CARBON + PEOPLE
2020 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: CARBON
This conversation will orient people and communities at the center of the climate and carbon conversation and highlight the varied ways people are impacted by climate changes and rising greenhouse gases, from air quality issues, to water pollution and flooding, to political advocacy. Catherine Flowers will tell her personal story of her evolution of an activist, from country girl to student civil rights organizer to environmental justice champion.
Learning objectives
- Understand how climate change impacts low-income communities disproportionately.
- Learn how air quality and water pollution can be minimized with simple measures for low incoming housing.
- Discover how to use architecture skills to improve environmental justice for under-served communities.
- Gain knowledge of how rural communities suffer unjustly and can be improved when building projects are designed using modest sustainable measures.
The AIA/ACSA 2020 Intersections Research Conference was dedicated to the INTERSECTION of Education, Research and Practice, the conference sought to strengthen the INTERSECTION between academia and design practice, especially when it comes to research and innovation, focused on climate action and carbon management strategies. The virtual conference raised awareness of research happening in both academia and design practice and created opportunities for new partnerships, sources of funding, and collaborations. The conference took place live online September 30-October 2, 2020.
Available in the AIA Bookstore
Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret by Catherine Coleman Flowers
- HSW
- RIBA
Instructors
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Lynne M. Dearborn
PhD, AIAProfessor of Architecture | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
President | ACSA
Lynne M. Dearborn is Professor of Architecture, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.... -
Catherine Coleman Flowers
Founder | Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental... -
Jane Frederick
FAIA, LEED APPrincipal | Frederick + Frederick Architects
2020 President | American Institute of Architects
Jane Frederick, FAIA, is principal at Frederick + Frederick Architects, which received AIA South...