COTE: Committee on the Environment
June 18, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Come join the Committee On The Environment conversation! It’s a casual meeting, good discussion!
Green Bite: Race and Climate Change/ Race and Architecture
WMAIA COTE will be taking the opportunity this week to focus our attention on the intersection of Race and Climate Change, as well as Race and Architecture. Each month we ask a guest speaker to talk about what they are working on with respect to sustainability. This week we are going to have an open discussion about how we as a designers, and advocates for sustainability, must include in our efforts, designs which address social injustice, and work towards creating a profession that represents the diversity of our country. You may come simply to listen, you may bring questions, you may bring ideas, we only ask that you come with an open mind to the possibilities of change, and how we may work towards change.
In preparation for this meeting we request that you read the following articles/statements:
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/why-race-matters-when-we-talk-about-the-environment/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/arts/design/architects-prison-death-chamber.html
(note: the previously advertised Green Bite with Laura Fitch on Kroka Expeditions will be rescheduled)
The platform will be Zoom. Please rsvp to [email protected] and you will be provided with the login info.