[H+T--Friends] January 25th Sustainability Series Webinar

This webinar may be of interest to you and your networks. ** Sustainability Series Webinar January 25! New York City's Active Design Guidelines: Process and Best Practices [1 AICP Credit typically available per webinar.  Visit www.planning.org to add the webinar to your CM log.] Friday January 25, 2013 - 12:00pm EST  New York City's Active Design Guidelines: Process and Best Practices    Featured Speaker  Ernest Hutton, FAICP, Assoc. AIA Principal, Hutton Associates, Inc. Register at http://goo.gl/vekva   Can transformations in the built environment inspire people to be more physically active, and make our communities healthier? According to a growing body of research, the answer is yes. The 'Active Design Guidelines' developed for New York City translate this knowledge into concrete strategies for a healthier, more sustainable future. Designers, planners, developers, and operations managers can adapt the Guidelines to their own projects to promote physical activity and help counteract the most pressing health epidemics of our time - poor physical fitness and obesity and their relationship to chronic diseases such as diabetes.   'New York City's Active Design Guidelines' is a 1-hour presentation and discussion session that will: * explore the relationship between health and the built environment; * provide an overview of the Guidelines and its list of urban design and building design strategies; * examine synergies between Active Design, environmental sustainability, and universal design; * share details on the LEED Innovation Credit for Physical Activity; and * highlight best practices and current planning and policy initiatives.   **