Free Community Event Tacoma Urban Agriculture Panel Discussion April 9th, 11:30AM-1:30PM (bring a sack lunch) University of Washington Tacoma, YMCA Building, Rm 304 1241 S Court D St, Tacoma Join us for a discussion about Urban Agriculture in Tacoma. This event is hosted by the South Sound Chapter of Cascadia’s Green Building Council as part of the 2015 “Living Building Challenge” lecture series. The Living Building Challenge (LBC) is an international movement focused on creating buildings and communities which can sustain themselves, ourselves, and the environment for generations to come. There are seven overarching themes, called petals, which include Site, Energy, Water, Health, Materials, Equity, Beauty. Each of the petals has a subset of focal points called Imperatives. On April 9th at 11:30 the South Sound Collaborative will host a panel discussion of Imperative 02: Urban Agriculture. Many of Tacoma’s Urban Ag. practitioners, professionals, and advocates will be joining us to share how they are already strengthening our communities by growing urban food. There will be time for questions and discussion about how we can move forward together to create the healthy, local, resilient food systems after our speakers’ brief presentations. Guest Speakers Include: Harvest Pierce County Kristen McIvor Hilltop Urban Gardens Dean Jackson Swan Creek Park Food Forest Kelda Lorax Sustainable Roots Aliyah Simcoff TREE Stephanie Cholmondeley *The Event is co-sponsored by Cascadia Green Building Council, the NW EcoBuilding Guild, and the UWT Sustainability Committee. -- Nick Lorax Pacific Lutheran University, Office of Sustainability, Lead phone: (253) 535-7170 email: lorax@plu.edu