Nationally recognized, multi-platform journalist, Jim Hackler has worked in broadcast news at CNN and is the co-curator of MODA's new multi-media exhibit Atlanta: Beyond Bricks and Sticks. He's a contributor writer and editor to a number of magazines including Delta Sky, Natural Home, and LoftLife. As the former head of two of the country's leading green building initiatives ( U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Homes and Atlanta's EarthCraft House program), Jim has been called on to help effectively communicate the green message in hundreds of publications, television programs, national conferences, workshops, blogs, websites and design charrettes.