Mountain Green

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Mountain Green

• Sustainable Community Seminar Series

Green Walkabout 1 to 245 Seminar 3 to 5
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What is mountain green?

• The focus of Mountain Green is to empower
  regional businesses to become more sustainable.
  Each program component features experts in
  architecture, development, energy, and
  construction who discuss best practices and
  applicable green technologies. Mountain Green
  consists of the following
• Annual conference to promote sustainable
  community practices for our mountain region
• Seminar series that may lead to a Sustainable
  Community Certificate of Participation
• Training for a Home Energy Rating System
  Certificate
• Training for a Building Performance Institute
  Certificate and
• INSULATE!, a direct action program to assist
  families in poverty with weatherizing their homes.

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Learning objectives

• Identify the characteristics and values of
  sustainability.
• Recognize the differences between sustainable and
  non-sustainable practices.
• Assess the effectiveness of the sustainable
  practices.
• Develop a plan to implement sustainable practices.

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Seminar Series

• Water
• Commercial Development
• Residential Development
• Finances
• Food
• Land Management
• Energy
• Environmental/Social/Cultural Justice

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Commercial/Residential

• OCTOBER 16, 2009
• Case Studies in Sustainability
• Joe Minicozzi, Public Projects, Inc.
• Joe will present case studies reflective of
  community approaches to sustainable development.
  
• The case studies will be derived from his work
  through the Asheville Design Center and the
  Public Projects, Inc. which continues to play an
  integral part in renovating and revitalizing the
  heart of Asheville, NC.

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Finances

• NOVEMBER 13, 2009
• Financial Considerations of Sustainability
• Heather Alley, CPA, Dixon Hughes, PLLC
• Heather Alley, CPA is a Senior Tax Manager with
  Dixon Hughes, PLLC in their Asheville office.
  Before joining Dixon Hughes in 2006, Heather
  spent six years as the corporate and partnership
  tax manager of a Western Carolina public
  accounting firm with a focus in real estate,
  construction, manufacturing and distribution.
  Prior to entering public accounting Heather
  worked for several years as a controller in the
  construction industry.

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Residential Development

• DECEMBER 4, 2009
• Sustainable Construction Methods
• Clarke Snell, Think Green, LLC Clarke Snell is
  the author of two books on alternatives to
  conventional construction, "The Good House Book"
  and "Building Green". He has taught green
  building as an adjunct professor at the
  University of North Carolina, Asheville and is a
  frequent lecturer at conferences and public
  events. Clarke administers Think Green Building,
  LLC, a consulting and design network dedicated to
  finding workable solutions to creating healthy,
  beautiful built environments that deal
  responsibly with our present environmental and
  social challenges.

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Cultural/Social Justice

• JANUARY 22, 2010
• My Coal Journey
• Kathy Mattea, Singer/Songwriter
• Grammy Award-winning singer Kathy Mattea presents
  My Coal Journey, a one-hour program
  incorporating stories from her family history and
  her current advocacy for the environment,
  combined with a Powerpoint slideshow and a
  performance of songs from her 2008 release,
  COAL. The presentation traces Kathys
  motivation for beginning the recording project,
  her research into the musical genres history and
  elemental style, and her familys ties to coal
  mining culture in Appalachia, along with
  discussion of environmental and social justice
  issues surrounding coal mining methods in todays
  world.

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Land Management

• FEBRUARY 5, 2010
• Land Use and Its Impacts on Biodiversity
• John Gerwin, North Carolina Museum of Natural
  Sciences
• John will present information regarding the
  changes in land use and its impacts on
  biodiversity. His research includes pre bird
  banding and ecotourism efforts in the community
  from which North Carolina based coffee company,
  Counter Culture Coffee, purchases coffee. This
  is the same community that Warren Wilson
  Colleges 2010 international studies social work
  course to Nicaragua will study and serve (Finca
  de Esperanza Verde). John will also present
  information pertaining to his research
  neotropical bird communities that migrate from
  Guatemala to North and South Carolina.

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Food/Social/Env. Justice

• MARCH 4, 2010 - Small Business Sustainability
• Kim Elena Bullock, Counter Culture is the
  Sustainability and Producer Relations Manager for
  Counter Culture Coffee, a specialty coffee
  roasting company based in Durham, North Carolina.
  Kim will present information on the
  sustainability program of Counter Culture Coffee
  - a North Carolina small business. A part of her
  presentation will feature a community in
  Nicaragua, Finca de Esperanza Verde, where bird
  research is being conducted by John Gerwin of the
  NC Museum of Natural Science. This Nicaraguan
  community is also the destination for a WWC 2010
  International Social Work Course.

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Energy

• APRIL 22, 2010 - Taking Responsibility for a
  Sustainable World
• Maggie Ullman, City of Asheville Office of
  Sustainability
• Maggie Ullman serves as the Energy Coordinator in
  the City of Asheville Office of Sustainability.
  Responsible for developing and implementing city
  sustainability programs, she provides technical
  expertise to achieve the City's carbon footprint
  reduction goal, while acting as the point person
  for internal and external communications
  regarding sustainability.

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Energy

• APRIL 22, 2010 - Taking Responsibility for a
  Sustainable World
• Chris Mathis, President, MC2
• R. Christopher Mathis is president of Mathis
  Consulting Company (MC2), which provides a
  variety of strategic services to both private and
  public sector interests related to buildings and
  building product performanceThese efforts address
  product and building performance issues for new
  construction as well as for renovation, energy
  use and peak demand issues for utilities,
  meaningful sustainability metrics, as well as
  local, state and national regulatory planning.
  Chris and his team conduct frequent training
  seminars from improved building energy efficiency
  and comfort to energy and power planning to
  improved building and energy codes to the
  challenges of sustainability and green building.

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Mountain Green Conference
Nancy Sutley is the Chair of the White House
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).

• June 23, 2010

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What should you listen for?

• Identify the characteristics and values of
  sustainability.
• Recognize the differences between sustainable and
  non-sustainable practices.
• Assess the effectiveness of the sustainable
  practices.
• Develop a plan to implement sustainable practices.