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| THURSDAY, MARCH 20 |
UVM Davis Center, Burlington, VT |
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Registration, Livak Fireplace Lounge |
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5:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Conference Introduction, Sugar Maple Room |
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6:00 pm - 6:45 pm |
Campus Climate Neutral Lecture by Jim Merkel, Sugar Maple Room |
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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Taste of Vermont Welcome Reception and Poster Symposium, Livak Fireplace Lounge |
| FRIDAY, MARCH 21 |
UVM Davis Center, Burlington, VT |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Continental Breakfast, Livak Fireplace Lounge, UVM Davis Center |
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8:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Registration, Livak Fireplace Lounge |
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9:00 am - 10:15 am |
Capping Carbon: The Current State of Climate Legislation (Panel), Sugar Maple Room |
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10:30 am - 11:45 am |
China and the Environment (Panel), Sugar Maple Room |
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Lunch, Silver Maple Room |
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1:15 pm - 2:30 pm |
Rebuilding America Green (Panel), Sugar Maple Room Post-Kyoto Era: Global Opportunities (Panel), Livak Ballroom |
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2:45 pm - 4:00 pm |
Water Scarcity, Antarctica and the Global Commons (Panel), Sugar Maple Room America's Energy Policy: Alternatives for our Future (Panel), Livak Ballroom |
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Break |
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4:30 pm - 5:45 pm |
Laboratories of Innovation: States Driving the Climate Debate (Panel), Sugar Maple Room United States Water Supply and Quality Trends and Issues (Panel), Livak Ballroom |
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
NRDC Reunion Dinner, Silver Maple Room |
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7:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
NRDC Reunion Presentation, Silver Maple Room |
| 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Ben & Jerry's Dessert Reception, Livak Fireplace Lounge |
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SATURDAY, MARCH 22 |
Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT |
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7:00 am - 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast, Livak Fireplace Lounge, UVM Davis Center |
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8:00 am - 8:30 am |
Board Buses to Vermont Law School |
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8:30 am - 10:00 am |
Travel to Vermont Law School |
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10:15 am - 10:45 am |
Welcome Message from Associate Dean Marc Mihaly, Chase Center |
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Energy in Practice Workshop, Oakes Hall 110 Campus Climate Neutral Workshop, Oakes Hall 107 GMO Workshop, Oakes Hall 007 Community Resources for Environmental Solutions (Panel), Oakes Hall 012 Role of an International Lawyer in a Global Environment Workshop, Oakes Hall 208 Creating Sustainable Communities Workshop, Debevoise Hall Map Room |
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12:15 pm - 1:15 pm |
Lunch, Chase Center NAELS Executive Board Meeting (location TBD) |
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Water Workshop Part 1, Oakes Hall 107 Green Building Practices Workshop, Oakes Hall 110 Environmental Education (Panel), Oakes Hall 012 Hazards of Lead Paint in Housing and its Effect on Immigrant and Urban Communities (Panel), Oakes Hall 007 Martial Arts Workshop: "Kicking Climate Change", Chase Loft Environmental Legal Research Workshop, Oakes Hall 208 |
| Break | |
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2:45 pm - 3:45 pm |
Water Workshop Part 2, Oakes Hall 107 Green Design (Panel), Oakes Hall 012 Vegan Cooking Workshop, Oakes Hall 110 International Fisheries (Panel), Oakes Hall 007 Litigation Workshop, Oakes Hall 208 NAELS Transportation Workshop, Debevoise Hall Map Room |
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3:45 pm - 5:00 pm |
Keynote Speaker, Chase Center, Vermont Law School |
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5:30 pm - 5:45 pm |
Board Buses to UVM Davis Center |
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5:45 pm - 7:15 pm |
Travel to UVM Davis Center |
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7:30 pm - 10:00 pm |
NAELS Closing Celebration at Magnolia Bistro, Burlington, VT (for information on Magnolia Bistro's green practices, visit www.magnoliabistro.com) |
| time/location TBD | NAELS Governing Board Meeting |
| SUNDAY, MARCH 23 | |
| No conference events will be held on Sunday. | |
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You can direct questions, comments, ideas and suggestions to the NAELS 2008 Conference Committee
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