March 20-21, 2009
Register now online at the Oklahoma Sustainability Network websitehttp://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 atwww.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, formerRolling 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. 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.