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With Dr Leyla Acaroglu (Australian designer, social scientist, sustainability provocateur & entrepreneur).
Thu, Feb 04, 2016 @ 01:00 PM   $32   Centre for Social Innovation, Level 3, 601 W 26th St
 
     
 
 
              

      
 
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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><STRONG STYLE="line-height: 115%;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><IMG ALT="" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/120412133/whatissustainabilitysmall.png" WIDTH="600"></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px; text-align: center; line-height: 19.2pt;"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look beyond the green hype, get the deeper details on what the hell sustainability is and how it relates to professional practice and our personal lives. We address the ways in which we can all help achieve it.</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: left;"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">The hotly contested term sustainability has come to mean different things to different people, but the original concept is all about social, economic and environmental sustainability a pretty awesome aspiration that needs to be better understood. This class explores the historical and contemporary underpinnings of the concept and approach that is sustainability.</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Join us for a small group class on the fascinating and fundamentally important world of social and environmental sustainability, learn the mechanisms for busting the green myth, combating greenwashing and uncovering ways of practicing that embrace holistic approaches to sustainability.</SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><STRONG STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: x-large;">About the Workshop</SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">This is a lunchtime workshop that runs for 1.5 hours and is held at the Centre for Social Innovation. All our classes are small group sessions for maximum participation and experience. This session is part of the Sustainability Curriculum Track at the Un-School for Disruptive Design and can also be taken as a ono-on-one mentoring session.</SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Class Date: Thursday 4th<STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">February</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Arrival: 12.50pm 1pm</SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><SPAN><STRONG STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: x-large;">Feedback from Our Previous</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: x-large;">Participants</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><EM STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; text-align: center;"> I cannot express enough gratitude to Leyla for compiling a class that was accessible, engaging, and interactive. Leyla presented the materials in a way that everyone could understand and was great at taking questions throughout the presentation so that we wouldn't get lost along the way. -</EM><SPAN STYLE="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;">Anna Krishtal,</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;">NYC Program Director for theAcademic Internship Council</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;"><EM><SPAN STYLE="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;">Fun, educational and engaging!" -</SPAN></SPAN></EM><SPAN STYLE="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;">DanielleDimare<SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;"><EM>,</EM></SPAN>Director of Community Schools, United Federation of Teachers.<SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;"><EM></EM></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px; font-size: x-large;"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: center;"><STRONG STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><STRONG STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em; text-align: center;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: x-large;">About the Facilitator</SPAN></STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px; font-size: x-large;"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: center;"><STRONG STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><BR></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: left;"><IMG STYLE="float: right;" ALT="Leyla Acaroglu" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/120412133/leylastanding.png" HEIGHT="195" WIDTH="250"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">Dr<A STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;" HREF="http://www.leylaacaroglu.com/" REL="nofollow">Leyla Acaroglu</A></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;">(A-jar-a-loo) is a New York based Australian designer, social scientist, sustainability provocateur and entrepreneur.She is the founder of</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; text-decoration: underline;"><SPAN STYLE="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><A STYLE="outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px;" HREF="http://www.un-schools.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">TheUn-School of Disruptive Design</SPAN></SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;">, and two design agencies; New York based</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; text-decoration: underline;"><SPAN STYLE="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><A STYLE="outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px;" HREF="http://www.disruptdesign.co/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">Disrupt Design</SPAN></SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;">and Melbourne based</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; text-decoration: underline;"><SPAN STYLE="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0cm;"><A STYLE="outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 0px;" HREF="http://www.ecoinnovators.com.au/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">Eco Innovators</SPAN></SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;">,both multidisciplinary studios focused on pioneeringsocial and environmental change by and through design. Her award winning work spans a variety of locations, fields and mediums,and is driven byastrong desire to effect, create, and see positive pro-sustainability change in the world.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="text-align: left;"><SPAN ID="docs-internal-guid-c9072dc3-7480-1ad5-9331-861608c9f29a" STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Leyla is a well-respected international speaker, with over 1 million views of her </SPAN><A STYLE="text-decoration: none;" HREF="http://www.ted.com/talks/leyla_acaroglu_paper_beats_plastic_how_to_rethink_environmental_folklore" REL="nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">mainstage TED talk</SPAN></A><SPAN STYLE="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">, she has keynoted the </SPAN><A STYLE="text-decoration: none;" HREF="http://www.aiga.org/video-HHH-2013-acaroglu/" REL="nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">AIGA Design Conference</SPAN></A><SPAN STYLE="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> in 2012, and presented at a host of international events. She is a highly skilled facilitator and passionate communicator, with her writing being published in a host of design magazines and the New York Times. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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