Urban Ecologies 2015 will examine the strategies that will be necessary for our cities to move beyond sustainability to becoming net producers of energy and resources. More than ever before, major urban centres will be at the forefront of transformation and change in order to accelerate a sustainable human presence. The framing of the conference deals with the largest possible context of all debates – the limits of our planetary ecosystem. It is within this “Big Picture” context that the conference will challenge the current economic, political, and social frameworks that generate our urban infrastructure and built environment. The goal is to relinquish out-dated “Bottom Line” models in favour of new, innovative, and synergistic business structures and designs that achieve prosperity without sacrificing social responsibility or ignoring the health of the planetary ecosystems that ultimately sustain us.
Your chance to be a part of a global discussion concerning the future design of our cities is now.
THE FULL PROGRAMME and REGISTRATION CAN BE FOUND ON: http://www.urbanecologies.ca
Early Bird rates are ending May 15, 2015
Contact:
Jana Macalik, Associate Dean, Faculty of Design, OCAD University
Director, Urban Ecologies Conference 2015
jmacalik@ocadu.ca
Co-Chairs
Bruce Hinds, Chair of Environmental Design, Faculty of Design, OCAD University
bhinds@ocadu.ca
Roberto Chiotti, Sustainability Officer, Faculty of Design, OCAD University
rchiotti@faculty.ocadu.ca