David Orr, director of The Oberlin Project, acclaimed environmentalist, whose career as a scholar, teacher, writer, speaker, and entrepreneur spans fields as diverse as environment and politics, environmental education, campus greening, green building, ecological design, and climate change, will be addressing the global issues brought up anew by Hurricane Sandy, and how designers can lead change in the face of them.

The three competitive $5,000 Kalil Project Grants will be awarded at the event:
Vincent Appel, Architect, “Coastal House Prototype”
Jacinda Ross, MFA Lighting Design, “Flexible Apertures”
Rebecca Rand, M.Architecture, “Flush Design Dry”

The event will be live streamed and thereafter available online at http://new.livestream.com/TheNewSchool/david-orr

Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street
07 March, Thursday
6-7:30pm

No reservations, free and open to the public.

For more information on David Orr please visit http://www.oberlin.edu/news-info/98sep/orr_profile.html

For more information on The Kalil Endowment please visit http://sce.parsons.edu/labs/michael-kalil/