New Mexico EGB annual Scholarships

The New Mexico Emerging Green Builders (EGB) annual scholarships to attend the US Green Building Council’s Greenbuild Conference are available now!

Apply today for your chance to go to Boston November 19-21 http://www.greenbuildexpo.org/.

These scholarships provide a unique learning opportunity for individuals that are interested in sustainable design and development and would like to take an active role in the EGB.

The application deadline is September 7, 2008.

To apply:
Become a student member of the NM USGBC Chapter http://www.usgbcnm.org/,
Provide a copy of your current schedule or proof of graduation within the past 5 years,
Fill out the attached electronic application,
Tell us why you would like to attend Greenbuild and how you intend to contribute to sustainable design and development
Commit to future involvement in the EGB and to presenting a luncheon program on Greenbuild as well as a short article on the conference (see application for details).

Return the application and required information to emurph_1999@yahoo.com with EGB Scholarship in the subject line.

Graduate Research Symposium Deadline Extended!!

The deadline for the CRP GSA Graduate Research Symposium has been extended to March 24th. The coversheet for proposals can be downloaded here.

TRANSNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM 2008, PLANNING IN MEXICO: TRADITIONS AND PEDAGOGY

PLANNING IN MEXICO: TRADITIONS AND PEDAGOGY

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING

Monday March 31
10:00 - 10:30 OPENING. Dean Roger Schluntz/ Eliseo Torres
Pearl Hall, Garcia Auditorium

1. PLANNING IN METROPOLITAN AREAS IN MEXICO CITY
10:30 – 11:30
a. The Planning Paradigm in Mexico: Fifty years of Planning Processes and Future Prospective for the XXI Century
Guest Speaker: Dr. Juan Jose Chaparro
College of Urban Regional Planning
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, UAEM


1:00 – 2:00 Pearl Hall Garcia Auditorium
b. Inner City Planning: The Plan for Alvaro Obregon County in Northern Mexico City Metropolitan Area
Guest Speaker: Professor Sergio Flores
College of Architecture, UNAM, Mexico
President: Assoc. Latinomericana de Ensenanza en Urbanismo y Planeacion, ALEUP

2:30-4:30 Visit Design Classes

5:00 PM Pearl Hall Speakers Series
The City of Morelia in Mexico and the transformations in the XIX Century that led to a World Heritage City by UNESCO.
Guest Speaker: Professor Jaime Vargas
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico

7:00 PM Reception: George Pearl Hall

Tuesday April 1st

AM Visit Design Classes

12:00 Lunch: Plaza Level, Pearl Hall

2:30 – 4:00 Pearl Hall Auditorium

2. METROPOLITAN PLANNING IN THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO
a. Planning in Secondary Cities: The Plan for Metropolitan Guadalajara, Jalisco. From State to Local Planning
Guest Speaker: Dr. Juan Angel Demerutis
Centro Universitario de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño
Universidad de Guadalajara

b. Planning in Metropolitan Mexico City Satellite Towns: The Plan for Ixmiquilpan in the State of Hidalgo.
Guest Speaker: Maestro Enrique Soto
Urban Planning Program Coordinator
UNAM, Mexico City

Reception – Hispano Chamber of Commerce

Wednesday April 2nd
10:00 – 11:00 Pearl Hall Auditorium
3. PLANNING AND LAND REGULARIZATION IN MEXICO
a. Housing Policies and Land Use
Guest Speaker: Professor Edith Jiménez
Instituto de Estudios Económicos y Regionales, CUCEA
Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico

4. PLANNING IN THE U.S.-MEXICAN BORDER
11:00 – 12:00
a. Planning for a Conurbation across Borders: El Paso TX and Ciudad Juarez
Guest Speaker: Dr. Sergio Pena
Associate Professor
University of Texas at El Paso

12:00 Plenary Session

OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IN A WONDERFUL SETTING!

From August 5-8, 2008 the annual Western Planner Conference will be held in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Those of you who have attended these conferences in the past know that they offer a great learning and networking experience with an emphasis on intermountain western issues. If you haven’t yet had the chance, the Western Planner conference this year is closer to New Mexico than it has been since 2001! Cheyenne is an easy day’s drive up I-25 from most of northern New Mexico (just over 500 miles from Albuquerque). For those of you who would rather fly, Cheyenne is an easy 1½ hour drive from Denver International Airport.

Wyoming’s capital city is located in close proximity to the Rocky Mountains and features a vibrant and revitalizing downtown area. Conference headquarters will be at the historic Plains Hotel in the heart of downtown near the restored Union Pacific depot.

In this time of tightening budgets, it should be noted that the Western Planner Conference can be experienced at a fraction of the cost of APA’s National Conference.

For further information on this great opportunity you may view the attached flyer. You may also contact Brad Stebleton, NMAPA’s representative to the Western Planner’s Board of Directors, at 505-867-7628 or bstebleton@sandovalcounty.com.

Hope to see you there!

Historic Green in New Orleans

Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development’s HISTORIC GREEN New Orleans NEEDS YOUR HELP –
Join CSED in NOLA this March!
From March 8 through March 22, the Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development (CSED) in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans (blocks away from Brad Pitt’s “Make it Right” project) is hosting a large volunteer event called HISTORIC GREEN, focused on rebuilding historic properties as sustainably as possible. Your interest and expertise are needed as CSED takes on 10 projects in 3 categories: Buildings, Spaces, and Community. EGB’s overarching goals for this effort are: to connect volunteers with existing grassroots community rebuilding programs; to provide hands-on education through lectures, demonstrations, and tours; and to directly benefit the residents of one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods during hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

The 10 projects and associated events:
A. Buildings: CSED Design Charrette, Home Preservation & Greening, Home Consulting & Testing, and Home Deconstruction
B. Spaces: Parks & Playground Restoration, Rain garden Construction, and Bayou Restoration & Access
C. Community: Lower 9 Neighborhood Assessment, Greater Little Zion Church HVAC replacement and Neighborhood Tours
D. Events: Lectures / Demonstrations, and Music / Celebration

The CSED seeks to rebuild this community not only in a physical sense, but also by rebuilding its social capital so that it can once again be a thriving neighborhood and a model of sustainability. This mixed community – low and middle income, young and elderly, artists, writers, musicians and blue-collar workers – needs your help. Since your skills lie in green design and construction, you can help in a variety of ways. Historic Green’s efforts will focus on both sustainability and preservation, “where green design and construction meets historic restoration.” An opportunity exists to green the built environment of a historic neighborhood on a scale never attempted before. So come on down to New Orleans to volunteer for a day, a week, or for the whole event!
Please visit www.historicgreen.org for more details. Check back often, as more features will become available on the Web site in the coming weeks.

For more information on the neighborhood and the history of this community, watch a Webcast on the subject at www.zerocarbonNOLA.org.