6–8:30 pm / Conversation: 7 – 8 pm

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Urban populations will grow faster in the coming years than ever before. The Bay Area has been a region at the forefront of urban sustainability, and continues to spawn many environmentally minded initiatives that hold the promise of affecting urban design and policy in other cities around the country and the globe. Join us as three individuals based in the Bay Area talk about their initiatives for sustainable urban living. John Bela, architect, designer, and member of the artist collective Rebar, is the designer of the City Hall Victory Gardens, a collaborative project currently on view in the public sphere. Shruti Narayan of the design firm Arup is the project manager on the sustainable design strategies for the new building of the California Academy of Sciences. They will be joined by a prominent Bay Area slow food chef who works with local food systems. The panel is moderated by Berin Golonu, YBCA’s Associate Visual Arts Curator and co-curator of YBCA’s upcoming exhibition The Gatherers: Greening our Urban Spheres.