Conversations Conference on Nebraska Environment and Sustainability

The Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities is partnering with four institutions of higher learning--Creighton University, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Central Community College and Western Nebraska Community College--across the state of Nebraska to raise the level of discourse on achieving sustainability for Nebraska. Each conference will focus on five critical resources: Water, Land, Food, Energy and Materials.

Helping initiate the conversation are five resource specialists:
Jim Goeke, Research Hydrologist and Professor with UNL Conservation and Survey Division, on Water.Sandra Scofield, Director of the Nebraska Rural Initiative, on Land.Jim Crandall, Associate Director of UNL's Nebraska Cooperative Development Center, on Food.Daniel Lawse, Sustainability Coordinator with Metropolitan Community College, on Energy.Debra Hansen, Architect with Davis Design, on Materials.

Online conversations start October 15, 2010. Register now and jump into the conversation - and bring a friend or colleague while you're at it!

Register online at http://www.nslw.org/conversations_registration.html

For additional details visit our website: www.nslw.org/conversations.html. Contact Katie Torpy at 402/933.0080 or ktorpy@sustainabledesign.org with any questions.

Funding is generously provided by the Nebraska Environmental Trust, the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority and Lincoln Electric Systems.