Program

8:15 registration & coffee

8:45 gather, opening remarks

Melissa Everett, SHV

Bob Elliott, NY Planning Federation

9:00 Hunter Lovins, “The Climate Crisis -- A Natural Capitalist Response”

introduced by Rick Alfandre, Alfandre Architecture

w/ discussion

10:00 Kim Lundgren, Local Governments for Sustainability

Cool Communities and Climate Innovation

10:45 Networking break w/ coffee, cider, pastries

11:00 Community as Foundation for Prosperity: Panel

David Hess: Technology in community

Wayne Fawbush: Cluster development in Oregon, Vermont and North Carolina

Gwendolyn Hallsmith: Burlington’s Legacy and economy (and its replication)

Melissa Everett: the “living economies” movement

12:30 Buffet LUNCH at Multi-Purpose Room, Student Union Building

Presentation of the Jane Jacobs Community Vision Award by Bob Elliott, Executive Director, NY Planning Federation , to Deborah Meyer DeWan.

12:45 Lunchtime keynote: The Low Carbon Diet for households and workplaces - David Gershon

1:30 continue lunch discussions – optional walking tour to New Paltz Village Hall solar installation w/ John Wright, Hudson Valley Clean Energy

2:00 Industry breakout groups

1. Food, farms, forests w/ William Reinhardt, NYSERDA, Andy Turner, Agroforesty Resource Center

2. Restoration economy w/ Paul Mankiewicz, Gaia Institute

3. Clean, distributed and renewable energy w/ David Dell, Sustainable Profitability Group and Michael O’Hara, Commissioner of Public Works, City of Hudson.

4. Materials new and old – Tom Kacandes, Green Box Recycling and David Goldbeck, coauthor, Choose to Reuse

5. The real creative economy: arts and communication for community renewal w/ Penny Dell, National Association of Women Artists, Vindora Wixom, Arts Society of Kingston, Wayne Fawbush

3:15 Refreshments and coffee replenished, move directly into wrapup session

3:30 Final plenary: group reports and collaborative action

Facilitated by David E. Church, Orange County Commissioner of Planning, and Melissa Everett, Executive Director, Sustainable Hudson Valley

4:45 Adjourn the conference

5:30 – 7:00 Cocktail party for speakers, sponsors and friends

$25 benefits SHV’s conference followthrough

Special New Paltz location– info w/ registration