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Robert Ferry
Co-founder of the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI)
Robert Ferry is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a LEED-accredited licensed architect. Before co-founding the Land Art Generator Initiative in 2008, he worked on design teams delivering sustainable development projects ranging from custom single-family residential to $500 million CAPEX mixed-use projects. With a passion for environmental architecture, net-zero building, biomimicry, regenerative systems, and sustainable expressionism, Robert is always looking for new ways to bring buildings and cities more in sync with a thriving and biodiverse natural world. As co-director of LAGI he has received multiple National Endowment for the Arts grants and has been awarded the J.M.K. Innovation Prize, a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund. His publications include Regenerative Infrastructures; The Time Is Now: Public Art of the Sustainable City; New Energies; Powering Places; Energy Overlays; Return to the Source; Land Art of the 21st Century; Land Art as Climate Action; and A Field Guide to Renewable Energy.
Title: How Art and Design Drive Technological Change
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Technology does not live in a vacuum. It is born from human culture. If we are going to meet the ambitious goals required to address the climate crisis, the technical solutions cannot be shrouded in mystery or unfamiliar to people. They must instead be commonplace, woven into our lived experiences, interactions, and the stories we tell. Strong social and cultural connections to the design and deployment of new sustainable infrastructures can increase the number of people who advocate for their implementation, and who support their long-term stewardship and maintenance. Robert Ferry, Co-founder of the Land Art Generator Initiative, will speak about how art and design can be used as an accelerant for positive change and about the importance of authentically engaging communities in the co-creation of a better and more sustainable future.
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