As part of the Chicago Cultural Center’s Creative Living in the City lecture series, Active Transportation Alliance and Friends of the Parks have organized a discussion with two national leaders in the sustainable urbanism movement: Carol Coletta and Doug Farr. The discussion will take place in the Claudia Cassidy Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center on April 8, 2010 at 12:15 pm. The discussion is free and registration is not required.

Carol Coletta is president and CEO of CEOs for Cities, a national network of urban leaders co-founded by Mayor Richard Daley and headquartered in Chicago.

Doug Farr is a Chicago-based architect and one of the nation’s leading experts on sustainable development. He is author of Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature, a guidebook that visualizes sustainable urbanism as the normal pattern of development in the United States.

Their discussion will address how cities can play a central role in reducing carbon emissions and improving residents’ health by providing opportunities to walk, bike and take transit. Learn how cities are going green with high-performance infrastructure and buildings combined with urban planning strategies that reduce driving and create a greener future.

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