Regenerative Design Conference - Friday June 18th -- Morristown, NJ -- FREE
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70 Whippany Rd
Morristown, NJ 07960
In 2004 the NJ Legislature adopted a strict regulatory framework for the NJ Highlands region, the source of drinking water for much of Northern NJ. In 2008, the Highlands Council adopted a Regional Master Plan to further guide (re)development in this ecologically sensitive region. The intention of both the plan and the regulations is to improve, over time, the environmental performance of both the built environment and degraded natural resources.
Regenerative design takes the approach that sustainable (re)development can both enhance degraded natural systems and correct dysfunctions in built environments resulting from past practices. Regenerative interventions seek to build, improve and strengthen new and existing environments, places, economies and communities. This conference will discuss the potential for regenerative design interventions at various scales, from the individual parcel to the larger region, focusing on infrastructure, stormwater, wastewater and water reuse, retrofitting the built environment, sustainable agriculture, habitats, stream corridor restoration, and municipal and civic projects and operations
Organized By:
Regional Plan Association, with support from the New Jersey Highlands Council.Sponsored By:
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Leon Lowenstein Foundation, the NJ Officeof Smart Growth and the NJ Chapter of the USGBC.
The Event:
At this one-day , free to the public, high-impact conference, leading-edge professionals willpresent a variety of regenerative techniques, projects and best practices relevant to the New Jersey Highlands,
with an emphasis on stormwater, wastewater reuse, habitat restoration, stream corridor restoration,
water conservation, sustainable agriculture and retrofitting the built environment. The speakers
will consider questions such as:
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How does regenerative design advance traditional notions of sustainable development?o
How can regenerative design meet or exceed the environmental mandates required by the Highlands rulesand the Highlands Regional Plan?
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What successful regenerative strategies, methods, techniques, technologies and models are currently available?o
How can we recognize a regenerative project design or proposal?o
How can regenerative design in practice inform future policy decisions?The Audience:
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Municipal, regional and state policy-makers, elected and appointed officials, administrators, facilitiesmanagers and public works directors
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Property ownerso
Business leaders and non–profits in the fields of agriculture, environmental technology, sustainable development,construction and home building, infrastructure, transportation, utilities and natural resource
management
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Architects, landscape architects, engineers, planners and other design professionalso
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