Atlanta, GA – March 9, 2017 – Southface has long understood the value of partnership in creating sustainable homes, workplaces and communities. With a call for “Raising Consciousness, Tipping the Balance,” the Southface Fulcrum Awards program was designed to recognize people, programs, buildings, movements, organizations and more that all demonstrate excellence in pursing Southface’s vision: a regenerative economy, responsible resources use and social equity through a healthy built environment for all. The second annual awards were presented yesterday at Southface’s 19th annual Greenprints Conference.
Southface solicited a diverse panel of jurors who are leaders in equity, environmental policy, community planning and architecture. Each juror has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the Southface mission in addition to having an exceptional understanding of holistic perspectives on sustainability. This year’s jurors were: Rob Bennett, CEO, EcoDistricts; Doug Hooker, Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission; Ryan Gravel, Principal, Sixpitch; Dwayne Patterson, Director of Regional Organizing and Engagement, Partnership for Southern Equity; Makara Rumley, Principal, Hummingbird; Shane Totten, Director, Commercial Sustainability Services, Southface; and Elizabeth Ward, Design Associate, Kronberg Wall Architects – a 2016 Fulcrum Award recipient. Of the ten applicants received, three projects emerged as exemplary.
In recognition of this being a citizen-science project, rather than simply a student-science project, and because it engages the wider community in this important conversation, Project Tap In inspired the jury to create a new category—Next Generation.
