Announcement: Pratt's 2nd Annual Green Week Continues Through March 28

Pratt's annual Green Week celebration continues to expand. This year's
program includes gallery exhibits, competitions, talks, films, hands-on
activities, and more. Topics covered during this years Green Week events
include sustainable materials, transportation options, environmental
justice, local environmental actions, or global solutions for
sustainability. All Green Week events are free and open to the public.

Organizers say the goal is to spread the word of sustainable living and
to raise awareness of all the initiatives taking place at Pratt Institute
and throughout the Pratt community. The events will be held in a variety
of locations across the Brooklyn campus, including Pratt Studios in the
Juliana Curran Terian Design Center, Higgins Hall, the ARC and, weather
permitting, tents on the main campus lawn.

ACCLAIMED DESIGNER PAUL POLAK TO DELIVER GREEN WEEK KEYNOTE

This year's keynote address will be delivered on Thursday, March 27 by
Dr. Paul Polak, author of the acclaimed book Out of Poverty and founder
of the social design network D-Rev: Design for the Other 90% and the
Colorado-based non-profit International Development Enterprises (IDE),
dedicated to developing practical solutions that attack poverty at its
roots. In spring 2007, the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design
Museum in New York showcased the exhibition "Design for the Other 90%,"
which was inspired by Polak's work. The show featured affordable and
socially responsible objects, including several IDE water irrigation and
storage tools. In his keynote address, Dr. Polak will discuss the 800
million people worldwide who are living on less than a dollar a day, and
how we can design products that enable them to elevate their economic
status. The address will take place at 6 PM in Higgins Hall Auditorium.
It is free and open to the public.

A full schedule of Green Week 2008 events is available at:
http://www.sustainablepratt.org/greenweek/

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