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Community Sustainability |
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Academy
for Sustainable Communities |
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Building Sustainable Communities |
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Community
Planning |
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Community Sustainability Assessment
(pdf) |
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Earth
Easy .com |
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Ecovillage
Network of the Americas (How Sustainable is your
Community?) |
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Examples of initiatives at the state level throughout the
United States |
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Facing
the Future .org |
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Global Sustainable Centers (Ethisphere
.com) Sustainable Cities |
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ICLEI-Local
Governments for Sustainability
(International Council for Local
Environmental Initiatives) |
Integrated Community Sustainability
Planning Tool
by Drs. Chris Ling, Ann Dale, Kevin Hanna -
Royal Roads University |
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Institute for Environmental Solutions
(Denver www.i4es.org )
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Joslyn
Castle Institute -(Joslyn Institute for
Sustainable Communities - Ecospheres.com)
Nebraska
Sustainability Leadership Workshop
(NSLW)
NSLW-(on
YouTube, 5 min) |
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Kenai resilience .org (Alaska) |
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Local Government
Environmental Assistance Network
(www.lgean.org) |
Mayor Council (US)
Climate Protection,
best
practices 2007 (pdf)
US Mayors Mainstreet Economic Recovery (Omaha)
National Summit on Energy & the Environment,
May, 2006 (pdf) |
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Measurements and Assessments
(by the
International Institute for Sustainable Development) |
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Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment |
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(the) Natural
Step |
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Nebraska Sustainability
Leadership Workshop |
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Planning for a Sustainable Future
(in PDF, an EPA resource) (A Guide for Local
Governments) |
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PrairieBloom
- Homegrown & Handmade -
Sustainability Directory for the Nebraska
Panhandle |
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Redefining
Progress |
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Sustainability
Institute |
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Sustainability Leadership Institute (Joslyn
Institute for Sustainable Communities) |
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Sustainable Communities Capacity
Center (Wisconsin) |
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Sustainable
Measures |
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Transition
Alaska |
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Transition
Nebraska |
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Tri-City Sustainability Plan - development Team |
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Smart Community Network
10 Steps to Sustainability |
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Dr. Albert Bartlett:
Arithmetic, Population and Energy |
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Johnson Control,
Sustainability (pdf) |
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Examples of City
Green/Sustainable programs
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Albuquerque, NM (albuquerquegreen) |
Boulder, CO |
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Casper, WY (pdf) |
Colorado Springs, CO |
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Denver,
CO (GreenprintDenver) |
Dallas,
TX - specific
Green Building Pgm specific -
Ordinance Requirements |
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Durango, CO |
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Fowler,
Co |
Ft.Collins, CO |
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Grand Rapids, MI (pdf) |
Greensburg, KS
(Greensburg
Master Plan in PDF) |
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La
Crosse, MI |
Lanark Highlands, CA |
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Minneapolis,
MN |
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Palm Springs, CA (pdf) |
Portland,
OR |
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Redwood City, CA (pdf) |
Sacramento, CA |
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San Francisco, CA |
Sioux Falls,
SD green program |
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Steam Boat Springs, CO |
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Telluride, Mountain Village,
and San Miguel
County, Colorado)
New Community Coalition |
Topeka,
KS |
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Great Plains Sustainability
Consulting (www.alherbel.com
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Sustainability Consulting -
The Sustainability Group .us |
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Conferences / Trainings
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Past events below: |
Greensburg, Kansas tour
(in PDF) Oct 28, 2010 - 1st
certified LEED city in USA
Sponsored by USGBC, Nebr.
Flatwater Chapter |
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Nebraska Sustainability
Leadership Workshop 2009-2010-2011 Scottsbluff
and Alliance, NE |
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Rocky Mountain Green
2010
April 21-22, 2010
Colorado Convention Center |
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Greening
the Heartland .org
May 19-21, 2010, Minneapolis, MN |
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OCT 1, 2009 - Green Schools Summit (Denver, CO) |
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EarthWorks 2009
.com Aug 22-23, 2009, Denver, CO |
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Nebraska
Sustainability Leadership Workshop
July 16-17, 2009, Alliance, NE
Nebraska
Sustainability Leadership Workshop (YouTube,
5 min) |
Sustainable Urbanism: Advanced Metrics and Techniques Behind
LEED-ND
Wednesday, June 10, 2009,
Denver, CO
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Sustainability 2009, May 6-7,
USGBC Colo Chapter, Denver Colo. |
“Conservation
– Sustaining our Future” conference (http://www.ndswcs.org)
Feb. 18-20, 2009, at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn,
Rapid City, SD
www.ne.nrcs.usda.gov
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Public Affairs
Specialist/Earth Team Volunteer Coordinator
Helping People Help the Land |
Tri-City Sustainability Plan Development or, Why are we
Developing a Sustainability Plan?
(in MS Power Point 2003)
Presented to the Gering Business Club 12-17-2008 |
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May 14, 2008,
Denver, CO
LEED® for Schools Technical Review, by
U.S. Green Building Council. |
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Colorado Green
School Summit
April 25, 2008 at the Denver Art
Museum in Downtown Denver |
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Saving Your School: The Community Value of Historic
School Buildings
Febr. 9 & Febr. 16, 2008
By Mary Humstone of Univ.Wyo - 312
Wyo Hall, UW Campus |
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Colorado’s Premier Green Building Conference & Expo
Sept 20-22, 2007
Ft. Collins, CO
USGBC Colorado Chapter
Fall
Conference and Expo |
LGBD Seminar: Greening Our Schools
Sept 27th, 2007
Lincoln Public Schools |
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Sustainable Schools Summit
Oct 19th,
2007, Ft. Collins, CO
Fossil Ridge High School
9:00am-4:00pm |
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Sustainable
Schools Summit 2007 power point
(Revised 11-7-07) in html, when it comes up, just select slide show on the bottom right side,
or select the slide advance button at the bottom and at center of the
display, then click to advance one slide at a time) |
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Symposium 2009
Thursday March 26, 2009 the Great Plains
Sustainability Network (CO / KS / IA / MO / NE / SD / WY)
and Panhandle Resource Conservation & Development presents,
"Sustainable
Decisions effecting Home, Business and
Community"
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Symposium
2009 focus is sustainable decisions that effect your home,
your business, and your community.
Attendees
will learn
what can be done to make a
difference where they live, work and play. Decisions impact
sustainable life styles, company
profitability, and their communities long term survival.
See Flier, Brochure area.
Conserving natural resources and fostering social and
economic responsibility is a global movement called
environmental sustainability. Sustainability is promoting a
cultural change in how we look at, and perform daily
business operations, and our effects on the triple bottom
line of people, profit and planet.
Sustainability defined:
“Meeting our needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs – from
the 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland
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Who attended:
building trades
professionals; people involved with
City Administration (council members,
administration, staff, all employees);
students;
and the public
in general. |
Admission:
refreshments / lunch
included - $40-general
public; sponsor
or partner
organizations listed below provided a
$10 discount to event; $15-Students
(and student group sponsor - ID required).
One coupon per person.
Note -
late registration after
March 2 was $50, Student
was $20,
deadline was Monday, March 23,
2009
Pre-registration required for lunch
preparations |
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Times:
7:30am-8:10 registration, event started at 8:00am,
Sessions were 50 minutes with 10 minute
breaks. Many door prizes awarded! |
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Venue:
The Gering Civic Center, 1050 M St, Gering, Nebraska,
69341 (800)998-8921 / (308)436-6888
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Agenda / Details |
7:30
- Registration
8:10
- door prize drawing -
Introduction welcome / Keynote Speaker
- "The Importance of Sustainability for Economic
Viability " (Keynote by Shawn Grindstaff
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Presenter Bio
- Senior Mediator and Managing Principal for The
Forrester Group,
Shawn
leads the Facilitation, Mediation, and Collaborative
Solutions Practice. He is on the U.S. National Roster of
Environmental Dispute Resolution and Consensus-Building
Professionals, making him a sought-after environmental
collaborative expert for a wide range of client
initiatives.) Shawn was ill, webcast
substitution was
"RESUSCITATING A DYING WORLD"
by Edward Mazria
9:00
- door prize drawing -
Site / Water Decisions
(with
features / product suggestions - by
Steve Rodie
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Presenter Bio
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Professor / Landscape Horticulture Specialist, Depart of
Agronomy & Horticulture,
University of Nebraska - Lincoln)
10:00
- door prize drawing -
Energy (with features /
product suggestions - presented by Bill Franzen -
Presenter Bio
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president
of SAGE 2 Associates, LLC; a consulting firm fostering
the sustainable and green-built educational environment,
Ft. Collins, CO)
11:00
- door prize drawing -
Indoor Environments / Materials Decisions
(with features / product suggestions - presented
by Ken
Field -
Presenter Bio
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AIA, LEED
AP, Vice President of RB+B Architects,
Inc., Ft. Collins, CO)
12:00
- door prize drawing -
Lunch provided (in
addition, presentation as follows:)
* first annual "Sustainable
Leadership Award" recognition activity
(through out the day)
(winners in PDF)
* Learn & Serve America, a Case Study presentation
After lunch,
visit our Sponsors
& Displays (Sponsors make
our symposium happen!)
1:00
- door prize drawing -
Ordinances / Covenants / Building Standards /
Community Design Decisions (with
features / suggestions for Council implementation -
presented by Janna Six -
Presenter Bio
- Education Director of Alliance
for Sustainable Colorado)
2:00
- door prize drawing -
Community Review / Access to Services
(neighborhood tour / discussions - facilitated by Janna
Six -
Presenter Bio
- Education Director of Alliance for Sustainable
Colorado)
3:30
- door prize drawing -
Q/A - Closing Remarks /
networking opportunities all day! |
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Corporate Sponsors
proudly supporting Environmental Education
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Roy Lyles - 100% natural, longhorn beef
3811 Road 9, Harrisburg, NE 69345
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100% all natural, grass-fed
longhorn beef, no steroids, hormones or antibiotics.
Lean Beef ~ The way nature intended. |
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CLEMENS
CARPET
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DuPONT |
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“Now
You Have A Friend In The Carpet Business” |
Master Store |
(308) 632-2234
1018 East Overland . Scottsbluff, NE 69361 |
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Great Plains Sustainability
Consulting
Homes /
Commercial Building Developments
/ Sustainable Business Assistance
Al Herbel, LEED AP
www.alherbel.com
(308) 436-2328 |
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Television |
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KOTA
Territory Television (abc) |
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Symposium 2008
Saturday March 8, 2008 the Great Plains
Sustainability Network (CO / KS / NE / SD / WY) presented,
"Sustainable Building:
What is LEED? Financial Reasons to Build Green"
Symposium focus is sustainable building through Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Learn
why LEED is a building standard of today, why it is more
economical to build green,
and
how community resources are best spent on accountable green
building practices.
Our future is now. Conservation of ecological and natural
resources, fostering social and economic responsibility is a
global movement of environmental sustainability. Attendees
did learn
more about the impact of LEED in their life, for their company
and our communities.
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Who attended:
building trades
professionals; people involved with
schools (board members,
administration, staff, all employees);
architects
wanting to learn or become LEED Accredited Professionals; students
from any school or college;
and the public
in general. |
Admission: lunch
was
included - $20-general
public; see a sponsor
or partner
organization listed below for a
$5 discount to event; $10-Students
(and student group sponsor - ID may be required).
One coupon per person (does not
apply for student rate).
Pre-registration required for lunch
preparations, deadline was March 5, 2008 |
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Times:
8:00am-8:30 registration, event started at 8:30am-4:00pm,
Sessions were 50 minutes with 10 minute
breaks. Many door prizes awarded! |
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Venue:
The John N. Harms Advanced Technology Center of
Nebraska, 2620 College Park, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
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Agenda / Details |
8:00
- Registration
8:30
- Introduction welcome / Keynote Speaker
(Mr.William Franzen (Presentation Details
/ Presenter Bio), Exec Dir of Operation
Services, Poudre
School District, Ft. Collins, CO)
door prize drawing
9:00
- Making Larger Strides; Leaving
Smaller Footprints: How to
design and build an energy-efficient home with
current technologies
(Mr.Brian Propp (Presentation Details
/ Presenter Bio),
President & CEO,
Insulated Component
Structures - Rocky Mountain INC)
door prize drawing
10:00
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What is LEED
(Mr.Tim Hemsath, (Presentation Details
/ Presenter Bio), AIA, LEED AP,
Associate Professor,
College of Architecture, UNL, 2007 Board of
Directors to
Flatwater
Chapter USGBC)
door prize
drawing
11:00
- Financial Reasons for Building
Green
(
Mr.Steve Lauglin, (Presentation Details
/ Presenter Bio), AIA, LEED AP,
Senior Associate of
Leo A Daly, for
Green School Advocate for
Flatwater
Chapter USGBC)
12:00
- Lunch provided (Buffet style)
visit our Sponsors
& Displays (Sponsors make
our symposium happen!)
door prize drawing
1:10
- 2:00 LEED for Schools
(Mr.Corky Bradley (Presentation Details
/ Presenter Bio), AIA, LEED AP,
Senior Associate of
RB+B Architects
.com)
door prize
drawing
2:10
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Taking Environmental Science
from Classroom into the
Community
(Ms. H.Haberman's Science students
Presentation Details
/ Presenters Bio
of Scottsbluff
High School)
door prize drawing
2:50
- 3:45
Green School Advocates & LEED
Accredited Professionals Discussion (answering
questions from attendees, from these presenters:
Mr.Corky
Bradley, AIA, LEED AP of
RB+B Architects
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Mr.Steve Lauglin, AIA, LEED AP of
Leo A Daly
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Mr.Tim Hemsath, AIA, LEED AP of
UNL, College of
Architecture,
Mr.William Franzen,
Exec Dir of Operation Services of Poudre
School District) -
discussions for School
Boards, School Administration, Instructional Staff,
School Employees, Students, and general public.
Questions like, how and why other schools are green, school design, etc.
3:45
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(networking opportunities, etc ) |
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Architects / Design
(environmentally
conscientious, sustainable resources) |
Baker
& Associates Inc
(NE, WY)
308-632-3123
(Scottsbluff, NE) |
Howard
G. Duncan - Planning Consultant
308-632-6381 (Scottsbluff, NE) |
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Leo A Daly .com
(LEED Accredited Professionals,
International)
402-391-8111 (Omaha, NE) |
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RB+B Architects
.com (LEED Accredited
Professionals, LEED Schools of
Ft. Collins, CO) 970-484-0117
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RDg Planning and Design (LEED Accredited
Professionals, Omaha, Iowa, Florida)
402-392-0133 (Omaha, NE)
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Banks |
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First National
Bank 308-635-1000
Scottsbluff, NE (branches include Alliance,
Chadron, Gering, with main bank at North Platte)
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First
State Bank 308-632-4158 Scottsbluff, NE
(branches include Gering & Colorado Springs, CO)
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Platte Valley
Companies
308-632-7004 Scottsbluff, NE (branches
include Morrill, Minatare, Bridgeport, and in WY,
Torrington & Wheatland) and
Platte River Basin Environments (www.nebwild
.org) or (www.PlatteRiverBasin
.org) |
TierOne
Bank 308-635-3400 Scottsbluff, NE
(branches include 68 additional locations in 43
towns of IA, KS & NE. Please see
Bank web site for complete locations from Albion to
Wahoo, NE, from Atlantic to Shenandoah, IA, and
Marysville, KS.) |
Valley
Bank 308-436-2300
Gering, NE (branches include in Bayard,
Scottsbluff, Ogallala, Grant, Wauneta, and in CO,
Ft. Collins & Loveland)
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Builders / Resource Providers! |
Anderson & Shaw Construction, Inc
308-632-2570 (Scottsbluff, NE) |
Aulick Industries
308-632-6197
(Scottsbluff, NE) |
Consolidated Services, Inc
308-632-7466 (Scottsbluff, NE) |
Construction Plus Inc
308.635.3517 (Scottsbluff, NE) |
Insulated Component
Structures - Rocky Mountain INC
970-427-7477 (Loveland, CO) |
Paul
Reed Construction .com
308-635-2213 (Scottsbluff, NE) |
Rusch's General Contracting, LLC
308.632.2228 (Scottsbluff, NE)
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Building
Improvement Providers! |
A
& L Inc
.com
1-800-682-8802 or 308-635-3237 (Scottsbluff,
NE) |
Clemens Carpet Mill Direct
308-632-2234
(Scottsbluff, NE) |
Don Schmidt Carpet, Inc
632-2955 (Scottsbluff,
NE)
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Lumber Companies |
Bloedorn
Lumber Company
308-762-3274 (Alliance,
NE) &
307-532-2424 (Torrington, WY) |
Carr-Trumbull Lumber, Do It Center
308-632-2143 (Scottsbluff, NE) |
Foster Lumber Company
308-254-2010 (Sidney,
NE) |
Home Depot .com
(Nation-wide) |
Johnson Cashway Lumber
308-436-2171 (Gering, NE) |
Morrill Hardware & Building Supply
308-247-2201 (Morrill, NE) |
Riverside Lumber LLC
308-262-1580 (Bridgeport, NE) |
TNT Lumber
308-254-4537
(Sidney, NE) |
Waite True Value Home Center
308-632-2105 (Scottsbluff, NE)
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308-220-0023 (Scottsbluff, NE)
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Partnerships
are still being built, because
environmental education is good
for business! |
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Symposium 2007
April 19, 2007 -
Great Plains Sustainability Network (CO / KS / NE / SD / WY) presented,
"Sustainable Communities through
Economic Development and Conservation"
Flier
(in
JPG,
in
HTML, or in
PDF)
Program Overview (in
PDF
or in
Word)
symposium Agenda (in
HTML, in
PDF or in
Word)
all Presenters (in
PDF
or in
Word)
Evaluation of Symposium: 60%Excellent, 38%Good, 2%Fair)
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Nebraska Environmental
Trust, INC.,
and all our Partners
& SPONSORS! (in
JPG, in
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or in
PDF) |
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International Environmental Trends
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PDF) |
Keynote Speaker - Shawn Grindstaff |
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Nature
Conservancy Working for Your Community
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PDF) |
(The
Nature Conservancy – John T. Heaston, Field Representative) |
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Nature Deficit Disorder, It’s Effects on Human Sustainability
Details (HTML
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PDF) |
(Professional Environmental Educator– Lois Herbel) |
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Municipal Perspective on Water Issues. New Development can
Co-exist with Water Conservation
Details (HTML
or
PDF) |
(Sidney
City Manager – Gary Person) |
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Healthy Ecosystems - Healthy
Communities
Details (HTML
or
PDF) |
(Project Director - Sherry Davis) |
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Public
Entities EMS Resource (PEER) Centers; What are They, and
How They can Help our Community
EPA
PEER Center Directors presentation |
Region
7, Barb Johnson; (details (HTML
or
PDF)
Region 8, Bud McGrath (details (HTML
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PDF) |
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Water
Tables and Playas, More Than Just a Wet Spot
Details (HTML
or
PDF) |
(Nebraska Prairie Partners – Bart Bly / Larry Snyder) |
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Environmental
Leadership, focus in the Community
Details (HTML
or
PDF) |
Patrick Bustos,
(EPA Region 7 Admin
- ; Shawn Grindstaff;
Barb Johnson; Bud McGrath; Sherry Davis; others |
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Restoration
Water Flow for parts of North Platte Watershed
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(Nine
Mile Creek Landowners Council,
President
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Conserving Land and Legacy for Future Generations
Details (HTML
or
PDF) |
(Platte
Valley Basin Environments, INC – Dr. Pat Reece) |
"Resource Conservation and
Development" Organizations in Your Community
Details (HTML
or
PDF) |
(Panhandle RC&D Coordinator – Ron Moore) |
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Stimulating
Wind Energy in Nebraska’s Panhandle
Details (HTML
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PDF) |
(Panhandle Area Dev.District – Jerrod Haberman) |
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Wind Farm Tour@ Peetz, CO |
InvEnergy Services -
Paul Gillham |
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Press release draft (in
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Earth Day 2007 (Friday, April 18th for WNCC), vehicles of E85 and hybrid
varieties were available for driving! Many displays of various
environmental focus groups from our communities took part in increasing
awareness through the valley! Thanks to our Campus Sustainability
Intern from U.Wyo, who planned and orchestrated projects and activities,
D.Jarzab. |
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Symposium 2006
Sept 23, 2006 -
Sustainable Living for You and Your Home - Western Nebraska's
First Environmental, Energy and Sustainability Symposium
brochure
page1,
brochure page2 and
Flyer seen here (or
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In support of our EMS for WNCC,
striving to assist conservation of
personal resources, maintaining quality of lie, foster environmental and
nature awareness, while partaking in a global movement of sustainability.
Evaluation of Symposium:
71.6%Excellent, 23.5%Good, 2.6%Fair)
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Session (and temporary links to Power Point) |
Presenter Bio (html) |
| Sustainable Efforts Around North America |
S.Grindstaff |
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Landscapes for Healthier Living |
C.Hoyt |
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Sustainability in Landscapes |
A.Gall |
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Preventing Nature Deficit Disorder in Children |
L.Herbel |
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Sustainabliliy Lifestyle Choices for Your Family |
L.Herbel |
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Cash for Grass |
R.Lyles |
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K.Miller |
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Practical, Sustainable Home Building |
J.Ely |
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If you have
sustainability interests, those of us in the Great Plains Sustainability
Network invite you to join our list-serve! You will need a Yahoo
account, but it is simple to do. Our monitor must approve your
application to membership (it is not public) so please join us with your
sustainability interests! |
Click to join GreatPlainsSustainabilityNetwork |
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Inscription
reads, "The Nebraska Industrial Council on the Environment Proudly
Presents to Western Nebraska Community College The 2005 Environmental
Leadership Excellence Award For the Voluntary Implementation of an
Environmental Management System" |
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April 24, 2006 - News Release - Western Nebraska Community College,
Scottsbluff, Wins Environmental Award
04/24/06 Lincoln, Neb. -- On April 13, 2006,
Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff was presented the
Nebraska Industrial Council on the Environment’s Environmental Award – Other
Organizations - during a ceremony held in Lincoln during the Nebraska
Safety Council’s Conference & Exposition.
Western Nebraska Community College is one of few
universities or colleges in the nation to develop an Environmental
Management System without bartering of fine reductions for violating
compliance of EPA regulations. One goal of an EMS is to minimize chances
of EPA compliance violation by closely monitoring and minimizing waste
generation through employee knowledge and accountability. By embracing
an EMS as encouraged by EPA, they are changing their environmental
culture from within and helping to increase environmental awareness to
the public in general.
With their EMS, the environmental footprint for WNCC
has decreased their resource consumption. Their future landscape water
and maintenance resources are being reduced as the xeriscaping projects
expand. Environmental awareness through educational classes and programs
and visual demonstrations of WNCC’s xeriscape to the public should
increase regional awareness as well. Once they get LEED certification
for a “green” residence hall, this too should increase environmental
awareness and create a positive impact for additional regional
environmental awareness projects such as programs for certification of
“green” home construction, etc. |
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Photo:
Mike Mostek (right), chairperson of the Nebraska Industrial
Council on the Environment (NICE) and Tom Melecki
(left), president of the
Nebraska Safety Council, Inc., present the NICE Award to Al
Herbel (middle), Safety & Enviro. Mgmnt Director for WNCC. |
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