Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Conference Themes Brainstorm

The past topics for Greening the Heartland are

2009 - Detroit - ABILITY
2008 - St Louis - Embracing Change
2007 - Madison - Building Ethics
2005 - Chicago - Cost, Practice and Policy
2004 - Beyond Sustainability

Any thoughts on this year's theme?


1 comment:

  1. The theme from Meet Minneapolis’ website is More to Life and See+Do
    Greenbuild – Revolutionary Green 2008

    Strong Cities? Strong Economic Development? Strength in Numbers?

    What do I think about when I think about the Twin Cities?
    Spoon Bridge and Cherry
    Museums
    More bike paths than any other city
    Great public transit
    Good restaurants / foodie paradice
    Two cities are better than one
    Target
    Bob Mould
    Music


    What do I think about when I think about the Heartland area?
    Cows
    Farming
    Good people
    Corn
    Kansas City
    Homey-ness



    What do I think about when I think about Greening the Heartland?
    A sense of place?
    Strength / strong people / two cities are better than one?
    Bringing architects / planners / engineers / community

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