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Redeveloping Brownfields in the Green Mountain State
June 20, 2008; 8:30 AM -4 PM
Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton
Contact: Institute Administrator Jane D’Antonio at 802-831-1217
www.vermontlaw.edu/elc/landuse/brownfields
Please note that registration is necessary

The conference will provide developers and their professional advisors with tools for identifying, transacting, and successfully redeveloping brownfields in Vermont. Cosponsored by the VLS Land Use Institute and Vermont Brownfields Reuse Initiative

New England’s Fragile Coastal Ecology
June 26, 2008; 12-1 PM
Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton

“New England’s Fragile Coastal Ecology” with Amy Quinton, VLS Media Fellow in Environmental Law and New Hampshire Public Radio environmental reporter. We'll take an audio tour of the marshes and their fragile ecology.

July 2008 Events

Saws and Effect: The Terrifying Juggernaut of Illegal Logging
July 8, 2008; 12-1 PM
Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton

“Saws and Effect: The Terrifying Juggernaut of Illegal Logging” with Robert Anderson, senior trial attorney in the Environmental Crimes Section of the U.S. Department of Justice. A discussion of the current legislative, NGO, and business efforts in the U.S. and abroad to address the environmental crisis created by illegal logging.

The Killing Fields: Reducing Casualties in the Battle Between Endangered Species and Pesticide Law
July 10, 2008; 12-1 PM
Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton

“The Killing Fields: Reducing Casualties in the Battle Between Endangered Species and Pesticide Law” with Mary Jane Angelo, associate professor of law at the U. of Fla.’s Levin College of Law. Legislative reform seeks to eliminate the conflict between these laws while promoting wildlife protection and availability of pesticides in the public interest.

Conservation Easement Enforcement: Protection for Perpetuity
July 17, 2008; 12-1 PM
Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton

“Conservation Easement Enforcement: Protection for Perpetuity” with Jessica Jay ‘97, founding partner of Conservation Law, PC. An examination of the permanence of land conservation through the lens of legal challenges to, and the durability of, conservation easements, based on the current state of law.

Tort of Ecological Degradation
July 31, 2008; 12-1 PM
Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton

“Tort of Ecological Degradation” with Joe Guth, legal director of the Science and Environmental Health Network. The U.S. permits environmental damage unless the responsible action can be shown not to provide a net social benefit. A proposal for a tort to redirect the economy onto a sustainable path.

August 2008 Events

Community Design/Build
August 3-15, 2008 ** multi-day event **
Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Warren, VT
Cost: $1,400 Contact: (888)496-5541

Guided by Jersey Devil co-founder Steve Badanes, students will engage in a hands-on process of designing and building a full-scale public project. Past projects have included public playground structures, village green bandshells, park pavilions, and bus stops. The class will meet with the client, establish the program, work within a budget, propose and develop the design, schedule the work, and construct the project. Each phase is explored as a means of making the architecture more expressive, and sustainable building practices are emphasized throughout the process. Students will explore how this community-based, consensus approach to a project can build a sense of community as it creates a work of architecture. Evening lectures will focus on examples of individual and team processes as illustrated by Jersey Devil projects.

New England Environmental Education Alliance Annual Conference -- A Journey Home: Fostering Ecologically Centered Communities
October 3-8, 2008
Boston University Sargent Center, Hancock, New Hampshire
Contact: (207)283-9951 or www.neeea.org

The NEEEA 2008 conference will take a close look at strategies for coming home to a community built around basic ecological principles and will explore approaches for creating and nurturing communities through systems thinking.

November 2008 Events