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    What’s Possible: Health, Equity, and Climate-Aligned Affordable Housing, September 17, Basalt, Colorado

  • 17 September 2024
  • Event Host : RMI - Rocky Mountain Institute
  • Event Location : The Arts Campus At Willits (TACAW), 400 Robinson Street Basalt, Basalt, CO, United States
What’s Possible: Health, Equity, and Climate-Aligned Affordable Housing, September 17
Event Description

Join RMI and TACAW for an inspiring evening dedicated to solutions for healthy, safe, and climate-aligned affordable housing! This event celebrates the release of the groundbreaking book, What’s Possible: Investing NOW for Prosperous, Sustainable Neighborhoods, a compelling collection of 25 essays written by climate and community development experts. 

Renowned climate activist Catherine Coleman Flowers, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, will deliver the keynote address, sharing her powerful work in transforming communities through strategic and collective action.

Following the keynote, the panel will feature leading experts in health, climate, and energy equity as they relate to affordable housing. The speakers will delve into pressing local issues and explore innovative solutions that benefit tenants and reduce climate-harming emissions from across the United States.

Following the event, there will be a networking reception with refreshments. Complimentary copies of the What’s Possible book will be available for attendees.

  • Host Company/Organization Name
    • RMI - Rocky Mountain Institute
  • Speakers / Presenters
    • Jon Creyts
      CEO, RMI (opening remarks)

      Catherine Coleman Flowers
      Founder, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (keynote)

      Srinidhi Sampath Kumar
      Interior West Policy Manager, RMI

      Maggie Super Church
      Director of Policies and Programs, Massachusetts Community Climate Bank

      April Long
      Program Director, Western Mountain Regional Housing Coalition

      Michael Reiner
      Analyst & Policy Advisor, Office of Energy Justice Policy & Analysis, DOE
  • Cost
    • FREE Event
  • Event type
    • Event - Other

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