Happy 2021 Green Gurus,
BuildingGreen has some New Years news to share with you all!
Announcing an addition to the Peer Networks family, we are excited to be launching the Sustainable Community Design Leaders (SCDL) Peer Network!
The SCLD peers are planners, architects, landscape architects, and other professionals at design or consulting firms committed to leveraging design to promote equity and social sustainability in communities. The first task for this group will be to define equity and social sustainability as it relates to the planning and design of communities within the building industry.
The Core Purpose of the SCDL network is
TO share sustainable and resilient community development inspiration, best practices, and lessons learned as we define and promote social sustainability;
IN A WAY THAT is collaborative, inclusive, authentic, and transparent, breaking down barriers and engaging the ecosystem of complementary expertise and community-based stakeholders;
SO THAT we leverage the power of design at the regional, urban, community, and campus scales to lead transformative social change and create equitable, sustainable, and resilient communities.
If you know of some energized people that would be valuable members of this new Peer Network, please send them a link to the SCDL Application page.
As with all the Peer Networks, we are looking to diversify our group(s). Please keep this in mind as you consider who you would like to reach out to and invite into the SCDL and Green Gurus.
Sending you all my best for a happy and healthy 2021!
Onward,
RoseAnn for the BuildingGreen team