Registration 12:00 – 5:30 Antioch Graduate School       Location: Community Room

Session I: 1:00 – 3:15

A. Green Business                    Chair - Davis Taylor     Location: Dance Studio

Beth Tener, Sustainable STEP New England, The Natural Step Framework: A Tool to Capture Business Advantage through Sustainability

Anne Hewes, Antioch NE, Participatory Research: Laying the Groundwork for Implementing an Eco Industrial Park (EIP) in Southern Maine

Gray Cox, College of the Atlantic, Towards a New Theory of the Firm

Wayne Fawbush, Vermont Jobs Fund, Vermont Sustainable Jobs

Davis Taylor, College of the Atlantic, Spreading the Green: Lessons Learned   from  the Initiation of College of the Atlantic Ecological Entrepreneurship Program

B. Sustaining Non-Profit Organizations         Chair - Rebecca Purdom    Location: S206/208

David Ramsay, Merrimack River Watershed Council, Prairie Wolf Slough Wetlands Restoration: Creating a Sense of Place, Developing Stewardship and Restoring the Ecology in a Chicago Suburb

Hilary Harris and Paul Leveille, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests,  LEED Certification: Going for the Gold - Another High-Performance Building for the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests

Jan Van Buren, Vermont Alliance of Non Profit Organizations, The Policy of Pulling Together

Rebecca Purdom, Green Mountain College, New Models for Sustainable Corporate-Nonprofit Partnerships

Session II: 3:30 – 5:45

A. Sustainable Resource Management     Chair - Meriel Brooks      Location: Dance Studio

Tom Duston, Keene State College,  Beyond Demonstration Forests: An Ecological Economics Model for Large Scale Sustainable Open Space Planning in Areas Threatened By Sprawl

Kelly Ault,  Businesses for the Northern Forest, Shaping the Northern Forest Economy: Strategies for a Sustainable Future

Michael Simpson, Antioch NE, Saving the Family Farm

Tora Johnson, College of the Atlantic, Entanglements: The Intertwined Fates of Whales and Fishermen

Meriel Brooks, Green Mountain College, Vermont Recreational Fisheries: A Partial Analysis of Economic and Ecological Sustainability

B. Philosophical Perspectives I          Chair - Tom Cheetham     Location: S206/208

Pam Heckel, University of Cincinnati,  Examining Homelessness Through Building Dwelling Thinking

Edwin Kurlfink, Michigan State University, The Eco-Activist and the Conventional Farmer: Disparate Views from Common Ground

Michael Womersley, Unity College, A Peculiarly American Green: Religion and Environmental Policy In the United States

Tom Cheetham, College of the Atlantic, Quicksilver Sulfur and the Work of the World

Dinner: 6:00 – 7:15 Community Room

Keynote Address 7:15 – 8:30 Community Room

Mac MacCabe and Jay Friedlander: Changing the World One Meal at a Time: A History and a Case Study

Saturday, April 20, 2002

Registration 8:00 – 12:00   Location: Community Room

Continental Breakfast 8:00 – 9:00     Location: Community Room

Session III: 8:30 – 10:45

A. Renewable Energy and Sustainable Communities I     Chair - Steve Letendre  
     Location: Science Lab 1

Christopher Sinton, Alfred University, Solar Powered Water Pumping Can Work in the Northeast

Rhett Lamb and Christa Koehler, City of Keene, Communities for Climate Protection

Thom Meredith, McGill University, Building Community Participation in Environmental Planning: a Case Study From Montreal's West Island

Steven Letendre, Green Mountain College, "Soft Path" Technologies are Ready: An Update on Distributed Generation Technologies and Costs

B. Participatory Processes       Chair - Tom Mauhs-Pugh      Location: Dance Studio

Rebecca Romsdahl, George Mason University, Ensuring Accountability in Collaborative Decision-making

Amy Scott, College of the Atlantic, Above and Beyond Chemical Parameters: Involving Citizens in Watershed Baseline Studies

Sabine O’Hara, Green Mountain College, The Downtown Poultney Revitalization Project

Jack Calhoun, Antioch New England Institute, Vision to Action

Tom Mauhs-Pugh, Green Mountain College, Sustainability and Democratic Structures in a Market Economy

Session IV: 11:00 – 12:00

A.  A River Runs Through It: A College-Community Watershed Curriculum for Regional  Planning             Location: Dance Studio         

Richard Borden, College of the Atlantic

Kenneth Cline, College of the Atlantic

Amy Scott, College of the Atlantic

Gordon Longsworth, College of the Atlantic

Bethany Murray, College of the Atlantic

B. The Theory of Sustainable Communities   Chair - Pete Throop   Location: Science Lab 1

Phil Rice and Elizabeth Sawin, Sustainability Institute, What Living Systems Can Teach Us About Sustainable Community

Gwendolyn Hallsmith, Vermont Earth Charter Campaign, Meeting Human Needs with Community Systems: Sustainable Community Development

Ann Armbrecht, Dartmouth College, Constructing Sustainable Communities: Some Lessons Learned

Lunch  12:00 - 12:45   Community Room

Keynote Address 12:45 –1:45   Community Room

Tom Dietz, George Mason University, Thinking About Environmental Conflict

Session V: 2:00 – 3:00

A. Global Perspectives              Chair - Jennifer Wilhoit     Location: Science Lab 1

Melissa Birch, Boston University, Integration of Sustainable Development into Government Policies Programs and Institutions in Brazil: A Genuine Paradigm Shift?

Jennifer Wilhoit, Antioch NE, Creating a Network of Craft Co-operatives and Conservationists: A Critical Approach

B. Student Forum      Chair: William Throop     Location: Dance Studio

Dustin Eirdosh, College of the Atlantic, Successful Community Agroforestry Systems

Joshua Machat, College of the Atlantic, Modernity, Sustainability and the Good Life

Jasmine Peters, Green Mountain College, Agriculture in the Everglades

Session VI: 3:00 – 5:00

A. Education for Sustainability          Chair - Pete Throop    Location: Science Lab 1

Beth White, Antioch NE, Wild Treasures: Sustainability Naturally

Harry Cabot, College of the Atlantic, Brain Clocks and School Calendars: Freeing Prisoners of Time and Creating Cultures of Peace

Steve Chase, Antioch NE, Educating Environmental Activists: Developing A Model Graduate Program in Environmental Advocacy and Organizing

Pete Throop and Jared Volpe, Antioch NE, Developing a Model for Community Goal Setting

B. Philosophical Perspectives II          Chair - Bill Throop    Location: Dance Studio

Jon Jensen, Green Mountain College, Eating for a Sustainable Future

John Visvader, College of the Atlantic, Future Wild: Ecology, Sustainability and Science Fiction

Bill Lynn, The Hastings Center, Moral Carrying Capacity: Thinking Like an Animal

Bill Throop and India Burnett-Holiday, Green Mountain College, Ethical Discourse and Sustainable Communities