Dr. Michael Ben-Eli
Sustainability by Design: From Concept to Action
Tuesday 15 May, 2012
6:30 - 8pm, $0/Rsvp
The Cooper Union
41 Cooper Square, Rose Auditorium
The Sustainability Laboratory & Project Wadi Attir
Project Wadi Attir is a groundbreaking initiative that showcases new strategies for the creation of self-sustaining, ecologically and socially flourishing communities in arid climates. Situated on 100 acres in the Negev Desert, the project engages an impressive range of sustainable technologies and practices—from agroforestry and water management to on-site biogas and renewable energy production.
This project is a product of the Sustainability Laboratory. Dr. Ben-Eli will describe the work of the lab and its exploration of the five core principles of sustainability: the material domain, the economic domain, the domain of life, the social domain and the spiritual domain.
Dr. Michael Ben-Eli is founder and director of The Sustainability Laboratory and an international consultant on management and organization, as well as a senior advisor to The Buckminster Fuller Institute. His work has focused on strategy development, organizational design, sustainability, and change management. He graduated from the Architectural Association in London and later received a Ph.D. from the Institute of Cybernetics at Brunel University.
Program
6:30 - 6:35pm
Greetings by Kevin Bone
Director, Cooper Union Institute of Sustainable Design
6:35 - 6:45pm
Contextual Notes by Lydia Kallipoliti "Counterculture in the Desert"
Senior Associate, Cooper Union Institute of Sustainable Design
6:45 - 6:50
Introduction of Dr. Ben-Eli by Elizabeth Thompson
Director, The Buckminster Fuller Institute
6:50 - 7:35pm
Keynote Lecture by Dr. Michael Ben-Eli
Founder and Director, The Sustainability Laboratories
7:35 - 7:55pm
Discussion with Kevin Bone and Dr. Michael Ben-El
7:55 - 8:00pm
Closing Remarks by Elizabeth Thompson
Project Wadi Attir is a groundbreaking initiative that showcases new strategies for the creation of self-sustaining, ecologically and socially flourishing communities in arid climates. Situated on 100 acres in the Negev Desert, the project engages an impressive range of sustainable technologies and practices—from agroforestry and water management to on-site biogas and renewable energy production.
This project is a product of the Sustainability Laboratory. Dr. Ben-Eli will describe the work of the lab and its exploration of the five core principles of sustainability: the material domain, the economic domain, the domain of life, the social domain and the spiritual domain.
Dr. Michael Ben-Eli is founder and director of The Sustainability Laboratory and an international consultant on management and organization, as well as a senior advisor to The Buckminster Fuller Institute. His work has focused on strategy development, organizational design, sustainability, and change management. He graduated from the Architectural Association in London and later received a Ph.D. from the Institute of Cybernetics at Brunel University.
Program
6:30 - 6:35pm
Greetings by Kevin Bone
Director, Cooper Union Institute of Sustainable Design
6:35 - 6:45pm
Contextual Notes by Lydia Kallipoliti "Counterculture in the Desert"
Senior Associate, Cooper Union Institute of Sustainable Design
6:45 - 6:50
Introduction of Dr. Ben-Eli by Elizabeth Thompson
Director, The Buckminster Fuller Institute
6:50 - 7:35pm
Keynote Lecture by Dr. Michael Ben-Eli
Founder and Director, The Sustainability Laboratories
7:35 - 7:55pm
Discussion with Kevin Bone and Dr. Michael Ben-El
7:55 - 8:00pm
Closing Remarks by Elizabeth Thompson