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Green Gold Exposition
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[Complete Program]
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, October 10
8 p.m. Alumni Arena, Amherst Campus
University at Buffalo Center
for the Arts
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University At Buffalo Distinguished Speaker
DR. JANE GOODALL
Introduced by UB President William Greiner
Dr. Goodall will share her message of conservation and the necessity for individual action and responsibility in the face of serious challenges to long-term global sustainability
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THURSDAY, October 11
Buffalo Convention Center
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| 7:30 am |
Registration Desk open in Lobby of Convention Center - CLE Credit
sign-in available
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| 8:45am |
WELCOME and Introduction to the Forum - ballroom
Jay Burney, Conference Director
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| 9:00-9:45 |
OPENING ADDRESS:
Acting Locally While Thinking Globally
Dr. Jane Goodall
Introduction: Dr. John Vena, Director, ESI
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| 9:45-10:00 |
Morning Break held in the Ballroom
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| 10:00-11:30am |
REGIONAL ISSUES PLENARY SESSION: THINKING LIKE A REGION IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD
Introduction: Dr. Charles Stinger, Dean, UB College of Arts and Sciences
Moderator: Joe Gardella, UB Assoc. Dean CAS for Community and Outreach, Prof. of Chemistry
Marty Spitzer, Member Majority Staff, Environment, Technology and Standards Subcommittee, House of Representatives Science Committee. Former Executive Director, President's Council on Sustainability.
Ray Pichette, Director Policy, Planning and Coordination Branch, Deputy Minister's Office in Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources.
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| 11:30-12:00 |
John Vena, Director ESI and Sheldon Kamieniecki, UB graduate and professor at USC will introduce the University at Buffalo Environment and Society Institute and present the first ESI Lifetime Environmental Achievement Award.
James W. Pitts, President of Green Gold Development Corporation and the Buffalo Common Council will outline the Green Gold Strategy and present the organizations’ first Sustainable Business Award to a local business that has demonstrated leadership in sustainability.
He will also officially open the Exposition and people will go there for lunch.
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| 12:00-1:30pm |
LUNCH STATIONS located in the Exposition
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| 1:30 - 5:00pm |
GLOBAL ISSUES PLENARY SESSION: TAKING A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON SUSTAINABILITY
Sheldon Kamieneicki, Professor, USC, Moderator
- Sustaining the Natural Environment
- Sylvia Earle, Director, Deep Ocean Engineering, former chief scientist for NOAA, author of Sea Change
- Sustaining the Economic Environment
- Faye Duchin, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, author of Structural Economics: Measuring Change in Technology, Lifestyles and the Environment.
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| (3:30-4:00) |
Afternoon Break - held in the Exposition Room - 101
Sustaining the Social Environment
Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, represents the World Y.W.C.A. at U.N. Headquarters in New York, member of the President's Council on Sustainability and co-chair of the Council's International Task Force and Population and Consumption Task Force. President of Zero Population Growth (1994-97). UN Gender Advisor for Best Practices.
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| 5:00 - 6:00pm |
PLENARY SESSION: ACTING LOCALLY, THINKING GLOBALLY
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| 6:00-7:30pm |
RECEPTION -- Held within the Green Gold Exposition
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| 7:30pm |
FORUM BANQUET
David Suzuki, Suzuki Foundation
"The Challenge for an ecological millennium: setting the real
bottom line"
Canadian Consulate
General will introduce Dr. Suzuki
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| 9:30pm |
CELEBRATING OUR CULUTURAL DIVERSITY: An essential ingredient of sustainability.
- A program of dance and entertainment by the 12th 8th Path Band.
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FRIDAY, October 12
Buffalo Convention Center
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| 8:00am |
Registration Desk Open in Lobby of Convention Center
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) registration and sign in
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| 8:30 - 10:00am |
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
Facilitator: David Hahn-Baker
CREATING A SHARED VISION FOR A SUSTAINABLE REGION
This session will bring local experts from a variety of perspectives together for a "conversation" based upon the speakers from Thursday and directed towards seeking a common vision for our bi-national region.
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| 10:00-10:15 |
Morning Break held in Symposia Rooms
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| 10:15 - 12:15 |
These three concurrent symposia are sponsored by: Conference Grant from the Canadian Embassy on Great Lakes Governance and Stewardship; UB Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy Working Group on Environmental Stewardship; Canadian American Studies Committee; and the Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth
CONCURRENT SYMPOSIA
TAKING ACTION TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION OF SUSTAINABILITY
I. Sustainable Urban Ecosystems - Room 106 A
Margaret Shannon, Moderator
Lynne Carter, National Assessment, Office of Climate Change
Buffalo Urban Design Project: Robert Shibley and Lynda Schneekloth
Alan Artibise, Clarkson Chair at UB Planning Dept, Executive Director, Public Policy Research Center
David Klein, Central and Western Chapter Director, The Nature Conservancy
II. Global Economies and Great Lakes Water -- Room 106 B
Barry Boyer, Moderator
Richard Tobe, Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo, former Erie County Commissioner of Environment and Planning
Scott Sorkin, Sen. Schumer's Staff
Reg Gilbert, Great Lakes United
Jack Manno, Executive Director, Great Lakes Research Consortium
Dr. Faye Duchin, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dr. Mark Sproule-Jones, McMaster University Dept. of Political Science
Dr. Sam Cole, University at Buffalo Dept. of Planning
Professor Amy Westbrook, University at Buffalo Law School
III. Actively Sustaining Communities - Room 106 D
David Hahn-Baker, Moderator
Dianne Dillionridgley: represents the World Y.W.C.A. at U.N. Headquarters in New York with extensive global experience with community sustainability.
Cecil Corbin-Mark, West Harlem Env. Action
Juan Gonzales, Northeast Env. Justice Network
Henry Louis Taylor, Ctr for Urban Studies
John Mohawk, UB, American Studies
Ausar Afrika, Harambee Books, EJ Activist
Jane Cameron, NY Attorney General's Office
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| 12:30 - 2:00pm |
LUNCH with Speaker
Paul Hawken, The Natural Step, and author "Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution."
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| 2:00 - 5:30pm |
LEARNING NEW IDEAS AND SKILLS TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY
2001 GREEN GOLD SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EXPOSITION
Demonstrations, special presentations, opportunties to talk with exhibitors and a career fair will be in the Exposition Room. Check the schedule for times!
WORKSHOPS
Natural Capitalism: Community & Business - Rocky Mountain Institute will lead a seminar for business leaders. Room 106 B
Environmental Justice: Organizing Networks Room 106 D
Facilitator: David Hahn-Baker, InsideOut Inc.
Environmental Governance and Stewardship Room 106 A
2:00-3:30 Taking a Watershed Approach to Land Use Governance
Moderator: Bob Berger, UB Law School --Brownfields in the Sustainability Puzzle
Chris Lewicki, US EPA -- Governing By Watersheds: A National Trend
Ed Sullivan, Niagara County -- A Watershed Approach to Brownfields - EPA Showcase Community Grant Project
Comments: Jane Cameron, NY State Office of Attorney General
4:00 - 5:30 Environmental Governance and Stewardship: Can We Measure Progress towards Sustainability?
Margaret Shannon, UB Law School -- Where in the World is Environmental Governance?
Barry Boyer, UB Law School -- Beyond Feel-Good Government
Comments:
Mark Sproule-Jones, McMaster University
Jack Manno, Great Lakes Research Consortium
Media and Society Room 103
Moderator: Jay Burney
Roundtable Participants:
Michael Niman; Jim Wittebols; Joe Schmidbauer
Janet Hinkel; Peter Anderson; Laura McClusky
Organic Gardening, Lawn Care and Pest Management Room 106 C
Great Lakes Water: Developing a Policy Statement Room 104 (tentative)
WORKING TOGETHER TOWARD "OUR COMMON FUTURE"
An opportunity to gain a sense of momentum for continuing leadership in the region, to publicize the Learning Sustainability Campaign, and announce the meeting date for next efforts.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND STEWARDSHIP FOR A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY
To be held at the
UB School of Law, 106 O'Brian Hall
Sponsored by the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, the Mitchell Lecture Fund, and the Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
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| 8:45-9:00 |
Welcome: Dean Nils Olsen, Law School
Introduction to the Workshop
Margaret Shannon, UB Law School - Moderator
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| 9:00-10:00 |
Theoretical Perspectives on Environmental Law and Sustainability
Sanford Gaines, University of Houston Law School -- Reflexive Environmental Law
David Westbrook, UB Law School -- Visions of History in the Hope for Sustainable Development
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| 10:30-12:30 |
Linking Public and Private Responsibilities for Sustainability
Errol Meidinger, UB Law School --
Global Civil Society and Environmental Law
Stepan Wood, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University --
Voluntary Environmental Standards: Green Revolution or Greenwash?
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| 1:30-3:00 |
Environmental Law: Progress Towards Sustainability?
David Driesen, Syracuse University Law School -- Emissions Trading and Air Pollution
John Dernbach, Widener University Law School-- Environmental Law Since Rio
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| 3:30-5:00 |
Towards Environmental Law for a Sustainable Society
Commentators: (to be followed by discussion)
Marty Spitzer, US House of Representatives Science Committee
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