TRACK THREE—SUSTAINABILITY/ ROOM 206
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5
| 1:00 | IS PROSPERITY POSSIBLE WITHOUT GROWTH?—Barbara Bergmann. Can we grow sustainably and fairly without global warming? |
| 1:45 | BREAK |
| 2:00 | THE POLITICS OF SACRIFICE IN AN ECOLOGICALLY FULL WORLD—Michael Maniates. What will it take to turn the tide on global warming and the environmental crisis? |
| 2:45 | BREAK |
| 3:00 | SIMPLE LIVING FOR SUSTAINABILITY—Jim Merkel, Jennifer White, Sean Sheehan. More fun, less stuff. The Carbon Conscious Consumer campaign. |
| 4:15 | BREAK |
| 4:30 | THE BUSINESS REVOLUTION—Alisa Gravitz, Bruce Herbert. The co-operative economy. Socially responsible investing. |
| 5:45 | DINNER BREAK |
| 7:15 | ENTERTAINMENT—The Eco-Tones (Jimmy Sferes, Jennifer White) |
| 7:45 | GETTING A GRIP—Frances Moore Lappe. We can bring back democracy and strengthen our communities. Here’s how. |
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
| 9:00 | DEEP ECONOMY—Bill McKibben. Towards an economy based on local, sustainable production and social well-being. |
| 9:45 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS—Bob Costanza, Hector Saez, Pamela Velez-Vega. A steady-state economy. Building natural capital. Resources for sustainability. |
| 11:00 | BREAK |
| 11:15 | ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE—Michael Dorsey, David Rosnick, Dan Aronson. Kyoto and carbon trading. Reducing energy use by cutting work hours. A transport revolution. |
| 12:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:30 | THE REAL WEALTH OF NATIONS—Riane Eisler, John de Graaf. Building an economy based on caring instead of domination. |
| 2:15 | USING COMON WEALTH FOR THE COMMON GOOD—Jon Rowe, Jim Boyce, Peggy Lauer. Rebuilding the non-market economy, common wealth as public revenue, the social productivity of the commons. How about an integrated national environmental plan? |
| 3:30 | BREAK |
| 3:45 | FAITH AND ECONOMICS—Michael Schut, Rabbi Fred Dobb, Adam Taylor. Religious perspectives on wealth, scarcity and abundance. The growing religious environmental justice movement |
| 5:00 | BREAK |
| 5:15 | THE GREATEST GOOD: CARRYING ON THE TRADITION—Gifford Pinchot III . Making American business sustainable from the inside and outside. |
| 6:00 | DINNER BREAK |
| 7:30 | THE NEW APOLLO PROJECT—Jerome Ringo. A renewable energy initiative for jobs, international security and a sustainable future. |
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7
| 10:00 | THE ECONOMICS OF SPRAWL—Brian Derdowski. What economics forces are driving sprawl and how can we fight them? |
| 10:45 | BREAK |
| 11:00 | NATURAL CAPITALISM—Hunter Lovins. Using our resources widely through new technologies and smart growth. |
| 11:45 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:15 | WHAT ABOUT GLOBALIZATION AND TRADE?—Peter Dorman, Mark Weisbrot. Our trade and balance of payments problems. Protecting workers and the environment through international agreements. |
| 2:30 | BREAK |
| 2:45 | WHAT ROLE CAN STUDENTS PLAY IN THE CAMPAIGN—Jackie Stallard, Tim Jones, Laura Pacheco, Maria Kolomiets. Spreading the word on college campuses during the 2008 campaigns. |