Oklahoma Sustainability Network (OSN) Conference - Friday, March 28, 2008
Register Online at: www.oksustainability.org
6:30 AM
8:00 AM
TRACK NAME
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SESSION I
9:00−10:15 AM
Track 1
Powering Down:
Authentic Lives & Simple
Living
(Chamber of Commerce)
Voluntary Simplicity Workshop
(Part I)
Yoga Class (Downtown Fitness)
Registration & Lite Breakfast (Hall at Old Town Plaza) and Visit Exhibits (Santa Fe Train Depot)
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Powering Up: Business of
On the Porch:
Human to Human: NonEnergy, Building & Design
Politics, Policy & Leadership
Violence & Anti-Oppression
(Republic Bank)
(Municipal Complex)
(MainSite Art Gallery)
Architectural and Urban Design
Economics
Sustainable Law,
Government and Politics:
Food, Fire and Water
Harlan Hentges (Mulinix Ogden Hall
Andrews & Ludlam, PLLC)
Duane Elgin
(Voluntary Simplicity Movement)
Lee Fithian (OU College of
Architecture & sustainable design
architect/planner)
Voluntary Simplicity Workshop
(Part II)
Shifting Energy
BREAK
Community Radio
Mark Morrissey
(OU Dept. of Meteorology))
Mary Francis
(Radio Network)
10:15−10:35
Session II
10:35−11:30 AM
Track 5
Around the Kitchen Table:
Food, Land & Permaculture
(Hall at Old Town Plaza)
Antidotes to Five Common Kinds
of Community Conflict (Part I)
Wild Foods
John Rushton
Diana Leafe Christian
(EcoVillage)
(Greenbriar Gardens project)
Food Insecurity
Antidotes to Five Common Kinds
of Community Conflict (Part II)
Lisa Sorrels
(Food & Shelter for Friends)
Planting of fruit trees in downtown
Norman
11:30 AM−
1:00 PM
1:00−1:15 PM
Lunch - Advance tickets required (Hall at Old Town Plaza) and Visit Exhibits (Santa Fe Depot)
BREAK
1:15−1:30 PM
Presentation: Green Business & Emma McCauley Leadership Awards (Andrews Park)
1:30−2:15 PM
Keynote (Andrews Park Amphitheatre): Julie Frieder (Calvert Investments) Socially Responsible Investments
2:15−2:30 PM
Homesteading: 30 Years with
Renewable Energy
2:30−3:45 PM
SESSION III
3:45−4:00 PM
SESSION IV
4:05−5:00 PM
Bruce Johnson
(Homesteaderl)
Building a Sustainable
Oklahoma: Toxins in Consumer
Goods Workshop (Part I)
BREAK
The DEQ Green Team & How to
Start Your Own (Part I)
Fenton Rood (OK DEQ)
Dr. Huantian Cao, Mihyun Kang,
and Cheryl Ann Farr
(OSU Design Dept.)
Conflict Resolution Workshop
(Part I)
Value Added Products
April Harrington (Earth Elements)
Tom McLain
(Compassionate Communication
Oklahoma )
Victory Gardens Project
Evan Dunn
Conflict Resolution Workshop
(Part II)
Buy Fresh, Buy Local
BREAK
Greening Your Consumption:
How to Make Effective Choices
Deborah Dalton
Building a Sustainable
Oklahoma: Toxins in Consumer
Goods Workshop (Part II)
(This session will run
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Dr. Tom Royer
(OSU IPM Program)
Doug Walton (Kerr Center)
Rita Scott (Sustainable Green Country)
(OU IPE Program)
until 5:35 p.m.)
Hootenanny - Contra Dancing with Tall Cotton String Band (Hall at Old Town)
8:00 PM
Oklahoma Sustainability Network (OSN) Conference - Saturday, March 29, 2008
6:30 AM
8:00 AM
TRACK NAME
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Track 1
Getting Around Lite:
Biofuels & Transportation
(Norman Public Library)
Bicycle Workshop
Bicycle repair & choosing a bike
SESSION I
9:00−10:15 AM
Gary Miller
(City of Norman)
Yoga Class (Downtown Fitness)
Registration & Lite Breakfast (Hall at Old Town Plaza) and Visit Exhibits (Santa Fe Train Depot)
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Green with Spirit:
Sharing Space: Humans & Other
Dwelling Well: The Sustainable
Environmental Ethics &
Creatures
Home from Concept to
Religion
(MainSite Art Gallery)
Construction
(Chamber of Commerce)
(Republic Bank)
Earth Literacy Workshop
Biodiversity and Sustainability:
Concept and Planning of the
(Part I)
So What?
Sustainable Home &
Community (Part I)
• Moderator: Adam Lanman
Mary Moloney
Dr. Ellen Censky (Sam Noble
• Sara Jo Peterson (OU Planning)
(Earth Connections)
Oklahoma Museum of Natural
• Nick Bentley (To Market)
Part Hoerth and Ann McFerrin
History)
• Corp. Commissioner Jim Roth
(Turtle Rock Farm Retreat Center)
Track 5
Around the Kitchen
Table: Food, Land &
Permaculture (Hall at
Old Town Plaza)
Holonic Farming
Workshop
(Part I)
Joel Salatin
(Polyface Farms)
• Reid Coffman (OU Urban Ecology)
• Marjorie Callahan (OU, LEED AP)
• Ken Fitzsimmons (Task Design)
10:15-10:35
SESSION II
10:35−11:30
11:30−1:00
1:00−1:15 PM
1:15−1:30 PM
City Bike Committee
Earth Literacy Workshop
(Part II)
Execution Strategies for the
Holonic Farming
Sustainable Home &
Workshop
Gary Miller
Janet Schmidt (Little River Zoo)
Community
(Part II)
(Bicycle League of Norman)
(Dwelling Well Part II)
Lunch - Advance tickets required (Hall at Old Town Plaza) and Visit Exhibits (Santa Fe Depot)
BREAK
Presentation: Mother Earth Sustainability Education & Carrie Dickerson Lifetime Achievement Awards (Andrews Park)
2:15−2:30 PM
Biofuels Panel
Linda Wallace (OU Botany Dept.)
Todd Stephens (Tulsa Biofuels)
Bobby Wegener
(Deputy Secretary of Energy)
Interfaith Dialogue Panel on
Environmental Ethics (Part I)
Jan Rose (Buddhism)
Tom Boyd (Christian)
John Fletcher (Quaker)
3:45−4:00 PM
SESSION IV
4:00−5:00 PM
Stories for Kids
Ages 3-12
(Part I)
Kathryn
Thurman
(musician &
storyteller)
Stories for Kids
(Part II)
Keynote (Andrews Park Amphitheatre): Joel Salatin (Polyface Farms) "Dancing with Dinner"
1:30−2:15 PM
2:30−3:45 PM
SESSION III
BREAK
Animals and Us Presentation
Track 6
Growing Up
Green
(Andrews Park
Pavillion)
Amtrak: Reconnecting America
Evan Stair
(Northern Flyer Alliance)
Interfaith Dialogue Panel
(Part II)
BREAK
Xeriscaping & Permaculture:
Basic Principles for Building
Successful Gardens in Central
Oklahoma (Part I)
Asia Scudder
(Native Landscapes, Inc.)
BREAK
Xeriscaping & Permaculture
Workshop (Part II)
I Rammed Earth at Red Dirt
(Part I)
(Kids Ages 3-12 Workshop at
Andrews Park Pavillion)
Food and Land Panel
(Part I)
I Rammed Earth at Red Dirt
(Part II)
Food and Land Panel
(Part II)
Joel Salatin
Bob Waldrop
Robert Stelle
I Rammed
Earth at Red
Dirt (Part I)
Kids ages 3-12
Workshop at
Andrews Park
I Rammed
Earth at Red
Dirt (Part II)
5:30−7:00 PM
Reception and Booksignings (Joel Salatin & Diana Leafe Christian) – Tickets required (Santa Fe Depot)