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Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption Conference 2011
May 16-17, 2011
Airlie Conference Center, Warrenton, Virginia
DAY ONE: Monday, May 16th
9:30 – 11:30 Sustainability Tour of Airlie Center (optional)
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch & Keynote Speaker
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Welcome Message: John Griffin, Maryland Secretary of Natural Resources
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Keynote Address: "The Great Transition", Stewart Wallis, Executive Director, New Economics Foundation
1:15 – 1:45 Welcome & Ice Breaker
1:45 - 3:15 Opening Panel: Lessons of the Past and What's on the Horizon: Accelerating Sustainable Production & Consumption
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Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology, Boston College, Author of The Overworked American and Plentitude
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Nikki Henderson, Executive Director, People's Grocery
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Andrea Moffat, Vice President, Corporate Program Ceres
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David Goshorn, Director, Office for a Sustainable Future, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
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Betsy Taylor, Principal, Breakthrough Strategies and Solutions (facilitator)
3:15 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 5:00 Applying a Systems Lens to the Sustainable Production & Consumption: Insights for Collaborating Effectively and Making Investments that Matter
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Annie Leonard, Director, Story of Stuff Project
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Vanessa Timmer, Executive Director, One Earth Initiative Society
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Jennie Curtis, Executive Director, Garfield Foundation (facilitator)
5:00 – 6:00 Break
6:00 – 7:00 Reception
7:00 – 8:00 Dinner
8:00 - 9:00 Fireside Chats
Join our invited NGO representatives for illuminating conversations on the following topics:
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- Communicating about Sustainable Consumption –Wendy Philleo & Annie Leonard
- Emerging technologies with Brenda Platt and Alicia Culver
- Corporate Engagement with Anne Johnson and Andrea Moffat
- Coalitions and Campaigns with Joshua Martin and Matt Prindiville
- Optional Ad Hocs as needed
DAY TWO: Tuesday, May 17th
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast & Networking
8:45 – 10:15 Achieving Real Sustainability through Sustainable Materials Management
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Ken Geiser, Professor of Work Environment and Director of Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, UMass Lowell
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Susan Collins, Executive Director, Container Recycling Institute
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Reid Lifset, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Industrial Ecology, Associate Director of the Industrial Environmental Management Program, Yale University
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Samantha MacBride, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and author of Recycling Reconsidered: the Present Failure and Future Promise of Environmental Action (summer 2011 release)
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Darryl Young, Director, Sustainable Cities Program, Summit Foundation (facilitator)
10:15 – 10:40 Break
10:45 – 12:15 Behavior Change & the Problem of Consumption: In an Era of Excess, What Works and What Doesn’t?
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Jonathan Rose, Chairman, Garrison Institute
- Chris Corcoran, Director of Strategy & Marketing, OPower
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Nathan Pinsley, Strategist, Purpose
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Thomas Princen, author of The Logic of Sufficiency and associate professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
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Jennifer Prediger, aka Umbra Fisk of Grist’s “Ask Umbra” column (facilitator)
12:15 – 1:10 Lunch
1:15 – 2:45 The Sustainable Production and Consumption Policy Landscape - Gaps and Opportunities
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Stewart Wallis, Executive Director, New Economics Foundation
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Alicia Culver, Director, Responsible Purchasing Network
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Emmanuel Prinet, Policy Director, One Earth Initiative Society
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Derry Allen, Counselor, Office of Strategic Environmental Management Office of Policy, Environmental Protection Agency
- Jenny Russell, Executive Director, Merck Family Fund (facilitator)
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:30 The Road Ahead: Strategic Opportunities for Deeper Engagement and Collaboration (Funders Only Session)
Final Agenda as of May 12, 2011
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