Education 

Session B (2:45 pm – 4:00 pm)

Community Involvement Paper Session
Moderator: Ann Regn, Director, Information and Outreach, DEQ

• A successful Partnership for Community Education*—Karen Forget, Executive Director, Lynnhaven River NOW and Bill Johnston, VPDES Permit Administrator, City of Virginia Beach
• (S)Monitoring harmful marine Debris, one Balloon at a time*—Katie Register, Executive Director, Clean Virginia Waterways and Christina Trapani, Stranding Information Specialist, Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center
• Environmental Justice Implication of Air Pollution in the Norfolk, Virginia Area*—Peerawat Charuwat, Cadet, Virginia Military Institute
• (S) Achieving A Deeper Shade of Green*—Rebecca Rubin, President, Marstel-Day, LLC
• Zero Wood Construction Waste is Possible in Homebuilding*—Phil Araman, Research Team Leader, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station

Session C (4:15 pm – 5:30 pm)

Environmental Education Paper Session
Moderator: Mike Foreman, Manager, Office of Environmental Education, DCR

• Educating about Health + Design: A Critical Evaluation of the Learning Barge*—Phoebe Ann Crisman, Associate Dean for Research, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
• Systemic Environmental Literacy Program*—Cindy Duncan, Teacher Professional Development Coordinator and Bill Portlock, Senior Educator, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• (S) The Places We Eat: Leveraging the Power of Design to Transform Childhood Wellness*—Robert Moje, Principal, VMDO Architects
• (S)Palletecture: Reuse of Materials and Growth of Green Roofs at a New Bus Stop Structure*— Kenneth Black, Student, School of Architecture + Design, Virginia Tech

Session D (9:45 am – 11:00 am)

Floodplain Management - Preparing for the Next Big Storm
Moderator: Blaine Delaney, Watershed Program Coordinator, NRCSCharley Banks, Floodplain Program Engineer, DCR

• Charley Banks, Floodplain Program Engineer, DCR
• Fred Brusso, Jr., Interim Planning Director, City of Portsmouth
• Mark Slauter, Virginia Department of Emergency Management (invited)
• Robert Foresman, Emergency Management Coordinator, Rockbridge County

Session G (3:30 pm – 4:45 pm)

Factoring in Human Behavior
Moderator: Colonel Dave Cotting, Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology and Philosophy, VMI

• Employee Waste Reduction Program –CJ Hartman, Executive Director, Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World, James Madison University (invited)
• Learning Communities, Curriculum, and Research—Andrew Wingfield, Sustainability Studies Fellow, George Mason University
• Energy Dashboard – is it worth the hype?—Julio Stephens, Sustainability Coordinator, Radford University
• The Living Laboratory: designing a student behavior change study—Rick Roth, Professor, Radford University
• Banking on behavior:  Outside Firm Helps Us Change and Saves Us Money and Energy - Morris Trimmer, Energy Specialist, and Jane Stewart, Energy Specialist, Washington and Lee University
• Stewardship and Sustainability in the Port of Virginia - Heather Wood, Directory, Environmental Affairs, Virginia Port Authority

Sessions H and I (8:30 am – 10:45 am)

Funding Campus Sustainability
Moderator: Lieutenant Colonel Irma Bailey, Comptroller, VMI

• Alternative Funding Options
  • Student Green Fee—Jesse Freedman, Sustainability Coordinator, Hollins University
  • Revolving Loan Fund— Representative, Ferrum College
  • Third Party Financing for On-Campus Renewable Energy—Anthony Smith, President, Hugh Stoll, Chief Technology Officer, and Matthew Ruscio, Special Projects Coordinator, Secure Futures
   
• Small group breakout discussions with panelists: what are your biggest funding challenges?
• Revolving Loan Funds 
  • Overview of SEI’s Billion Dollar Green Challenge - Rob Foley, Senior Research Fellow, Sustainable Endowments Institute
  • Implementation decision making tool from Virginia Tech
   

* Paper Presentation
(S) Speed Presentation