Chicago AIA, Professional Development Conference

I just finished attending the two day conference hosted by the Chicago AIA. The theme was Green and Sustainable Architecture and was kicked off with a presentation by Ed Mazria. I had the opportunity to chat with Ed briefly before his breakfast presentation and tell him how much his keynote speech from last year’s conference affected me. I was so troubled by what he discussed, that I immediately hired a new Architect for our office who specialized in Sustainable and Green design.

I may have mentioned this earlier in another blog, but if you want a real awakening, visit the Architecture 2030 website by clicking the image here. I felt like last year’s presentation was comparable to watching a horror film. I came away so disturbed by both the images and scientific projections that we were talking about it for days afterward. It also inspired me to take my family, including my two children (ages 12 and 10 at the time), to see Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth.