Sustainable Idaho

Conference
The Grove Hotel - Boise, Idaho
March 2 - 3, 2005

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Sustainability in the Inland Northwest: Conference Schedule - click here to download a pdf version.

This conference provides a perfect balance between “big name” keynotes you rarely get to see in person, breakout sessions where you can hear inspiring stories from people just like you, workshops where you are provided practical tools, and networking where you connect with people who share similar interests.

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March 2, 2005

7:00-8:30 am	Registration and breakfast
8:30-10:15 am Plenary	Profiles in Sustainability: A Success Story Showcase
10:15-10:30 am Break
Tracks	Natural Resources		Business	Energy	Built Environment	Community
10:45- 12:00 pm Break-out Sessions	Thinking Like a Watershed: Restoring and Sustaining Healthy Ecosystems		Frameworks for Making Sustainable Decisions (Workshop)	Energy Efficiency in the Sustainability Equation: Discovering the Economic Value	Climate-Responsive Design: Integrating Building and the Environment	Community Responses to Sustainability: Leveraging Social and Natural Capital
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch and keynote: Janine Benyus, Biomimicry: Using Nature as an Inspiration for Sustainable Solutions
1:30-2:00 pm Break Book signing with Janine Benyus and other authors.
Tracks	Natural Resources		Business	Energy	Built Environment	Community
2:00-3:15 pm Break-out Sessions	New Markets, New Approaches, New Solutions: Rethinking Natural Resources and Rebuilding Profitability		Tools for the Workplace: Practical Ideas for Sustainable Business	The Greening of the Grid: How to Move Alternative Energy Through Your Meter	Making the Business Case for LEED	Creating Value-Added Communities: Places that Work for Everyone (workshop)
3:15-3:30 pm Break
3:30-5:00 pm Break-out Sessions		Habitat Enhancement on Public, Private and Corporate Lands (Workshop)	Expanding the Toolbox: Strategies for Engaging Stakeholders	Better Energy Efficiency Answers: Not all Solutions that Save Energy are Sustainable (Workshop)	Sustainable Building Materials: How to Use them and Where to Find Them	Connecting Urban and Rural: Bridging the “Divide”
5:00-7:00pm Reception		Join your colleagues for appetizers and networking.
March 3, 2005
7:30-8:30 am		Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 am Plenary/Keynote		Thomas Gladwin, Sustainability and Systems Thinking: Understanding The Big Picture
9:30-9:45 am Break
Tracks	Natural Resources		Business	Energy	Built Environment	Community
9:45 –11:00am	Common Ground: Preserving the Land and Achieving Profitability for the Working Landscape		The Sustainability Edge: Delivering What the Market Demands	Developing Renewables: Small Scale Options for our Region	Lessons from the Field: High Performance buildings in the Region	Exploding Myths: Expanding your Economy Possibilities
11:00-11:15 am Break
11:15- 12:30 pm	Certification Programs: What can they do for you?		Sustainable New Ventures: The Next Frontier	Putting it all Together: Combining Efficiency and Renewables for Maximum Benefit	Beyond LEED: Unconventional Building Practices	Economic Clusters: Recognizing and Growing Their Potential
12:30-2:00 pm Lunch and Plenary/Keynote	Larry Selzer, Building Bridges in Conservation: The partnership between communities, the economy and the environment
2:00-2:15 pm Break
			Site visits	Workshops	Post-Conference Rural Project
2:15-5:00 pm			High-performance Building/Energy Tour Lighting Design Lab Tour MK Nature Center Tour	Identifying Your Competitive Advantage Doing Your Part: Moving Your Organization Toward Sustainability Systems Thinking for Sustainable Enterprise	Moving Your Community Toward Sustainability – A how-to session for qualified rural communities and organizations on applying for post-conference competitive seed funding

Contact Us: Email info@sustainableidaho.org for additional information.

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