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<p class=MsoNormal style='layout-grid-mode:both'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:blue'>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</span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Don’t Wait - Register
now for the statewide Oklahoma Sustainability Conference </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>scheduled for next
week March 20-21!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Register now online
at the Oklahoma Sustainability Network website </span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://e2ma.net/go/1803808669/1647060/61323834/goto:http:/www.oksustainability.org/2009conference.php"
target="_blank"
title="http://e2ma.net/go/1803808669/1647060/61323834/goto:http://www.oksustainability.org/2009conference.php"><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.oksustainability.org/2009conference.php</span></strong></a><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span></strong> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Come learn and share with others about: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Energy</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> - speakers including Oklahoma Secretary
of Energy Robert Wegener, will explore the latest developments in
alternative energy and coal burning power plants.</span> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Activism </span></strong><strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>sessions
will teach you how to incorporate sustainable practices at home and work.
You will also learn how to organize your efforts in </span></strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Water rights</span></strong><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 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. </span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Agriculture </span></strong><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>sessions take a look at urban
farming, the Community Food Project and agriculture market concentration.</span>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Farmers markets and food cooperatives </span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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. </span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sustainable daily living </span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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 <a href="http://www.dailyacts.org/">www.dailyacts.org</a>!</span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Transportation </span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>including
sessions on electric vehicles, transit-oriented development and freight
and passenger railroad transportation.</span> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Business and Nonprofit</span></strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> will explore
marketing green business, real estate, green building codes, alternative
business structures, business pollution prevention and marketing
nonprofits.</span> <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Education</span></strong><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 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.</span> <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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 </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rolling
Stone</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
and </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Washington Post</span></em><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Register
now for the Oklahoma Sustainability Conference March 20-21 at the University of
Central Oklahoma!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Register
online at <a href="http://www.oksustainability.org/2009conference.php"
title="blocked::http://www.oksustainability.org/2009conference.php">http://www.oksustainability.org/2009conference.php</a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please forward this to anyone you know that
you think would be interested in attending.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Oklahoma Sustainability Conference
</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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 <a
href="http://e2ma.net/go/1803808669/1647060/61323834/goto:http:/www.oksustainability.org/2009conference.php"
target="_blank"
title="http://e2ma.net/go/1803808669/1647060/61323834/goto:http://www.oksustainability.org/2009conference.php"><b>http://www.oksustainability.org/2009conference.php</b></a>.
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