On March 11 - 13, 20008 Robert Leaver of New Commons will be in Boston to facilitate the “Collaboration in Action” track with his fellow planning committee members: Amelia Amon, Bill Stillinger, Deirdre Bohan, Jamie Wolf; John Abrams, and Mark Couet . Many more are presenting. Robert will keep you posted on the Collaboration in Action track and the response to his workhop “Soul, Place, and Community with session chair John Abrams, a great buddy of ours, client, and aligned with the New Commons way.

Go to our Wiki set up by Jamie Wolf to learn more

Participate in Collaboration in Action: you can register for one day or the entire conference at:

Join us in creating a dynamic Collaborative Action Center at BE’08.

We believe that projects that intend to address whole systems require the integration of interdisciplinary thinking and experience. Therefore we believe collaborative practice is an essential foundation of sustainable practice. We are creating a common area at NESEA’s Building Energy 2008 to support Collaboration in Action, with resources and activities that support our purpose. These include a resource map that helps NESEA members recognize regional relationships, a skills exchange in which NESEA members can identify potential collaborators or job employment opportunities, design charrettes, activities for NESEA Chapters and organizations allied with NESEA’s mission, and facilitated activities to help those present to identify and link with others.

Activities will take place between sessions on the first floor across from NESEA’s Bookstore, facilitated by volunteers. You can elaborate on the ideas we’ve begun with by way of this Wiki site.? To see a full schedule and to register please go to NESEA BuildingEnergy08 Conference schedule