[ACT] Brown Bag Lunch Series

[Jared Liu]

Brown Bag Lunch Series

Live Online Event

Thursday, July 19, 2007
1:00- 2:00pm EST

Session:  Natural Capitalism: Green Partnerships with Business

Trainers: Greg Levine, Program Director, Trees Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
		   Prescott Gaylord, Chief Management Officer, Baltimore Landmark  
Homes (MD)

About the series:
The Brown Bag Lunch Series is a monthly webcast held at the lunch  
hour.  The overall goal is to create informal training opportunities  
for local urban and community forestry organizations.


The series is geared to mainly serve the needs of volunteer  
organizations and community groups.  While the webcasts are open to  
all, the content is most likely to be of interest to practitioners  
who work directly with the public, volunteers, or youth.


The trainings leverage local successes by amplifying to a larger  
audience the model organizations' methods, materials, and approaches.  
Sessions are planned to last no more than one hour, with two  
presenters speaking on the same topic from slightly different  
perspectives, each for 10-15 minutes, followed by 10-15 minutes of  
questions and answers.


The Brown Bag Lunch Series is made possible through support from:





Description:
Natural capitalism is about planned development.  It takes into  
account the SmartGrowth model that development can be good, when it  
is well planned. By creating vibrant street life and a strong sense  
of community, green partnerships are part of the equation to creating  
healthier, safer, and more livable neighborhoods. Together, community  
leaders, homebuilders, developers, and businesses can promote this  
new way of thinking by ensuring that trees are a component of well- 
planned development.

Brown Bag attendees will learn:
Challenges and concerns faced by developers
How to integrate green values into business practices
Why going green is the right thing to do
Selling urban forestry as a major business opportunity
Approaching potential partners
The BeltLine is a 22-mile loop of historic railroad that encircles  
downtown and midtown Atlanta. The development concept for this loop  
is to increase greenspace, improve transit, enhance mobility, connect  
45 neighborhoods, spur economic development, and foster livable  
communities.  No small task, but a development project of this size  
in a major city is a unique opportunity.  Trees Atlanta's  
neighborhood arboreta concept fits this vision well, and, with  
support from homebuilders, Trees Atlanta is working to extend the  
concept to communities along BeltLine.

Baltimore Landmark Homes is a family of companies which all focus on  
green building strategies.  Their construction firm, Baltimore Green  
Construction, specializes in environmentally sensitive residential  
and commercial construction, including LEED-certified projects.  One  
of those projects is the silver LEED renovation of the Herring Run  
Watershed Association's office (a former bakery).  In addition, their  
development firm, Baltimore Landmark Homes, focuses on green building  
as a crucial strategy for reclaiming older neighborhoods.  Even at  
their real estate brokerage, City Life Realty, a large number of  
their agents are certified "EcoBrokers," trained to help buyers  
understand important issues life energy efficiency, indoor air  
quality, and the use of natural/recycled homebuilding materials.

Click here to register for the webcast.


Next session: August 16, 2007, Operating a Nursery, Community Garden,  
or Arboretum.


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