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Tread Lightly, A Discussion About Sustainability in Design

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 from 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM (ET)

Rochester, NY

Tread Lightly, A Discussion About Sustainability in Design

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General Public Ended $15.00 $0.00
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Non-MCC Students Ended $5.00 $0.00

Event Details

How do you measure sustainability?

Mohawk Fine Papers and Rizco Design are leading their industries with programs and initiatives on sustainabillity.

Come and be inspired by their stories, and learn how your company can make a difference.

Guest Speakers

DEBRA RIZZI, Partner, Rizco Design

Debra is a founding partner of Rizco Design located in Manasquan, New Jersey. In May 2007, Debra led the design firm in the launch of Beleaf, a measurable sustainability program that ensures that a percentage of each client’s jobs are environmentally friendly.

GEORGE W. MILNER, Senior Vice President, Energy, Environmental & Government Affairs

Long an advocate for moving “beyond compliance,” George Milner is the architect of Mohawk’s forward-thinking approach to sustainability. With over 30 years at Mohawk, George Milner leads a team focused on the crafting of strategies to further reduce environmental impacts across all of Mohawk’s operations in New York and Ohio.

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Mohawk Fine Papers

When & Where



Monroe Community College Theatre, Building 4
1000 East Henrietta Road
Rochester, NY 14623

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 from 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM (ET)


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AIGA Upstate New York



AIGA's mission is to advance designing as a professional craft, strategic tool and vital cultural force.

AIGA, the professional association for design, is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice. AIGA sets the national agenda for the role of design in its economic, social, political, cultural and creative contexts. AIGA is the oldest and largest membership association for professionals engaged in the discipline, practice and culture of designing. Founded as the American Institute of Graphic Arts in 1914 as a small, exclusive club, AIGA now represents more than 19,000 designers through national activities and local programs developed by more than 55 chapters and 200 student groups.