On November 30th, the Los Angeles Community College District held its annual Sustainability Conference at the Biltmore Hotel. The conference was well attended, with over 500 guests visiting the exhibit booths and taking part in the proceedings.
PIPE’s Mike Massey delivered a keynote address at the event. Taking note of the remarkable progress of the green movement, Massey stressed the opportunity for young people to take advantage of the Green Revolution in its early stages. Assessing the construction industry over the past two decades and examining the difference between the old ways and the new, Massey said,
“This time the adjustments aren’t just about changes in codes or materials. Green construction means a permanent change in thinking; there is a philosophical change driving these technologies. The message is that the changes aren’t going to stop but will continue as the philosophy matures. In other words, Green is now, and the future, but only the ‘now’ is knowable for certain.”
PIPE’s Mike Massey delivered a keynote address at the event. Taking note of the remarkable progress of the green movement, Massey stressed the opportunity for young people to take advantage of the Green Revolution in its early stages. Assessing the construction industry over the past two decades and examining the difference between the old ways and the new, Massey said,
“This time the adjustments aren’t just about changes in codes or materials. Green construction means a permanent change in thinking; there is a philosophical change driving these technologies. The message is that the changes aren’t going to stop but will continue as the philosophy matures. In other words, Green is now, and the future, but only the ‘now’ is knowable for certain.”
Massey stressed that the work of the piping industry always left an indelible footprint upon the air, water and land, and that the industry of the future would have to work as hard to reduce that footprint as it did at its original calling. During the conference, PIPE staffers made showed a video presentation and offered materials to recruit students into its various apprenticeship programs.
The audience was very pleasantly surprised when author Gore Vidal made an unscheduled but very welcome appearance; the venerable writer and social commentator spoke for half an hour about the effect of contemporary politics on the local Green movement and departed to warm applause.
Michael McGrorty
PIPEGreen editor
Michael McGrorty
PIPEGreen editor
