{"id":7677,"date":"2021-03-23T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trimtab.living-future.org\/?p=7677"},"modified":"2023-04-19T15:03:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T22:03:22","slug":"03232021-white-house-senior-director-of-building-emissions-to-keynote-living-future-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/living-future.org\/03232021-white-house-senior-director-of-building-emissions-to-keynote-living-future-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Senior Director of Building Emissions to Keynote Living Future 2021 on Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MEDIA ADVISORY:<\/strong> White House Senior Director of Building Emissions to Keynote
Living Future 2021 on Earth Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Biden Administration Leader Joins 15th Annual Event Focused on Inclusion and Unity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEATTLE – Mark Chambers, Senior Director for Building Emissions at the White House Council on Environmental Quality will keynote Living Future 2021<\/a> on Earth Day, April 22. His address will focus on the Biden Administration\u2019s agenda for green building and opportunities for partnership with cities and private-sector leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other confirmed plenary speakers include Joe Allen, Director of the Harvard Healthy Buildings Program, George Bandy Jr., Head of Worldwide Circular Economy at Amazon, Avinash Rajagopal, Editor-in-Chief of Metropolis<\/em>, and Kat Taylor, Co-Founder of Beneficial State Bank on opening plenary sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The virtual art exhibition Ritual For A Living Future <\/em>will be presented as a 3D gallery experience curated by Monet Clark<\/a>, featuring her new video work with Brenda Laurel<\/a>, as well as works by Edgar Heap of Birds<\/a>, Cannupa Hanska Luger<\/a>, John DiLeva Halpern and Emily Harris of the Center for Cultural Activism International<\/a>, and Penny Slinger<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR MEDIA CREDENTIALS SEE BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gathering the world\u2019s greenest developers, architects, and product designers, Living Future 2021 is the 15th annual conference hosted by the International Living Future Institute. At this crucial moment in history, the event will examine climate, health, and equity and the tools needed to address structural inequities in the built environment and fight climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Held virtually April 20-23, 2021, Living Future 2021\u00a0is for anyone working to make buildings, products, and companies environmentally and socially just.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants from around the world attend the event. Already setting registration records, Living Future 2021 (LF21) will build on the unprecedented success of last year\u2019s virtual conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme for this year\u2019s event is \u201cInclusion + Unity,\u201d reflecting the historic social changes underway around the world. Highlights of LF21 include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n