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TODAY!
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Green Builder Media presents Green Builder Media is proud to announce our
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fourth-annual Sustainability Symposium.

SUSTAINABILITY Visit www.greenbuildermedia.com/improving-the-human-condition-2020

to register for this pioneering event.

Symposium 2020 SESSIONS WILL COVER: SPEAKERS:

Solving for energy and water,
ANDREW WINSTON, globally recognized expert on how companies

so that they do not become can navigate and profit from humanity’s biggest challenges, and
author of Green to Gold, The Big Pivot, and Green Recovery.
major inhibitors to growth
Improving the Human Condition Through the Built Environment and prosperity ED MAZRIA, founder of Architecture 2030 and internationally

Sustainable innovations that will recognized architect, author, educator and visionary with a long
and distinguished career.
transform the building industry
Social justice issues as they
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RHIANA GUNN-WRIGHT, Policy Director for New Consensus, was A GUNN-WRIGHT, Policy Director for New Consensus, was , Policy Director for New Consensus, was
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one of the co-authors of the Green New Deal. A 2013 Rhodes Scholar, f the co-authors of the Green New Deal. A 2013 Rhodes Scholar, f the co-authors of the Green New Deal. A 2013 Rhodes Scholar,
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Gunn-Wright worked as the policy analyst for the Detroit Health right worked as the policy analyst for the Detroit Health right worked as the policy analyst for the Detroit Health
on a local, national and Department and on the policy team for First Lady Michelle Obama.t and on the policy team for First Lady Michelle Obama.
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global scale
GENE MYERS, CEO/founder of Thrive Home Builders, six-time , CEO/founder of Thrive Home Builders, six-time , CEO/founder of Thrive Home Builders, six-time
GENE MYERS
winner
winner of the Department of Energy’s Grand Award for Innovation, of the Department of Energy’s Grand Award for Innovation, of the Department of Energy’s Grand Award for Innovation,
2020 Sustainable Development winner
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and the first production builder to deliver “solar standard” homes, st production builder to deliver “solar standard” homes, st production builder to deliver “solar standard” homes,
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Benchmarks: Where have we
build net-zero communities, and use Colorado beetle-kill lumber in t-zero communities, and use Colorado beetle-kill lumber in t-zero communities, and use Colorado beetle-kill lumber in
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succeeded, where have we the construction of its homes.
the construction of its homes.
failed—and we go from here? KALPANA KOTAGAL is a Civil Rights & Employment Litigation
Partner at Cohen Milstein. She is also the co-author of the
The Built Environment Today:
“Inclusion Rider,” and is a highly-accomplished and award-winning
Are we designing and constructing plaintiffs’ lawyer.
properly for our changing JAVON JOHNSON, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor and Director of
climate and growing social and African American & African Diaspora studies at the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas. Through performance poetry and the spoken
economic inequity issues? word, Johnson creatively addresses crucial social justice issues.
HOME OF THE YEAR Green Builder® Media’s annual Home of the Year Awards are recognized
as one of the industry’s most innovative and important programs that
AWARDS DINNER : identify authentic, advanced, beautiful and sustainable projects and the
professionals who design and construct them.
JANUARY 19 Green Builder® Media will celebrate our annual Home of the Year Awards
winners at a special VIP dinner, held on January 19 at the elegant Zappos
Bistro on Zappos Campus.