Vertical Gardens
2day/earthday
A FREE two-day event celebrating Earth Day 2009.

TUESDAY, APRIL 21
6 - 7:30pm:
Dickson D. Despommier, Professor of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences and Microbiology at Columbia University, will talk about his work as the Founder and Director of the Vertical Farm Project, looking at how agriculture can be adapted and integrated into city living. Free. Cash bar.

7:30 - 9pm:
James Wines, Founder/President of SITE, Environmental Design, gives a talk on the “Economy of Means”, which looks at ways to meet the demands of economic crisis, energy efficiency and sustainable design, without a loss of aesthetic quality. It credits some of the most revolutionary triumphs of the 20th century - including Picasso’s collage, Duchamp’s conceptual art, Le Corbusier’s “machines for living in” and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonion houses - which confirm that big ideas can frequently be realized through a great economy of means. The information also covers a selection of materially and environmentally prudent contributions to the Radical Architecture movement of the 70s and 80s. The program concludes with a range of innovative proposals for the present era; including buildings and public spaces that use frugality itself as an inspirational raw material. Free. Cash bar.