Building and Connecting the Four Pillars of Sustainability

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:10:00 PM - Wednesday, March 28, 2012 6:00:00 PM
Rm. 1210, Bahen Centre, 40 St. George Street
Eric Krause Memorial Lecture



GLENN MILLER, Vice President, Education & Research

ABSTRACT: Glenn will examine the concept of sustainability from a planning and development perspective, focusing on the benefits of distinguishing between sustainable buildings, sustainable neighourhoods and sustainable cities. With every increase in scale comes an increased level of complexity. If our common goal is to find ways to engage more people and organizations in the identification and implementation of sustainable solutions, the ability to accurately describe the challenge will be increasingly important. If we do this right, the term “sustainability” will retain or possibly regain its currency.

BRIEF BIO: Glenn R. Miller, FCIP, RPP, is Vice President, Education and Research, with the Canadian Urban Institute, a Toronto-based NGO with a national and international reach. Glenn is responsible for the Institute’s Canadian programming, which focuses on the innovative use of quality data in growth management, integrated energy planning and aging of the population. A Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), Glenn is a graduate of Concordia University (BA (Hon.) Urban Studies) and McGill University’s School of Urban Planning (MUP). The CUI’s work has received awards for excellence from the Canadian Institute of Planners, the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) and the Ontario Federal Council. Glenn recently concluded his tenure as editor of the Ontario Planning Journal, the professional practice magazine of OPPI that he founded in 1986. He is a frequent contributor to ReNew Canada magazine and in 2012 will be launching a digital publication for the CUI called the “The Urban Century.” Glenn is currently “Planner in Residence” at the University of Waterloo’s School of Planning.