Conserving the Beloved Community

Valparaiso University 2014 MLK Celebration

Monday, January 20, 2014

Kathy Sipple, Founder 219 GreenConnect,

Northwest Indiana Green Drinks Organizer and Sustainable Indiana 2016 Regional Coordinator

www.219greenconnect.com www.sustainableindiana2016.org

• B.A . Economics from University of Michigan . • Podcast host: http://blogtalkradio.com/219greenconnect. • Avid vermicomposter and community gardener. • Indiana Lake Michigan Coastal Advisory Board Member • Work with green companies and nonprofits to tell their stories.

Nicole Barker, Executive Director of Save the Dunes

www.savedunes.org

• Governance Board Member, Healing Our Waters Coalition • Indiana Lake Michigan Coastal Advisory Board Member • Past Board Member, Northwest Indiana Paddling Association • Past Program Direction, Chicago Department of Environment

Conservation Definition The act of conserving or saving our natural resources through

careful management. This means we can use the resources but

wisely and responsibly.

Examples: reducing your waste, saving trees, recycling,

using renewable resources that don't deplete our natural

resources.

Climate Change • Sustainable Indiana 2016 hosted webinar in October 2013 with Purdue

University Indianapolis Professor Gabriel Filippelli, Environmental Geochemist and Climate Scientist said, “We don’t need science anymore…we really need people who have common sense and a concern about the future. That’s where we need to transition the climate change debate.”

• View the archived webinar at http://youtube.com/si2016.

Climate Change • When you add greenhouse gases such as CO2, you warm the planet.

• “It’s not rocket science.” ~ Professor Gabriel Filippelli

• What amount is caused by humans?

• What can you do?

• Take the Carbon Footprint Challenge

Climate Solution Resources • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc.ch/

• Post Carbon Institute: http://www.postcarbon.org/

• Sustainable Indiana 2016 climate change policy petition: http://chn.ge/LHGXbd

• 350.org

• Climatenetwork.org

• Climatesolutions.org

• Sustainableindiana2016.org

Water Stewardship • Save the Dunes

• Outlook for Northwest Indiana and Valparaiso

• What you can do

Land Stewardship • Save the Dunes

• Outlook for Northwest Indiana and Valparaiso

• What you can do • Recycling

• Reduce food waste

What can you do? • Reduce emissions

• Take the carbon footprint calculator challenge: http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/ to learn how you compare

Free Home Energy Assessment

Green Power Options

http://219greenconnect.com/energizingindiana/ http://219greenconnect.com/renewable-energy/3004/

QUESTIONS?

Please type your questions in the chat window and the moderator will relay them to the

presenters.

Thanks for attending!

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Twitter: @si2016, Hashtag: #si2016

Facebook: http://facebook.com/sustainableindiana2016

Find us online:

Save the Dunes

www.savedunes.org

219 GreenConnect

www.219greenconnect.com

Green Drinks

www.greendrinks.org

www.facebook.com/nwigreendrinks

Sustainable Indiana 2016

www.sustainableindiana2016.org

Kathy Sipple

www.kathysipple.com