Registrations are still available for the 2010 MOUNTAIN GREEN SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE, to be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 23 at Warren Wilson College in Asheville. The event will focus on construction and design strategies for those serving the aging population. It will also address sustainable residential design elements and engineering strategies for managing wastewater.
If you are involved in: home and community-based healthcare providers, aging-in-place advocates, long-term care facility administrators, residential and commercial developers, tourism businesses, planners and designers, and real estate professionals, this event’s for you. CEUs are available for nursing home administrators, architects, ECO REALTOR consultants and landscape architects.
Convened by Warren Wilson’s Environmental Leadership Center with support from a steering committee with representatives from a cross-section of businesses, organizations, public-private entities, nonprofits and individuals, the conference seeks to assemble a community of professionals that will help create a sustainability network for Western North Carolina. AdvantageWest and Land-of-Sky Regional Council are lead sponsors.
In addition to the educational sessions, the $100 registration fee also includes a lunch featuring all locally produced and prepared food, a business expo of sustainable products and services, and a post-conference reception offering free local food and beer, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
To register or for more information about the 2010 MOUNTAIN GREEN SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE, visit http://www.mountaingreenwnc.org/. Information is also available from conference organizer, Phillip Gibson, at (828) 771-3781 or pgibson@warren-wilson.edu.
