Follow-up
unrelated to 2004 Fall Conference...from a university
think-tank: how about the general subject of sustainibility?
"CREATING A SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE >>"
"A
Brief History of Sustainability
The modern concept of “sustainability” may best be understood as
the integration of very rich but often separate conversations about
ecological stewardship, sound economic practices, and social
responsibility.
The conceptual components associated with sustainability have a long
history, even though the term itself—at least as it relates to
ecologically sustainable economic development—was popularized only in
the mid to late 1980s."
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Sustainable
Development
The LWVCT has
agreed to co-sponsor the first annual Sustainable Connecticut Expo,
which will take
place in Edgerton Park, New Haven on September 9, 2006.
This event, which will be held in conjunction
with the New Haven Folk Festival, is intended to provide Connecticut residents with a
host
of ideas, products and services that can
help reduce their household greenhouse gas emissions and build a more
sustainable lifestyle.
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L
W V C T F a l l C o n f e r e n c e
2 0 0 4 :
Sustainable
Development
Where: Room 310, Capitol
Building,
Hartford, parking available on site
When: Saturday, November 20,
2004, 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
VIDEOTAPE AVAILABLE: webmaster@lwvweston.org
PANEL includes Chet Arnold, UCONN
(1990's photo), CFE attorney Curt Johnson (not pictured), Mayor
DeStefano
(Blue Ribbon Commission), Rep. Lew Wallace, Co-chair. P&D Committee
and C.B.I.A.representative to be named. Luncheon speaker David
LeVasseur
of OPM (excellent speaker).
Panel, followed by a Question-and-Answer
Period (9:30-11:45 a.m.)
Chester L. Arnold,
UCONN Center for Land use Education
and Research
Changing Connecticut Landscape
Curt Johnson,
Staff Attorney, CT Fund for the Environment
Development and the Environment
John DeStefano,
Mayor, New Haven, and chair, Blue
Ribbon Commission on Property Tax Burden and Smart Growth Incentives
Effect of the Property Tax on Planning for Development
Lewis J. Wallace,
co-chair, Planning and Development
Committee, CT General Assembly
Role of Citizens in Developing Policies for
Growth
Richard E. Heapes,
Founding Principal, Street-Works
LLC; Partner, BBS Development LLC
Role of Business in the Development of Policies
for Growth
Luncheon
(12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.)
Speaker: David
LeVasseur, Intergovernmental Policy
Division, OPM
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Cost (includes light continental breakfast and
lunch): $20.00
Please make check
payable to LWVCTEF, and mail
it, with the tear-off, by November 15, to:
LWVCTEF, 1890 Dixwell Ave., #113, Hamden, CT 06514-3183
I will attend the
Conference. My check for $20,
made out to "LWVCTEF" is enclosed.
Name:
____________________________ League: _________________________
Phone:
______________________ e-mail: __________________________
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BREAKING
REPORT:
Great
meeting, great speakers, great questions...just
to illustrate exactly how good this Fall Conference was, one of the
speakers,
just before lunch break, asked to address the meeting and said he was
awed
by the quality...of the other speakers! Now that is praise
indeed!
(P.S. He himself gave a spectacular presentation on the Changing
Connecticut Landscape.)