Olney Friends School Summit: Panel 3 Economics of Environmental Sustainability

Part one of five

Participants:
Matthew Bennett, president and operations manager, Dovetail Solar and Wind
Peter Hackbert, director, Entrepreneurship for the Public Good program; and William and Kay Moore Chair in Entrepreneurship and Management, Berea College
Kevin Hunter, graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, North Carolina State University
Howard Sacks, director, Food for Thought program; and National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Teaching Professor in Sociology, Kenyon College
Megan Quinn Bachman, freelance environmental writer, speaker, and consultant

Presentation 30 minutes / Discussion Q&A 45 minutes

Description: Olney Friends School's contribution to building a new green economy will be located at the intersection of environmental and economic sustainability. This is both a matter of playing to our strengths (conservation curriculum, 350 acres, working farm and garden, rural location, connectedness to the land) and of recognizing the direction in which the national economy is shifting.

By "green" we don't necessarily mean "environmental." Olney may discover a calling to contribute to a new green economy in Appalachia without digging in the dirt. We are open to the leadings of the Spirit. Surviving and thriving, individually and collectively, in a post-fossil-fuel economy is the challenge.

We ask each panelist to speak briefly (5-8 minutes) to one of the following questions:

What work are you engaged in at the intersection of economic and environmental sustainability? How would you describe the creative potential and/or necessity of that overlapping space where "green" (dollars) meets "green" (environment)?
What actions can we take, individually and collectively, to help build a new green economy in our local and regional communities?

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