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: Unnamed

Convener:

SESSION 'HEADLINES':
  • Sustainable Asheville has a list serve, Tracy Davis has this information.
  • Wally with Main.NC - Progress Energy is trying to generate list serve. Joel Basset is an important list serve.
  • Hot agendas: water and clean air is needed to promote sustainability issues in main-stream media. Asheville Citizen Times is a target. Political action committee to work region wide to elect environmental leaders and to keep the pressure on.
  • Regional: Sustainable Western North Carolina, Sustainability, Alliance of the Mountains.
*NECESSARY/DESIRED ACTION: (Declarative Statements)


PARTICIPANTS:
  • Angela Leonard comanche3537@yahoo.com
  • Jeanne Cummings jeannecharlie@bellsouth..net
  • Tom Galleher tomg@heritagedirections.com
  • John Stevens stevens@unca.edu
  • Sarah Murphy allaspiaggia@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.
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