Conference / SUSTAIN: Vancouver

Saturday, April 9, 9:30am-5:30pm

In the Gallery

SUSTAIN

1: to lengthen or extend in duration or space; 2: to provide with nourishment; 3: to supply with necessities and support; 4: to admit as valid; 5: to establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; to keep in existence; 6: to support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; 7: to affirm the validity of; 8: to prove or corroborate; confirm.

Sustainability has become a key word for building a better future. Yet, the use of the term is marked by contradictions. To sustain, by definition, means to support or maintain what is currently in place. However, in the context of rapid changes in the population, unstable economy, and diminishing resources that characterize today’s global conditions, the ground underneath is shifting drastically. How do the inhabitants of urban spaces navigate the multifarious meanings and uses of the term sustainability? What do current models of sustainability propose and what alternatives are there for re-imagining the future?

SUSTAIN: Vancouver explores this corner of the world as a model for a larger dialogue about how to shape our experience of the urban and consider meaningful ways of living together for the years to come. From farming to architecture, to new technology, to grassroots activism, this day of conversations looks at how creative and critical practices share varied understandings of the contemporary reality and anticipate different paradigms for the future.

For tickets, please call 604.662.4717.
Tickets: $65 adults; $55 members; $30 students (with valid ID).