TEDXOkanaganCollege Brenda Martens A History of Design
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Brenda Martens has worked in the building industry for over 20 years, and is a practitioner, educator and advocate in the field of green building and sustainability. Brenda looks at the history of design related to green building. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people togeth... Read more
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- -: TEDXOkanaganCollege Brenda Martens A History of Design
October 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Brenda Martens has worked in the building industry for over 20 years, and is a practitioner, educator and advocate in the field of green building and sustainability. Brenda looks at the history of design related to green building. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of loc...
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- -: TEDxOkanaganCollege - Robert Parlane - The Agent of Change
October 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Robert became Project Manager for the Okanagan College Centre of Excellence in Penticton from its inception in 2009, when the goal of the Living Building Challenge was first imagined as a possibility. In this role he has led and coordinated the CEI team and the other consultants, through a dynami...
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- -: TEDxOkanaganCollege - Andrew Hay - Building Momentum Towards a Teaching Building
October 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Dr. Hay's presentation examines the concept of a teaching building. No longer are college buildings passive, Okanagan College's Centre of Excellence enables students to interact with the emerging technologies that are incorporated into the building itself. Dr. Hay holds a doctoral degree in mec...
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- -: TEDxOkanaganCollege - Douglas McLeod - Our Buildings Can Save the Planet
October 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)"Douglas MacLeod is the Associate Dean of Science, Technology and Health at Okanagan College. MacLeod has bachelor's degrees in Architecture and Science from the University of Toronto, a master's in Environmental Design from the University of Calgary and is a PhD candidate in the Computational Me...
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- -: TEDxOkanaganCollege - Ari Neufeld - 2 Songs
October 31, 2011 (over 12 years ago)British Columbia's performer of the year Ari Neufeld performs two songs at TEDxOkanaganCollege. Ari Neufeld is a consummate creative light house. If it can be made with the human body, he's probably figuring out how to make it. Music. Art. Rhythm. Melody. Rhyme. Visual innovation and diversity. ...
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- -: TEDxOkanaganCollege - Jeannette Armstrong, PhD - Indigenization
November 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Jeannette pleads that we must stop looking at sustainability from only an economic basis and that we must remember that the earth is our fragile home. An Indigenous author and activist, her published works include literary titles and academic writing on a wide variety of Indigenous issues. Awarde...
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- -: TEDxOkanaganCollege - Nikos Theodosakis - Mattering
November 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)"Mattering" examines the idea of relevance and real world learning in education. Through examples from his own work with schools, such as his InStill LIfe project, Nikos invites us to consider how we can move learning towards a more meaningful experience for students and teachers alike, and to a ...
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- -: TEDxOkanaganCollege - Bill Downing - Engineered Wood Products: The Sustainable Solution
November 8, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Bill Downing has seen first hand how manufacturing sustainable products has an international demand. This presentation looks at the current and future role of engineered wood products as a sustainable alternative in traditional concrete and steel applications. Bill Downing is the President of St...
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