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: Education & Classroom

Convener: Keith Bamberger Email keith.bamberger@ncmail.net

SESSION 'HEADLINES':
  • Visual Emersion Tour with Illuminati to introduce climate change
  • How to engage students to get a different energy perspective - students educate parents
  • * Energy Use Challenge - competition between schools for bragging rights and prize
  • Connecting the emotional aspects and practical actions
  • Hands on in the field programs
  • Programs using actors and drama to inspire
  • Changing social norms, making sustainability as cool as football (Environmental Warriors).
*NECESSARY/DESIRED ACTION: (Declarative Statements)
  • Focus on concrete actions not abstract ideas
PARTICIPANTS:
  • Joan Walker joanmadison@gmail.com
  • Kale Olson kale.olson@ubs.com
  • Joseph B. Malki vp@sevenstarevents.com
  • Martha Thompson Martha.thompson@pgnmail.com
  • Ellie Johnston johnstonellie@gmail.com
  • Kim Quick klquick@unca.edu



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.