Speaking

Christine Ervin has been featured at more than 200 international, national and local conferences.

Drawing from her experience leading a diverse array of organizations, she focuses on drivers for sustainable markets, strategies and case studies. Christine is known for blending authoritative content with an engaging style and humor; for inspiring actions in our lives and professions.

Frequent topics include:

	high performance green buildings: the market, the business case, exceptional projects (and people), it’s impact beyond bricks and mortar
	clean energy—the special case of energy, lessons learned, what’s right and wrong with governmental policy; today’s exciting coming-of-age markets.
	climate change – the challenge and opportunity of our lifetimes
	the power of a positive vision in accelerating sustainable markets

For more information, including fees and availability, please contact Christine’s speaker bureaus or contact her directly.

[back to top]

Sample video:

The Exuberant World of Green Building

Sample testimonials:

"Christine consistently delivers with eloquence, insight and grace….Her knowledge of the global energy situation and of the progress of green building market transformation allows her to make her points in ways that move her audience to take action. Her work and speaking are prime examples of the adage: think globally, act locally.” (Jerry Yudelson, Yudelson Associates; Chair, Greenbuild™ 2003-2007)"

"Christine’s keynote for the 2006 Western Energy Conference was equal parts factual data on the state of climate change science and inspiration that we can collectively do something about it…. I strongly recommend Christine for any conference or event looking for an articulate vision of a truly sustainable future.” (Stan Price, Executive Director, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance.)"

"STOP, LOOK and LISTEN sums up Christine’s presentation at the 2007 Consumer Trends Forum International. For many in the audience, she brought the remote, thought-about-once-in-awhile to the forefront and left all with the mandate to act so that green buildings are thought about every single time a decision is made about our home, working or commercial environments. (Joy Daniel, President-elect, CTFI.)"

"…Christine Ervin was a wonderful speaker in two venues.  (She) took on the sobering topics of climate change and environmental degradation and balanced it with sources of hope and humor that left people feeling better informed and fortified to meet challenges…"  (Faculty Coordinator for 2006 Earth Day, University of South Carolina)

"Christine Ervin was every bit as engaging of a speaker as we hoped she would be. She shared her considerable knowledge of, and experience with, the green-buildings movement with warmth and humor……" (Managing Editor for HPAC Engineering, HPAC Green Building Engineering Conference and Expo, 2005)

"Christine is an engaging and thought provoking speaker who presents green building concepts with clarity and insight. She is one of the keystones of the market based transformation underway in the U.S. building industry…Her delightful discussion at the BGI Speaker Series built on that foundation…leading to steps needed to translate the potential of green buildings toward a deeper level of sustainability.” (Bert Gregory AIA, President & CEO, Mithun)"

"…I have had the opportunity to be present at many of her speaking engagements and always marvel at how she always - just nails it." (Director, Energy and Environmental Affairs, Johnson Controls)

Sample Venues (all are keynotes or plenary speeches for national conferences unless otherwise noted)

ACORE’s 2007 Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (panel)
American Concrete Industry
American Solar Energy Society (multiple)
Aquinas College, Wege Foundation Speaker Series
Arizona State University, Wrigley Speaker Series on Sustainability
Association of Energy Service Companies
Bainbridge Graduate Institute Speaker Series
Ball State University—Greening the Campus V
Central Piedmont Community College Futures Institute (2006 Earth Day)
City of Milwaukee’s 10th Annual Environmental Business Conference National
College and University Association of Business Officers, Western Region
Consumer Trends Forum International (2007)
Earth Day 2006: University of South Carolina
Earth Day 2007: Pennsylvania State University
Energy Efficiency Forum 2007: Washington, D.C.
Focus Green: Conversations on Climate Change Speaker Series, Maui
Greenbuild™ 2007: Women in Green (panel)
HPAC’s Second Annual Engineering Green Buildings Conference and Expo
Idaho’s 2005 Energy Conference
International Soil Erosion Association – 2007 Annual Conference and Expo
Los Angeles Community College District’s Annual Sustainability Conference
National Conference on Building Commissioning
Nth Power Venture Capital Energy Technology – 2007 Annual Forum
Portland Public Schools: ReshapeSchools symposium (panel)
Service Master's Annual Meeting 2007
Sun Microsystems’ Summit on 21st Century Eco-Responsibility (panel discussion)
University of Nevada
University of Oregon, 2005 Sustainable Business Symposium
Urban Land Institute (panel)
U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Rebuild America
U.S. EPA National Brownfield Conference (plenary panel discussion)
USGBC’s Midwest Region’s ‘Greening the Heartland’ Conference and Expo
West Coast 2006 Energy Management Congress
World Energy Engineering Congress

[back to top]