10:00 AM — Welcome and introduction (setting the context for the day)
10:15 AM — Plenary presentations, 15 min. each, 25-30 min. at the end
for Q&A with all plenary speakers:
A. Peak Oil & Global Warming [Nat Fortune, Smith College Physics Professor, MCHC, Shays2]
B. Reclaiming & Redefining Democracy [Carolyn Toll Oppenheim, Shays 2]
C. Local Energy Conservation & Production [Lynn Benander, Co-op Power]
D. Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security [Jack Kittredge, NOFA/Mass]
E. Revitalizing Local Economies [Michael Garjian, E2M]
12 Noon — Lunch / networking / tabling
1:00-2:25 PM — Breakout Session 1
Sustainable Energy Production & Conservation [Lynn Benander (Co-op Power), Nat Fortune (MCHC), Peggy MacLeod (Center for Ecological Technology), Suel Bartone (Easthampton Master Plan Committee)]
Local and Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security [Jack Kittredge (NOFA/Mass), Annie Cheatham (CISA), Jill Stein (MCHC), Ben Grosscup (NOFA/Mass), Helen Harrison (Food Bank of Western Mass)]
E2M: A model for revitalizing local economies [Michael Garjian (E2M)]
Revitalizing Local Economies [Michael Garjian (E2M), Joanne Campbell (Valley CDC), Julie Graham (UMass Professor of Economic Geography), John Reske (UMass 5 College Federal Credit Union)]
Achieving Justice in Relocalized Communities [Jon Weissman (Western Mass Jobs with Justice), Helen Harrison (Food Bank of Western Mass), Emily Kawano (Center for Popular Economics), Ruth Trujillo (Greensboro Justice Fund)]
4:00-5:00 PM — Keynote — Frankie Moore Lappé
5:00-6:00 PM Book signing / tabling / music / kids art
Sponsored by
the Mass. Coalition for Healthy Communities.
