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SUSTAINABILITY SYMPOSIUM

TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010

The second annual Darrow School Sustainability Symposium was a huge success, with twenty original sessions on topics ranging from the local-foods movement to solar energy, permaculture, forest conservation, social justice, and creating a sustainable lifestyle. This unique event drew 70 visitors and was the subject of features in both the Hudson Register-Star and in the Berkshire Eagle.

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A Sampling of the 2010
Sessions & Speakers

Keynote Address: Jim Merkel, Principal, the Global Living Project and author of Radical Simplicity: Sustainable Lifestyles for Global Equity

Green Cuisine: Amy Cotler, culinary professional and author of The Farm to School Cookbook and The Locavore Way

International Impact: Norm Nicholson ’53, USAID (U.S. Agency of International Development)

Off-site Fabrication & Sustainable Building: Mike Hardiman ’75 AIA, Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy

Supporting Farm-Based Education Professionals: Nicci Cagan, Farm-Based Education Association

Hands-on Building Diagnostics: John Birch (former faculty), Thermal House

Green Urban Solutions–Real Estate:
Wendy Rowden P’10, Jonathan Rose Companies

Sustainable Agriculture in Higher
Education: Lily Spencer ’07, Hampshire College

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