Cool Communities / Living Economies: Ten Years to a Green Economy
Cool Communities/ Living Economies 3:
Ten Years to a Green Economy
Climate change, fuel and food costs, economic disarray…. These crises are bringing people together with new conviction and curiosity to explore breakthrough strategies for environmental and economic well-being. Sustainable Hudson Valley’s mission is to help communities secure high quality of life in a low-carbon economy. Our third annual conference reports on progress, partnerships and emerging opportunities in the “global cooling” movement and in green development for the region. The conference addresses two aspects of green development: new building, energy and infrastructure technologies, and a return to local self-reliance to meet basic needs and care for our resources. We'll explore Nobel Laureate Al Gore's challenge to America, to mobilize for a ten-year economic transformation as if our lives depended on it - which they do.
WE REGRET THE NEED TO CANCEL SEPT 20'S PROGRAM AND WILL BE RE-SCHEDULING JAY GILBERT IN THE FUTURE.
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Featured speaker: Stacy Mitchell, Senior Researcher, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
SPECIAL DINNER SEMINAR WITH STACY MITCHELL WAS RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT 19 AT 6 PM AT SEVEN21.
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (www.ilsr.org) is a premiere research and technical assistance organization that, for thirty years, has helped communities build resilient economies from the ground up by capturing waste and shifting production toward renewable resources. Stacy Mitchell focuses on policy and market strategies for building sustainable economies on a foundation of independent business and cluster development.
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Featured speaker: Jay Gilbert, Co-Founder, B-Lab
B-Lab is the center of the fast-growing movement to re-define the legal structure of businesses using the vehicle of the B-Corporation, with a charter oriented toward environmental, social and financial bottom lines. B-Lab works closely with a number of sustainable business alliances around the country to help accelerate their members' greening while promoting financial success. (www.bcorporation.net)
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Featured speaker: Angie Vincent, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
Visionary local leaders are a major force in the wakeup to more sustainable strategies for development. The movement of local and state governments responding to climate change now involves roughly half the U.S. economy. Local Governments for Sustainability is a worldwide membership organization that provides technical assistance, sophisticated consultation and the solidarity of peers to help local leaders take the necessary steps for sustainable communities. Angie Vincent, northeast regional director, will address financing strategies to help communities go green cost-effectively. (www.iclei.org)
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Cool Communities/ Living Economies 3
September 19 – 20, 2008,
at the Seven21 Media Center,
721 Broadway, Kingston, NY
Generously sponsored by Chronogram, the Ellenbogen Group, Ulster County Development Corporation, Wiley Electronics, Herrington's Lumber, Alfandre Architecture, Altren Geothermal, Synergis Zero Waste Group, Advanced Energy Panels, the Estuary Training Program, and Prism Solar Technologies.
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