Below is a list of current and future events being planned by AIGA chapters.  Please check back often for events in your area.  If you are planning an event or would like to talk with someone within your chapter about organizing a future event, please see the list of chapter liaisons on the right side of this page.

AIGA DC

In response to the growing desire of designers to take part in the sustainability conversation, AIGA DC is hosting a sustainability exposition on Earth Day, Tuesday April 22.

“Design Unbound: Renewing, Repurposing and Rethinking Green” will be held at the American Institute of Architects building, 1735 New York Ave, NW, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. The event will provide designers from all backgrounds the tools and awareness to implement sustainability in their own work. A variety of exhibitors, including paper companies, print vendors, “green” office suppliers, and local green businesses, will be there to network and offer advice to the attendees. Raffles, giveaways, and fun activities will complete the evening.

This is AIGA DC's first large–scale sustainability event.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
6:30 p.m. -9:00 p.m.

The American Institute of Architects
1735 New York Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20006-5292

Click here for more information.

AIGA Kansas City

(Green)Town is a benefit for the green reconstruction of Greensburg. Simran Sethi, host of the Sundance Channel’s The Green, will moderate a panel on the green redesign of tornado devastated Greensburg, Kansas. The salon will feature BNIM Architects' urban planner Stephen Hardy and Greentown director Daniel Wallch. The Sundance Channel will also screen segments from “The Good Fight“ Series. Come join us in learning how sustainable design is impacting an entire community. Enjoy local tastes from Blue Bird Bistro, Eden Alley Café, Local Burger and wine from Benziger Family estates and New Belgium Brewery Beer.

AIGA New Orleans

Green Salon 2008

Thursday, March 13, 2008
12:30 p.m. to sundown

Loyola University
Rousell Hall
New Orleans, LA

Nancy Sharon Collins
nscstationer@earthlink.net
917 392 417

AIGA New Orleans will hold its inaugural Green Salon on Thursday, March 13 at Loyola University. This afternoon–long event will feature several panel discussions about the nature of sustainability and what the New Orleans community can do to become more sustainable. In addition, the city's rich jazz heritage will be celebrated: The Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz Ensemble will perform a piece composed for this event celebrating New Orleans as a sustainable community.

Click here for more information.

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AIGA Atlanta
Phil Hamlett will be speaking Thursday, January 3 at the AIGA Atlanta Green Salon, at the Center for Design Studies.

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AIGA San Diego

AIGA San Diego Green Salon meetings are held the second Wednesday of every month. Location changes monthly. Click here for more information.

Discussion topics: Sustainable Design > offer class, hold competition, create resource book of examples with how-to techniques, develop content for AIGA Center for Sustainable Design website.

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AIGA Miami

Platform Green Launch Party

Thursday, September 20, 2007
7:00 PM–10:00 PM

Grass Restaurant & Lounge
12 Ne 40^th St
Miami, FL 33137

305 573 3355

SPEAKER:
Marc Alt
AIGA Center for Sustainable Design
http://sustainability.aiga.org/

Join us, along with Marc Alt from the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design, for our inaugural event for the 2007-08 AIGA Miami season. We kick off the season in total green fashion with the launch of Platform Green. Focusing on environmental and sustainable issues around our community.

This event welcomes any and all guests that want to join in. We welcome members and non-members alike as we share the power of design and sustainability.

Co-chair of AIGA's Center for Sustainable Design, Marc Alt talks about its mission and what designers can do to incorporate green thinking and sustainable practices into their professional lives.

We will also introduce our board and welcome any and all questions, suggestions, or feedback you may have for us. We continue to strive to bring you professional design resources and act as a mediator between you the designer and the professional world of design.

Click here for more information.

 

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AIGA Reno Tahoe



Blue | Green
A Sustainable Design Salon

August 23, 5-8pm

Cut out of work early and head up to the north shore of Lake Tahoe to learn about adding more green to your work, and your office, by implementing sustainable design principles. Educate yourself with talks by nationally recognized experts from the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design, view environmental products in the Nevada EcoNet Expo and take in the new Tahoe Environmental Research Center, all in beautiful Incline Village, Nevada.

This is an absolute don’t miss event, so please RSVP today.

SCHEDULE:
5-6:30 Beverages, Tapas, Expo and TERC (UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center) tours
6:30-8 Speaker Presentations

EVENT PRICING:
AIGA Members: Free
Sierra Nevada College Students (with ID): Free
All others: $20

SPEAKERS:
Phil Hamlett
AIGA Center for Sustainable Design
http://sustainability.aiga.org/

Andrew T. Ryan, P.E.
Pastore.Ryan Pricipal
http://pastoreryan.com/

Julie Johnson
New Leaf Paper
http://newleafpaper.com/

"Blue | Green" Event website.

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AIGA LOS ANGELES CHAPTER



"SEEing Green"   [SOLD OUT]

Confirmed Speakers:

Phil Hamlett, AIGA Center for Sustainable Design
Joy Evans, Mohawk
Cisco Pinedo, CiscoHome

WHEN:
Thursday, April 19, 2007
7 to 10pm

WHERE:
CiscoHome La Brea Showroom
440 North La Brea Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036

CO[LA]BORATE: SEEing Green will introduce designers and other creatives to products and tools that are Sustainable, Environmental and Ecological. Field experts will give short presentations on environmentally-friendly practices, and be available for small group sessions on the following topics:

• Sustainable materials, products and ideas
• Environmentally-friendly printing with recycled papers and soy-based inks
• Energy efficient computers and printers
• Reducing waste and pollution within the design studio
• Sustainable and environmentally-friendly design practices
• Local businesses that employ green ideas and processes

For more information please visit:

"SEEing Green" Event website.

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AIGA KANSAS CITY CHAPTER



"Five Great Ideas The World Needs"

Guest Speaker:
Jerry Allan, professor of design at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design

WHEN:
Thursday, April 19
5:30 Reception
6:00-8:00 Green Salon/Lecture

WHERE:
Encompas
1512 Grand Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64108

If problems are the catalyst for creativity, what are the 5 great problems we all need to address? Jerry Allan, professor of design at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design gives his interactive presentation the "5 Great Ideas the World Needs." This interdisciplinary design problem invites designers of all backgrounds to think, work and act globally.

For more information please visit:

"Five Great Ideas" Event website.

AIGA Center for Sustainable Design actively encourages AIGA Chapters across the country to organize Green Design Salons in their own communities.  The format of these events can be flexible and scaled to match the level of interest at the individual chapter level.  Salons can take the form of an official Chapter sponsored event with invited speakers, sponsors, vendors and venue, or can be as informal as a few like-minded designers gathering at a cafe.

Many AIGA Chapters have already created events around the topic of green design, and several have active Environmental Chairs or committees dedicated to developing programming and resources for their individual chapters and communities.  Below you will find an updated list of planned chapter activities.  Please check back often for events in your area.

It is our hope that motivated individuals in each chapter will help create a community of practice around the topic of sustainable design, and will create programming and dialog that addresses the needs and professional interests of the AIGA membership locally.  We are in the process of identifying individuals within each chapter who are passionate about sustainability and who would be interested in serving as points of contact for CFSD within each chapter.  If you are interested in being considered for this role, please refer to the CFSD Chapter Liaison section at right.