{"id":7702,"date":"2021-04-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trimtab.living-future.org\/?p=7702"},"modified":"2023-04-19T15:02:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T22:02:55","slug":"04062021-diversity-equity-join-biden-administration-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/living-future.org\/04062021-diversity-equity-join-biden-administration-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leaders Bring Perspectives on Justice to Premier Green Building Event Keynotes; Join Biden Administration Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leaders Bring Perspectives on Justice to Premier Green Building Event Keynotes; Join Biden Administration Leader<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where Climate, Health, and Equity Meet in the Built Environment,<\/em> 15th Annual Living Future 2021 Focused on Inclusion and Unity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEATTLE – Rosa Sheng, Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion and Higher Education Studio Leader for San Francisco for SmithGroup, and Adrianna Quintero, Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Energy Foundation, join Mark Chambers, Senior Director for Building Emissions at the White House Council on Environmental Quality to round out the keynote addresses at Living Future 2021: Inclusion + Unity<\/a>, where climate, health, and equity meet in the built environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, an opening plenary with 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, and Kat Taylor, Co-Founder of Beneficial State Bank will focus on the future of health, equity, finance and decarbonization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The virtual art exhibition Ritual For A Living Future will also be presented as a 3D gallery experience curated by Monet Clark, 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

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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 is for anyone working to make buildings, products, and companies environmentally and socially just.<\/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