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    2019 Earth Day Celebration in Partnership with ZEBx - Zero Emissions Building Exchange, April 25, Vancouver, Canada

  • 25 April 2019
  • Start time : 04:00 PM
  • End time : 09:00 PM
  • Event Host : Living Future Vancouver Collaborative
  • Event Location : Rosewood Hotel Georgia, 801 West Georgia St, Vancouver, BC, V6C 1P7, Canada
Earth Day
Event Description

Join us for a night of inspiration and celebration at the return of Vancouver’s largest Earth Day event!

This year, we are excited to partner with ZEBx - Zero Emissions Building Exchange, a collaborative platform that strengthens the public, private and civic capacities for zero emission buildings.

This annual event brings together key decision-makers from the building and green energy sector from all over the region. Our focus is driving change through strategic partnerships, and inspiring the local industry to move towards regenerative design.

Hear from our Earth Day Celebration speakers and panelists and connect with our partners and sponsors: Fulcrum Projects, ZEBx, TELUS, Recollective, Integral Group, and more.

Tickets include:

  • Keynote speaker: David Miller, Director, International Diplomacy, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (Former Mayor of Toronto)

  • Drinks and canapes

  • Experiential activities / displays

  • DJ, live music and more

  • Host Company/Organization Name
    • Living Future Vancouver Collaborative
  • Speakers / Presenters
    • About David Miller:

      David Miller is the North American Regional Director, Director of International Diplomacy, C40 Climate Leadership Group, and Global Ambassador of inclusive climate action. He is responsible for supporting North American Mayors in their climate leadership and for building a global movement for socially equitable action to mitigate and adapt to climate change. He served as Chair of C40 Cities from 2008 until 2010.

      Miller was Mayor of Toronto from 2003 to 2010. Under his leadership, Toronto became widely admired internationally for its environmental leadership, economic strength and social integration. He is a leading advocate for the creation of sustainable urban economies, and a strong and forceful champion for the next generation of jobs through sustainability. Miller has held a variety of public and private positions and served as Future of Cities Global Fellow at Polytechnic Institute of New York University from 2011 to 2014. David Miller is a Harvard trained economist and professionally a lawyer.
  • Event type
    • Festival

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