Vermont Green Building Celebration

Featuring Vermont's Greenest Building Awards Celebration and a Keynote Presentation by ecological economist Jon Erickson 

Networking Reception | Light Dinner | Cash Bar | Silent Auction

Please join the Vermont Green Building Network (VGBN) for a celebratory evening with green building professionals, VGBN members, partners and friends on Wednesday, May 1st at Main Street Landing in Burlington. The 2023 winners of the Vermont’s Greenest Building Awards Competition will be recognized. Learn about inspiring commercial, residential and net zero buildings that create a new standard for environmentally responsible building in Vermont. Don’t miss this great networking opportunity with delicious food and silent auction fundraiser. This year’s keynote presentation will feature ecological economist Jon Erickson.

Please RSVP to attend by Thursday, April 25th. 

Event Schedule:

• 5:30-6:45pm: Networking/social hour, light dinner featuring delicious food from Cafe Mamajuana, silent auction
• 6:45-7:15pm: Welcome address, annual meeting and VT's Greenest Building Awards Competition Awards Ceremony
• 7:15-7:45pm: "Beyond Efficiency: Right-Sizing a Carbon-Constrained Economy" keynote presentation by ecological economist Jon Erickson 
• 7:45-8:00pm: Silent auction winners announced + farewell

Be sure to bring cash or check to participate in our silent auction fundraiser from 5:30 to 6:45pm. Also, if you're interested in attending but cost is a barrier, please reach out to vermontgbn@gmail.com. All are welcome to celebrate with us!

About the keynote speaker, Jon Erickson:  

Jon Erickson is the David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy, and is serving as Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research in the Rubenstein School at the University of Vermont. He has published widely on energy & climate change policy, land conservation, watershed planning, environmental public health, and the theory and practice of ecological economics. His books include The Progress Illusion: Reclaiming our Future from the Fairytale of Economics (2022), The Great Experiment in Conservation: Voices from the Adirondack Park (2009), Frontiers in Ecological Economic Theory and Application (2007), and Ecological Economics: a Workbook for Problem-Based Learning (2005). Jon is also an Emmy award-winning producer of films such as the four-part PBS series Bloom on sources and solutions to nutrient pollution in Lake Champlain.

He was the Interim Dean of the Rubenstein School from 2012-2014, Managing Director of UVM's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics from 2009-2012, and is past President of the U.S. Society for Ecological Economics, past editor of the Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies, and serves on the board or advisory committee of numerous nongovernmental organizations. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Iceland, and has been a Fulbright Scholar at the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania, Visiting Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic and Slovak University of Agriculture in Slovakia, and was on the economics faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before joining the University of Vermont in 2002. He holds a PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Economics from Cornell University. 

Carpool: Please consider offering or participating in a carpool to the event using this link to self organize, meet some new folks and reduce your carbon footprint. 

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