Growing a Sustainable Community: Keynote Address (1)

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Acting & Planning As If the Future Mattered

Broome Community College
April 17, 2009

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Statement from the Organizers:

What does it mean to be sustainable? What does a sustainable community look like? We'll set the stage for what hopefully will be an ongoing conversation on how we, as a community, can plan and act as if the future mattered.

Speakers: Chris Burger, Donna Lupardo, Gay Nicholson

Sponsors: Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition, Broome Community College Center for Civic Engagement

Keyword: NOFA

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A Passion for Sustainability Filmmaker Eric G. Stacey chronicles the decisions of 14 Portland, Ore., businesses to operate according to the visionary "Natural Step Network" business model, which stresses environmental sustainability and social justice alongside profitability. Their decadelong, successful journey can serve as an inspirational example of how creative thinking and focused passion can blaze new trails in business and in life.

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