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We told you about Design Green Now last year, but the 2009 lineup is set and looks pretty sweet.

Pratt hosts the opener April 1st. Panelist include Mitchell Joachim, PhD, of Terreform 1, and voted by Wired as "one of the top 15
people the Obama administration should tap for environmental strategies." He will be talking about growing animal-free leather in the Brookyln-based bio-lab to be used for accessories. Rolling Stone also included him in their list of the top 100 people changing America.

Tiffany Threadgould, Chief Design Junky, TerraCycle, will present at the "Totally Wasted" panel at FIT on April 2nd about the products they are making from industrial waste streams.

Serge Appel, AIA, Associate Partner at Cook+Fox Architects will present on the Energy panel at Parsons on April 13th about the Bank of America Building, and a new project that springboards off of it.

Moderators for the series include Susan Szenasy, Editor in Chief, Metropolis and Dan Rubinstein, Design Editor, Surface Magazine

The series wraps up at Smart Design in May with a Design Jam. More specifics to be announced at the panels.

...And if you like what these guys are up to with Design Green now, hop on over to ideablob.com and give them a vote. (They are finalists in the current competition and could use some help winning $20,000 to keep the events going.)

Videos from previous events on the west coast are available at designgreennow.com