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Travel & Parking | Agenda
To assist the communities of Arizona in creating "Sustainability Task Forces" that collaborate to build capacity in sustaining the vitality of economies, environments, and the special Quality of Life attributes of Arizona’s unique places.
NOTE: Representatives of County and Municipal Governments across Arizona and New Mexico will be attending and over half the seats were spoken
for by Jan 1, 2006 - REGISTER NOW!
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Ed Fox
TITLE OF ADDRESS: "Our Energy Future: Reaching for Sustainability"
Ed is Vice-President of Arizona Public Service and former director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
Randy Hayes
TITLE OF ADDRESS: "A Green City Plan to Save the World"
Hayes is Sustainability Director for the City of Oakland, founder of the Rainforest Action Network, and producer/director of the award-winning film on Native American environmental issues "The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area."
Alisa Gravitz
Alisa is Executive Director of Co-Op America. Ms Gravitz helps industries get and stay "green", from stimulating increased recycled paper usage in the magazine industry to introducing solar energy for economies of scale and price reductions, and helping to reform predatory lending practies in the financial services sector.
CONFERENCE COORDINATORS:
Jan Bryan, CFP., First Affirmative Financial Network, and Mary Lin, M. Ed., co-founders of the the Prescott Socially Responsible Business Network (PSRBnet). Jan is a 16-year veteran in the field of socially responsible investing and has coordinated and presented at dozens of conferences and trainings sessions nationwide on sustainable and environmentally-friendly investing. Mary Lin, M. Ed., is the Marketing and Public Relations Director for Prescott College, which has been touted by Outside Magazine "for turning out smart grads with top-notch academic credentials and a healthy environmental ethos." Mary is a long-time advocate of sustainable and so-called "Green" business practices.
OTHER TOPICS COVERED:
(panels are still being formed and topics may change w/out notice- but we hope to cover all these:)
Sustainable Businesses - a platform for healthy local economies
Sustainable City Planning
Green Buildings, Public and Private
Renewable Energy for Cities, businesses, and individuals
Workforce Housing in Sustainable Cities planning
Recycling and waste reduction
Water Conservation, Rehab, and Recharge
Green Campuses - setting the standards for communities
Sustainable Materials Sourcing
Transportation for workforce development and livable cities
Urban greenspaces, CSAs and Urban food production
Funding Green Cities: creating a healthy economic climate through community investing and creative financing
Creating a Community Task Force - notes from the field and the opportunity to learn from others' experiences
Sustainable Information Technologies
Growth: a Positive, Sustainable Cities Perspective
Social Issues
Sponsored by Prescott College, PSRBnet, and Arizona Public Service
With Support from Calvert Investments, Pax World Funds, and Intel Corporation
Cost: $75 if registration is completed by Feb. 15 2006.
$100 if you register after that date.
For more information please contact Jan Bryan, CFP, at 928-771-0052
or
Mary Lin, M. Ed. at 928-350-4503
Email: green2gold@prescott.edu
Overnight accommodations packages are available - contact us if interested.
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