[OKC] FW: OK Sustainability Conference Next Week!!

[Shauna Struby]

FYI - This year's conference is shaping up to be one of the best yet! This
is a great opportunity to network, brainstorm with others, and be inspired.
If you can't come both days, try to come for one. Hope to see you there! --
Shauna

 

Don't Wait - Register now for the statewide Oklahoma Sustainability
Conference 

scheduled for next week March 20-21!

  

Register now online at the Oklahoma Sustainability Network website
<http://e2ma.net/go/1803808669/1647060/61323834/goto:http:/www.oksustainabil
ity.org/2009conference.php>
http://www.oksustainability.org/2009conference.php. 

  

Come learn and share with others about: 

*	Energy - speakers including Oklahoma Secretary of Energy Robert
Wegener, will explore the latest developments in alternative energy and coal
burning power plants.  
*	Activism sessions will teach you how to incorporate sustainable
practices at home and work.  You will also learn how to organize your
efforts in 
*	Water rights and the importance of water quality for recreational
use. Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmonson will discuss protecting water
resources.   Oklahoma Secretary of the Environment J.D. Strong will lead a
panel discussion on water rights.  
*	Agriculture sessions take a look at urban farming, the Community
Food Project and agriculture market concentration.  
*	Farmers markets and food cooperatives will be one of several panel
discussion topics. Bob Waldrop, founder of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative and
local advocate for social and environmental responsibility, will lead the
panel. 
*	Sustainable daily living featuring Trathen Heckman, founder and
executive director of California-based Daily Acts, an organization that
promotes and educates on earth-friendly lifestyles for individuals.  Check
him out at www.dailyacts.org <http://www.dailyacts.org/> !
*	Transportation including sessions on electric vehicles,
transit-oriented development and freight and passenger railroad
transportation. 
*	Business and Nonprofit will explore marketing green business, real
estate, green building codes, alternative business structures, business
pollution prevention and marketing nonprofits. 
*	Education topics focus on sustainability and the student body,
sustainable university curriculum, the sustainable campus and the Oklahoma
Farm to School Program featuring representatives from Tulsa University,
Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City University and the University of
Oklahoma. 

Friday conference speakers will include city leaders from Greensburg, Kan.
who will discuss their "green" rebuilding efforts after a May 2007 tornado
leveled nearly the entire city.  On Saturday, William Greider, former
Rolling Stone and Washington Post editor, will be the keynote speaker.
Greider will discuss relevant and timely topics such as how economic and
political forces have brought us to the financial crisis of the day and how
a return to our nation's core values will bring a better, more fulfilling
society. 

 

 

Register now for the Oklahoma Sustainability Conference March 20-21 at the
University of Central Oklahoma!

Register online at http://www.oksustainability.org/2009conference.php. 

 

 

The Oklahoma Sustainability Conference will provide resources and
information on a variety of topics such as environmentally-friendly building
processes and business practices, water resources, farming, purchasing local
products and transportation. 

 

 

Please forward this to anyone you know that you think would be interested in
attending.

 

 

The Oklahoma Sustainability Conference will be March 20-21 at the University
of Central Oklahoma in Edmond with registration beginning at 8:15 a.m. each
day. Admission is $75 for both days or $42.50 for single day registration.
The Oklahoma Sustainability Network Conference is presented by the Oklahoma
Sustainability Network and hosted by Sustainable Edmond. To register or to
get times and further information, visit
<http://e2ma.net/go/1803808669/1647060/61323834/goto:http:/www.oksustainabil
ity.org/2009conference.php>
http://www.oksustainability.org/2009conference.php. 

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