Reducing Greenhouse Gases, from Your City to Your House March 10, 2008

Reducing Greenhouse Gases, from Your City to Your House:

A Conversation with Rob Bennett, Clinton Climate Initiative

Monday, March 10

Gather at 5:30 PM

Discussion at 6 PM

Jimmy Mak’s

221 NW 10th Ave.

Free Admission

Rob Bennett is one of the key builders of the sustainable development industry in the Northwest. He founded Portland’s Green Building Program in 1999 and played an instrumental role in creating Vancouver B.C.’s green building strategy for the city and 2010 Olympic Village. Last year, Bennett joined the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation’s newly formed greenhouse gas reduction program – the Clinton Climate Initiative – to further develop the pioneering practices of cities like Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, B.C., for application in urban regions such as London, New York City, Johannesburg, Sao Paulo, and Karachi.

Join a conversation with Rob and Portland Spaces editor Randy Gragg about the current state of green building. Is Portland still a leader? What can individuals do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Should Portlanders have “Vancouver envy?” And just how green will the Bennett’s new duplex really be?

Bennett poses this tidbit for a warm-up: Did you know that our homes are responsible for 21% of all US emissions and yet, when surveyed, most American’s don’t understand that their homes contribute to climate change?

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