Forging a Sustainable Future Schedule
March 3-4, 2012
San Diego State University
Saturday, March 3, 2012
7:45am – 9:00am- Sign in and Continental Breakfast.
9:00am – 9:10am- MC Stephen Whitburn – Welcome and introduce Congresswoman Susan Davis.
9:10am – 9:30 am-Opening remarks by Congesswoman Susan Davis.
9:30am – 10:30am – Joseli Macedo, Ph.D., Director: Center for International Design & Planning, Univ. of Florida. Sustainablility in Curitiba, Brazil. Live from India via Skype.
10:30am – 10:45am- Break
10:45am – 11:00am– Becoming renewable energy self-sufficient in the San Diego/Tijuana Region presentation by Dr. Heather Honea; Eco-Economist, San Diego State University.
11:00am – 12:30am- Becoming renewable energy self-sufficient panel discussion and town hall symposium: Audience questions and comments to panel and panel responses.
With Captain Marko Medved, P.E., Civil Engineer Corps, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, Operations Officer; Kevin Beiser, San Diego Unified School District; David Taylor, IBEW; Andrew Berg, NECA; Mike Bullock, Sierra Club; and Jim Bell, Eco-Designer.
12:30 – 1:25 – Lunch and networking.
1:25pm – 1:35 – Welcome to San Diego Stae University by Geoff Chase, Dean of SDSU’s Division of Undergraduate Studies.
1:35am – 2:00pm– Becoming water self-sufficient presentation by Jim Bell, Eco-Designer.
2:00pm – 3:15pm– Becoming water self-sufficient panel discussion and town hall symposium: Audience questions and comments to panel and panel responses.
With Dr. Heather Honea, Eco-Economist; Hon. Lori Saldana, Clinton Administration appointee
to The Advisory Council of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, and former Assembly Speaker pro Tempore; Greg Chick, Certified Trainer for Green Plumbers Accreditation with the International Assoc. Plumbing Mechanical officials; and Oscar Romo, Ph.D., Tijuana River Estuary.
3:15pm – 3:30pm- Break
3:30 – 3:32 - Keynote speaker introduction by Hon. Lori Saldana.
3:32pm – 4:30pm
– Keynote address by Professor Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
4:30pm – 5:30pm- VIP reception with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
4:30pm – 6:30pm– Cocktail reception; hors d’ oeuvres and networking.
5:30pm – 6:00pm- Book signing with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
7:45am-9:00am- Sign in and Continental Breakfast
9:00am-9:05am- MC Stephen Whitburn. Welcome and introduction.
9:05am -9:50am- Morgan Pitts of American University on the “the 30,000 foot view,” addressing how all areas of a region must work together, culturally, economically, and environmentally. Pitts has presented to the European Parliament in Brussels, is currently providing research support for the NRDC’s green building team in Beijing and conducting research for the United Nations University for Peace.9:45am – 10:30am- Sustainability presentation.
10:30am-10:45am – Break
10:45am – 11:00am- Becoming food self-sufficient presentation by Jim Bell.
11:00am– 12:30pm- Becoming food self-sufficient panel discussion and town hall symposium: Audience questions and comments to panel and panel responses.
With Congressman Bob Filner, 100% score from The League of Conservation Voters; Jim Bell, Eco-Designer; Britt Cool, Accredited Professional, American Rainwater Capture Society of America; Richard Anthony, Zero Waste San Diego; Steve Wright, President, 4 Walls International Incorporated; Jim Mumford, GoodEarthPlants.com.
12:30pm – 1:30 Lunch and networking mixer
1:30pm – 2:00 - Richard Anthony on Zero Waste.
2:00 – 2:30 Steve Wright on field research in the rainforests of Malaysia and how it fueled his will to co-create 4Walls International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing bio-shelter, clean water harvesting, thermoregulation, access to food to people living in the canyons of Tijuana, just south of the San Diego, U.S. border.
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 4:00 – Plenary Panel, bringing it all together.
4:00 – 4:20 – Award ceremonies: Green Business and student projects.
4:20 – 4:45 Closing remarks
4:45 – 5:00 Thank you from Dr. Mark Hanson, President, Heartland Coalition.
5:00- 6:30 Cocktail reception; hors d’ oeuvres and networking
Speakers, Panelists
and Presenters
Professor Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Congressman John Garamendi; Congresswoman Susan Davis; Congressman Bob Filner; Councilmember Marti Emerald; Professor Lori Saldana, Dr. Heather Honea; Jim Bell; School Board Member Kevin Beiser; Mike Bullock , Sierra Club; Jim Waring, Clean Tech San Diego; Morgan Pitts, NRDC Sustainability Consultant; Steven Wright, 4Walls International …
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