Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - William McDonough: Founding Principal of William McDonough + Partners, Architecture and Community Designer

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William McDonough is an internationally renowned architect and designer. Time magazine recognized him in 1999 as a Hero for the Planet. Mr. McDonough has received the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, the nation's highest environmental honor. Mr. McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, a design firm practicing ecologically, socially, and economically intelligent architecture and planning. He is also principal of MBDC, a product and systems development firm assisting companies in designing profitable and environmentally intelligent solutions. Mr. McDonough will speak about his Cradle to Cradle philosophy and design practice. This vision of the hopeful, positive, and inspiring possibilities of an environmentally and economically intelligent future by design draws inspiration from the astonishing effectiveness of natural systems. Cradle to Cradle design as opposed to "cradle to grave" offers a new paradigm for human activity that creates a sustaining relationship with the natural world by emulating living systems that are effective, cyclical, synergetic and regenerative. Read more at www.mcdonough.com.

Georgia Public Broadcasting is the multimedia education partner for the Blank Family Foundation Speaker Series. GPB is committed to distributing programs that promote sustainable ideas and practices in Georgia. Please visit gpb.org/gogreen to learn about a new weekly radio program, SUSTAINABLE GEORGIA, airing Sundays at 4:30 p.m.

GPB Television will air most recent Speaker Series event, featuring architect William McDonough, on its new digital television channel, GPB Knowledge on Wednesday, January 21 at 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday, January 28 at 2 p.m.

Watch the Jeff Greenfield Video!

Streaming now at BlankFoundation.org.

Shelby Highsmith, part of MTV's Street Team '08, reporting on the election from the point of view of young voters, covered the Greenfield event for his blog, and Shelby recorded the event using streaming video. You can view his coverage here.

Watch video from local students covering the elections.

Georgia Public Broadcasting is proud to serve as a multi-media educational partner with the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. Please visit GPB's Election 2008 website to view the recent speech by esteemed CBS News Senior Political Correspondent Jeff Greenfield presented as part of the Foundation's Speaker series. GPB's Election 2008 website also contains information about the broadcast of Greenfield's speech on GPB Knowledge in October, PBS and NPR election coverage and daily local updates from GPB Radio News.

XM Radio's POTUS '08 channel will be re-broadcasting the Greenfield. Check XM's online listings for the schedule.

You can follow Jeff Greenfield's reporting on the election by visiting the CBS News web site and using Jeff's name as the search term. To get the latest information on local elections, visit The League of Women Voters of Atlanta-Fulton County.

Speaker Series Event: Jeff Greenfield, CBS News Senior Political Correspondent

Known for his quick wit and savvy insight into politics, history, media and current events, Jeff Greenfield is one of America’s most respected commentators and journalists.

As senior political correspondent for CBS News, he contributes to CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, The Early Show, CBS News Sunday Morning and other broadcasts, as well as CBSNews.com. A three-time Emmy Award-winner, he twice has been named to TV Guide‘s All-Star News “Dream Team” as best political commentator and was cited by the Washington Journalism Review as "the best in the business” for his media analysis. From 1998 - 2007, Greenfield was a senior analyst for CNN, where he served as lead analyst for its election coverage. Greenfield was part of CNN’s on-air team working through the night in 2000 as the Bush-Gore vote count teetered back and forth.

To find recent examples of his work, visit the CBS News web site and search for stories by Greenfield.