmental stewardship, he remarked on the difference in being raised in a culture which regards a mountain as a god versus one that regards it as a resource. He also explored the LF13 theme of resilience from the small to the large scale - resilience due to the diversity of cells in an organism, diversity in cultures in the human population, and the diversity of ecosystems on the planet. These themes wove through subsequent speeches by International Living Futures Institute CEO Jason McLellan and Paul Hawken, each with a unique narrative.

Here's a summary of where we are in our project right now:

UMich LBC Team heads to Seattle!

UMich LBC team delegates Emily Herbert and Devki Desai arrived at Living Future (http://living-future.org/ilfi/education-events/living-future-unconference) in Seattle last night! We worked at the registration desk yesterday evening and met a lot of new and familiar faces. It was great to catch up with our friends in sustainable design from Michigan including Bonnie Bona from the Clean Energy Coalition (http://cec-mi.org/), Neal Billetdeaux from SmithGroupJJR, Tom and Marty Buhrbecc (LBC project - Burhbecc farmhouse) and their architect Michael Klement (Architectural Resource). The Great Lakes Living Buildings Collaborative is definitely represented in Seattle this week! We are so excited for the keynote and trade show starting this evening, and will keep you posted! 

LBC in the News!

Since the beginning of our project we have been lucky enough to speak with reporters from the Ann Arbor and Detroit areas as well as some others. We are SO excited that people are interested in the Living Building Challenge and our local project. Below are the news stories that we have been featured in, check them out!!

AnnArbor.com
Michigan Today
TV20 Detroit
Green Building Elements
Living Building Challenge