SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE of the MOUNTAINS (SAM)

Regional Collaboration and Action for Sustainability

Open Space Gathering, North Carolina Arboretum, November 28, 2007
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SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE of the MOUNTAINS (SAM)

November 28, 2007 - North Carolina Arboretum

Session Title: Student Collaboration with the Community

Convener: Ellie Johnston E-Mail johnstonellie@gmail.com

SESSION 'HEADLINES':
  • Highschool and university collaboration
  • UNCA and WWC students planning a Focus the Nation event and need community involvement. FTN is a nationwide symposia on climate changing engaging over 1,000 institutions in creating dialog on climate change. focusthenation.org
  • UNCA active students for a Healthy Environment working to network - email ASHEUNCA@gmail.com.
*NECESSARY/DESIRED ACTION: (Declarative Statements)
  • We need an easy way for students to collaborate at different schools on projects
  • Need a way for students to perpetuate network of community contacts for their schools' organization after they leave.
PARTICIPANTS:
  • Ellie Johnston johnstonellie@gmail.com
  • Adam Macon acmacon@unca.edu
  • Ed Maggart maggarte@ashevilleschool.org
  • Kim Quick klquick@unca.edu
  • Susan Weatherford sweather@unca.edu
  • Lori France loridaystar@yahoo.com
  • Keith Bamberger keith.bamberger@ncmail.net
  • Greg Brown browngn@charter.net
  • Allison McGehee Allison@qualityforward.org
  • Suzannah@Loftin LMLSKI@aol.com
  • Doug Hutchman Douglas.hutchman@bcsemail.org
  • Jenny Mandon jenn207@hotmail.com
  • Nina Otter ninaotter@gmail.com
  • Sarah Murphy allaspiaggia@gmail.com
  • Jim Barton jzbarton@gmail.com



Session Titles:
  1. Carolina Day School in 10 Years
  2. City vs/& County Development; Sustainable Building Problems & Information
  3. Distributed Generation
  4. Education & Classroom
  5. Faith Communities and Environmental Action
  6. Financing Solar Energy Projects for Non-profit
  7. Incentives for Energy Efficiency Buildings
  8. Make AVL & WNC a Natinal Model for NEPA 2025
  9. Media Strategies
  10. Progress Energy - Conservation Initiatives
  11. Student Collaboration with the Community
  12. Sustainable Landscape Design
  13. Sustainable Transportation
  14. UNCA Craft Campus (UNCA CC)
  15. Understanding Sustainability
  16. Unnamed
  17. The Climate Corps Project: What it is and why it's needed.