Videos & Presentations
Smart Growth & Neighbourhood Design
The Tragedy of Suburbia
James Howard Kunstler calls suburban sprawl "the greatest misallocation of resources the world has ever known." His arguments bring a new lens to urban development, drawing clear connections between physical spaces and cultural vitality.
Presenter: James Kunstler:
Date Recorded: Feb 2004
Duration: 19:45
Sponsored by: TED T.V.
Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia.html
Sings of the City
Jaime Lerner reinvented urban space in his native Curitiba, Brazil. Along the way, he changed the way city planners worldwide see what’s possible in the metropolitan landscape.
Presenter: Jamie Lerner
Date Recorded: March 2007
Duration: 15:43
Sponsored by: Ted T.V.
Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/jaime_lerner_sings_of_the_city.html\
New Urbanism: Is Edmonton Growing Smart?
We want it all: the opportunities and excitement of city living, and a quiet serene place to escape to at night. Although a house in the new suburbs may seem like the perfect solution, there are hidden costs. In seven fast-paced minutes, "Is Edmonton Growing Smart?" illustrates the hidden costs of suburban sprawl and, using examples from around the city, the key Smart Growth concepts that will ensure Edmonton remains a clean, healthy, vibrant place to live - long into the future.
Presenter: Made in Alberta.ca
Date Recorded: July 2008
Duration: 7:13
Sponsored by: You Tube
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lInXnsZrX44
Great Green Places (3 part series):
Everyone can name great public places, such as parks, squares, and outdoor markets found in cities across the country. But what makes these places work? Why do people seek them out and congregate there in large groups? And what makes some of public spaces “greener?" In an effort to provide a “decoder ring” to reveal what makes these places so successful, the National Building Museum presents a series of mini-documentaries that identify the specific elements that help make Great Green Places.
Dupont Circle
(Video from the National Building Museum)
In this first instalment of Great Green Places take a tour of Washington, D.C.'s Dupont Circle.
Presenter(s): Susan Piedmont-Palladino
Date Recorded: February 11, 2009
Duration: 00:06:28
Sponsored by: The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Government of the District of Columbia, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
Link: http://www.nbm.org/media/video/great-green-places/great-green-places-dupont.html
U Street (National Building Museum)
(Video from the National Building Museum)
Explore how sense of place is key to U Street's "green" factor through a tour of Washington, D.C’s U Street neighbourhood.
Presenter(s): Barbara Laurie and Jeff Speck
Date Recorded: June 8, 2009
Duration: 00:07:15
Sponsored by: U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Government of the District of Columbia, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development.
Link: http://www.nbm.org/media/video/great-green-places/great-green-places-u-street.html
Washington D.C.’s Columbia Heights Neighbourhood
(Video from the National Building Museum)
Explore how transit and mixed-use development has made for a revitalized, greener Columbia Heights.
Presenter(s): Harriet Tregoning, Director, DC Office of Planning
Date Recorded: July 8, 2009
Duration: 00:07:42
Sponsored by: Institute of Museum Library and Sciences
Link: http://www.nbm.org/media/video/great-green-places/great-green-places-columbia.html
Green and Affordable Neighborhoods
(Video from the National Building Museum)
Developer Jonathan F.P. Rose discusses his approach to affordable, environmentally-friendly urban housing. His firm’s Highlands Garden Village—a walkable, transit-oriented development project located in Denver, Colorado, is featured in the exhibition Green Community.
Presenter(s): Jonathan F.P. Rose
Date Recorded: January 6, 2009
Duration: 01:23:00
Sponsored by: United Technologies
Link: http://www.nbm.org/media/video/sustainable-communities/sustainable-communities.html
Health & the Built Environment
Can the Suburbs Kill You?
Measuring the Health Effects of Urban Sprawl
(Video from the National Building Museum)
The series commences with a look at the long-term health impacts of living in the suburbs.
Presenter(s): Dr. Howard Frumkin, Glen Barnard, Robert Fishman, Margaret Walls, and Susan Piedmont-Palladino (moderator)
Date Recorded: September 26, 2007
Duration: 01:29:04
Sponsored by: The Home Depot Foundation
Link: http://www.nbm.org/media/video/greener-good/for-the-greener-good-can-the.html
Together We Are the Answer
(Video from Alberta Health Services)
This video explores the connection between health and where we live.
Duration:
Sponsored by: Alberta Health Services
Link: http://hwcdn.net/g7q5e3j3/wms/healthy-environments-presentation-wmv7.wmv.asx
Creating Healthy Communities
(Video from the National Building Museum)
Discussions on how the built environment affects our health and presents new models for sustainable development, including Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia, a former brownfield site.
Presenter(s): Howie Frumkin
Date Recorded: April 2, 2009
Duration: 01:24:46
Sponsored by: United Technologies
Link: http://www.nbm.org/media/video/sustainable-communities/creating-healthy-communities.html
Our Environment
Saving Money by Going Green
(Video from the National Building Museum)
Jim Sargent, GMB, CGB, founding partner of AndersonSargent Custom Builder, Dallas, TX, tells us how we can go home and go green.
Presenter(s): Jim Sargent
Date Recorded: November 18, 2006
Duration: 00:05:02
Link: http://www.nbm.org/media/video/greenovation/saving-some-green-by-going-gre.html
The Green Kitchen Bug
(Video from the National Building Museum)
Dream Green Kitchens by Jennifer Roberts, LEED AP; author of the recently published Good Green Kitchens and other books about sustainable design.
Presenter(s): Jennifer Roberts
Date Recorded: November 18, 2006
Duration: 00:04:41
Link: http://www.nbm.org/media/video/greenovation/the-green-kitchen-bug.html
ICLEI World Congress Edmonton 2009 - Keynote Presentations
In June 2009, 600 participants from 57 countries gathered in the City of Edmonton for the triennial World Congress of 'ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability', a global network of 1100 cities working on sustainable development. The program touched upon many areas of urban environmental sustainability, from Climate & Energy to Biodiversity and from Resilience & Adaptation to Water.
Presentations from this event can be viewed at: http://www.iclei.org/index.php?id=8567
Architecture & Design
Tour of the Glidehouse
(Video from the National Building Museum)
Designed by Michelle Kaufmann, the Glidehouse is a prefabricated, green house ready to go anywhere. Take this walk through the house and get a first-hand experience of what it might be like to live in a green house.
Presenter(s): Michelle Kaufmann
Date Recorded: October 5, 2006
Duration: 00:04:06
Link: http://www.nbm.org/media/video/the-glidehouse.html
Energy
Wanted: Power, Location Anywhere but Here.
(Video from the National Building Museum)
As the country’s appetite for energy grows, there is a consensus that we need more power. But who wants a nuclear plant, wind farm, or transmission lines in their back yard?
Presenter(s): Andrew Karsner, Tyson Slocum, Jimmy Voss, Matthew Wald (moderator)
Date Recorded: November 24, 2008
Duration: 01:29:16
Sponsored by: The Home Depot Foundation
Link: http://www.nbm.org/media/video/greener-good/wanted-power-location.html
Affordable Housing
San Mateo Affordable Housing Why We Wouldn’t be a Community Without It
San Mateo residents and leaders share about the importance of affordable housing in their community.
Presenter: San Mateo County Department of Housing
Date Recorded: June 2007
Duration: 5:16
Sponsored by: You Tube
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKvdqIFkdxA
