Stepping Up to Sustainability Conference – April 15, 2008
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Presentations feature Minnesota and Wisconsin businesses and communities successfully using sustainable practices that highlight their local natural and cultural resources and provide economic, social, and environmental benefits. These include:
- Tourism Resource Teams: Community Benefits and Outcomes, Okechukwu Ukaga, Ph.D. Northeast MN Sustainable Development partnership and Mary Somnis, IRR
- Handmade and Homegrown: Northwest Wisconsin’s Heritage Passage, JoAnn Martin
- Duluth - stepping up to sustainability Anna Schnell-Tanski, Visit Duluth and Cliff Tanner, Manager of Sustainability for Duluth
- Doing Well By Doing Good: Commitment to Sustainable Operations Pinehurst Inn, Bayfield, Nancy and Steve Sandstrom
- Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC), Sue Ellen Moore and Chelly Townsend
- Stepping Up to Sustainability: Northern Lights Resort Outfitting & Youth Quest, Tom Ossell
Learning Stations
Practical demonstrations and applications designed to give you the know-how and steps to take action. For example:
- How DO I get started? - Nikki Anderson, The Inn on Lake Superior
- Creating a Green Roof - Corrie Zoll, Minnesota Green Roof Council
- Ten Steps for Waste Reduction - Mark Blaiser, Minnesota Waste Wise
- Vermi-Composting(yes worms!) - Ellen Sandbeck
- Greening Your Community Event - Kent Gustafson
- Solar: An Effective Alternative - Jamie Juennemann, Silver Creek Institute
- Maintaining Sustainability: Stopping Aquatic Hitchhikers - Doug Jensen, Minnesota Sea Grant
Plus:
- New Survey Results on the State of Sustainable Tourism in Minnesota
- All day resource fair
April 15 at the DECC Harbor Side in Duluth. Registration is just $95. Motorcoach transportation from the Twin Cities is available.
Register today at www.tourism.umn.edu
Posted: March 27th, 2008
