David Owen

David Owen, author of Green Metropolis and The Conundrum.

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Recent speaking engagements:

 

Alfred Deakin Lectures
"Brave New World? The Climate Change Challenge"
Keynote lecture and panel discussion: "Innovating the Cities"
Sponsored by the State Government of Victoria and the Wheeler Centre
Federation Square
Melbourne, Australia
Lecture video



"Remaking the Chinese City"
Panel discussion: "Greening the Chinese City"
Asia Society
New York, New York

 

"Invisible Cities: an Urban Biodiversity Conference"
Lecture and panel discussion: "Green Metropolis"
Sonsored by the Ministry of Natural Resources
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada

 

"Locating Leadership in an Uncertain World"
Panel discussion: "Cities Respond to Climate Change"
Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
New York, New York

 

Aspen Environment Forum
Panel discussions: "The Great Energy Challenge"
and "Going to the Country"
Aspen Institute
Aspen, Colorado

 

Lecture: "Cities and Sustainability"
Sponsored by Great City
Town Hall
Seattle, Washington

 

Lecture: "The Conundrum"
Berkeley Carroll School
Brooklyn, New York 

 

Panel discussion:
"Is Local Agriculture Good For the Environment?"
Museum of the City of New York
New York, New York

 

Keynote lecture: "Growing a Sustainable City"
Annual Meeting
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth, Texas

 

Lecture: "Green Metropolis"
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Chicago, Illinois

 

Lecture: "Green Manhattan"
Sponsored by Global Civic Policy Society
Vancouver Playhouse Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia

 

WORKTECH10 New York
Keynote lecture: "Why Downtown is Greener Than Vermont"
Sponsored by Unwired
Time & Life Building
New York, New York

 

Queensland Growth Management Summit
Keynote lecture and panel discussion by videoconference:
"Green Metropolis"
Sponsored by State of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia

 

"Bill's Design Talks"
Lecture and discussion: "David Owen and Our Green Metropolis"
Smithsonian Institution
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
New York, New York

 

Panel discussion: "Creating the Next Conservation Movement"
New York Academy of Sciences
& The Nature Conservancy
New York, New York

 

"Between the Lines"
Discussion and interview: "Green Metropolis"
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
Atlanta, Georgia

 

 

Lecture: "Green Metropolis"
Real Estate Development Program
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Columbia University
New York, New York

 


Chancellor's Lecture
"Green Metropolis and Urban Sustainability"
University of Illinois-Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

 

 

"Our Cities, Ourselves"
Panel discussion: "The Future of Transportation in Urban Life"

Sponsored by the American Institute of Architects
The Center for Architecture
New York, New York

 

Aspen Ideas Festival
Panel Discussion: "Is Energy Efficiency a False Promise?"
Aspen Institute
Aspen, Colorado

 

Harriet Elliott Lecture Series
Keynote Lecture: "Greening Greensboro"
University of North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina 

 

"Book Talk"
Lecture: "Green Metropolis"
The Skyscraper Museum
New York, New York

 

"Big and Super-Green: From Buildings to Cityscapes"
Keynote lecture: "Green Metropolis"
Sponsored by Architectural Record and GreenSource
McGraw-Hill Companies
New York, New York

 

David Owen featured in "The Green Apple"
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PBS Television Series
Making "The Green Apple," podcast:



For more information, please contact Megan Halpern, Penguin Speakers Bureau, megan.halpern@us.penguingroup.com, or (212) 366-2263. Penguin Speakers Bureau

 

 

 

Books

  • : The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse

    The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse
    Riverhead 2012

  • : Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability

    Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability
    Riverhead 2010

  • : The Walls Around Us: The Thinking Person's Guide to How a House Works

    The Walls Around Us: The Thinking Person's Guide to How a House Works
    Vintage 1992

  • : My Usual Game: Adventures in Golf

    My Usual Game: Adventures in Golf
    Doubleday 1995

  • : Around the House: Reflections on Life Under a Roof

    Around the House: Reflections on Life Under a Roof
    Villard 1998

  • : The Making of the Masters: Clifford Roberts, Augusta National, and Golf's Most Prestigious Tournament

    The Making of the Masters: Clifford Roberts, Augusta National, and Golf's Most Prestigious Tournament
    Simon & Schuster 1999

  • : The Chosen One: Tiger Woods and the Dilemma of Greatness

    The Chosen One: Tiger Woods and the Dilemma of Greatness
    Simon & Schuster 2001

  • : Hit & Hope: How the Rest of Us Play Golf

    Hit & Hope: How the Rest of Us Play Golf
    Simon & Schuster 2003

  • : The First National Bank of Dad: A Foolproof Method for Teaching Your Kids the Value of Money

    The First National Bank of Dad: A Foolproof Method for Teaching Your Kids the Value of Money
    Simon & Schuster 2003

  • : Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg--Chester Carlson and the Birth of Xerox

    Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg--Chester Carlson and the Birth of Xerox
    Simon & Schuster, 2004

  • : Sheetrock & Shellac: A Thinking Person's Guide to the Art and Science of Home Improvement

    Sheetrock & Shellac: A Thinking Person's Guide to the Art and Science of Home Improvement
    Simon & Schuster 2006