2009 Community Based Approaches to Energy and Climate Change Conference
More than 250 people participated in the second annual VECAN and UVM Extension Conference held on December 5, 2009 in Fairlee, Vermont. For details of the day-long program including twelve workshop sessions, presentations by 35 speakers, and summary notes of four regional break-out discussions, please refer to links below.
On behalf of the VECAN partners, we encourage you to share this link with your local and regional counterparts. Good luck and keep up with the great work you do!
The following are links to Conference Proceedings and Power Point Presentations
- Conference Program
- Keynote Patrick Parenteau
- Regional Breakout Sessions (Northwest, Southwest, Southeast and Northeast/Central)
- Morning Sessions
- A1 Community Wind [Lawrence Mott]
- A2 Transportation and Energy Link [Tom Horn, Karen Glitman and Resource Guide]
- A3 Local Energy Projects in Vermont: A Smorgasbord
- [Paul Markowitz]
- A5 Community-based Energy Efficiency Teams
- [Warren King, Paul Zabriskie, Bob Walker]
- A6 Building Resilient Energy Committees and Cultivating Partners
- Johanna Miller, Paul Cameron, Keith Thompson]
- Afternoon Sessions
- B1 Communities Go Solar!
- [Jeff Forward, Alan Berozheimer, Phillip Mulligan]
- B2 Local Energy Planning: A Powerful Climate Action Tool
- [Brian Shupe, Scott Sawyer]
- B3 Bio-Energy: Behind Every Good Community Project is Good Resource Planner
- [Julie Iffland, Netaka White, Adam Sherman]
- B4 Improving Efficiency in Municipal and School Facilities and Operations
- B5 Beyond Local: State, National and International Efforts to Address Climate Change
- B6 Amplifying Your Message and Leveraging New Media and Social Marketing Tools
- [Claire Wheeler and Bart Westdijk and Carl Etnier]