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Creating One Planet, Self-Sustaining Communities – Discover how an entire community can be environmentally, socially and economically sustainable. Learn for yourself how the future of buildings, neighbourhoods and communities can be more cost effective, energy efficient, healthier, happier and more resilient. Featuring a panel of leading experts in this field.
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Presenter Bios:
Jack Anderson has been a landmark figure for sustainable development for over a quarter century. Jack’s refined ability to make sustainable buildings a reality stems from his experience as a municipal planner and committee member. The skills and knowledge and insights Jack imparts were hard won as a trailblazer in the development of green building concepts.
Drawing on his backgrounds in applied psychology, multifamily property development and mentoring entrepreneurs and businesses, Chad Thiessen is dedicated to the “Creation of a Global Tsunami of Sustainable Community Creation.”
Ken Nentwig is deeply ingrained in the world of Rainwater Harvesting. Whether it is his involvement in committees responsible for setting national and global standards or his roles in teaching and implementing the core concepts, Rainwater Harvesting is central to Ken’s mission in life. As an educator and retired landscape architect, Ken’s certifications include: CANARM Lead Trainer, ASSE Certified in RWH Design/Install/Inspect, ARCSA/ASSE Trainer, CSA B805-18 Working Committee.
Pooran Desai is serial entrepreneur, author and sustainability leader.
Pooran studied Medical Sciences and Neuroscience at Oxford and Cambridge Universities before co-founding environmental organisation, Bioregional, in 1994. Whilst at Bioregional he set up enterprises in sustainable forestry, farming and green real estate development.
In 1998, he put together the world-renowned Beddington Zero (fossil) Energy Development (BedZED ecovillage) and in 2002 he coined the term, One Planet Living®, subsequently leading on embedding the systems thinking into an international One Planet Living initiative used by cities around the world and on over $30bn of real estate development.
In 2004, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and in 2009 made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 2011, with Bioregional co-founder, Sue Riddlestone, he was named European Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Economic Forum’s Schwab Foundation.
In 2019, he established a new company building OnePlanet.com, a revolutionary new digital platform for collaboration for systems change.
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Creating One Planet, Self-Sustaining Communities – Discover how an entire community can be environmentally, socially and economically sustainable. Learn for yourself how the future of buildings, neighbourhoods and communities can be more cost effective, energy efficient, healthier, happier and more resilient. Featuring a panel of leading experts in this field.
See other videos in this series:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxtqhfCEPGuiG4cZ5T8bKKEBjvJffNU0T
Presenter Bios:
Jack Anderson has been a landmark figure for sustainable development for over a quarter century. Jack’s refined ability to make sustainable buildings a reality stems from his experience as a municipal planner and committee member. The skills and knowledge and insights Jack imparts were hard won as a trailblazer in the development of green building concepts.
Drawing on his backgrounds in applied psychology, multifamily property development and mentoring entrepreneurs and businesses, Chad Thiessen is dedicated to the “Creation of a Global Tsunami of Sustainable Community Creation.”
Ken Nentwig is deeply ingrained in the world of Rainwater Harvesting. Whether it is his involvement in committees responsible for setting national and global standards or his roles in teaching and implementing the core concepts, Rainwater Harvesting is central to Ken’s mission in life. As an educator and retired landscape architect, Ken’s certifications include: CANARM Lead Trainer, ASSE Certified in RWH Design/Install/Inspect, ARCSA/ASSE Trainer, CSA B805-18 Working Committee.
Pooran Desai is serial entrepreneur, author and sustainability leader.
Pooran studied Medical Sciences and Neuroscience at Oxford and Cambridge Universities before co-founding environmental organisation, Bioregional, in 1994. Whilst at Bioregional he set up enterprises in sustainable forestry, farming and green real estate development.
In 1998, he put together the world-renowned Beddington Zero (fossil) Energy Development (BedZED ecovillage) and in 2002 he coined the term, One Planet Living®, subsequently leading on embedding the systems thinking into an international One Planet Living initiative used by cities around the world and on over $30bn of real estate development.
In 2004, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and in 2009 made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 2011, with Bioregional co-founder, Sue Riddlestone, he was named European Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Economic Forum’s Schwab Foundation.
In 2019, he established a new company building OnePlanet.com, a revolutionary new digital platform for collaboration for systems change.
creativelyunited.org
climateandthearts.org
ecoforestry.ca
