The Sustainable Living Summit is a special presentation of the Michigan Energy Fair and will be held on Saturday June 25, 2016 at the Ingham County Fairgrounds. SLS '16 is an all day workshop, featuring leaders, experts, and entrepreneurs in the world of sustainable living who will discuss a variety of topics during their forum. Topics include but are not limited to Food & Agriculture, Building, Water Resources, and the Sustainable Economy..
Event Program
7:30am – 9:00am Pancake Breakfast (optional $6.00)
9:30am – 9:45am Opening Remarks Douglas Elbinger & Andy Blazkovitz
9:45am – 10:45am Sustainable Food & Agricultural
Ronald Doetch, Agronomist “The Future of Food”
10:45 am – 11:00am Networking - coffee break
11:00am – 12:00pm Sustainable Communities
Andy Balaskowicz Mid West Energy News, Moderator
Juan Shannon Parker Village
Cathleen Francois Grass Roots Environmental Action Team
Derek Cichewicz Michigan Institute of Aviation & Technology
12:00pm – 1:00pm Special Guest Speaker Jack Lessenberry
this session is free and open to all fair visitors
1:00pm – 2:00pm Sustainable Buildings
Jim Newman, Newman Consulting Group, “Sustainable Buildings – Why, How, and How Much? “
Mark Lee, President, World Better Builders, “Energy Independence with your existing home”
Brindley Byrd, Executive Director MEECA, “Advocating Public Policy”
2:00pm – 2:15pm Networking - coffee break
2:15pm – 3:15pm Sustainable Water Resources
Pat Lindeman, Ingham Country Drain Commissioner “Greening of the Drains”
3:15pm – 3:30pm Networking - coffee break
3:30pm – 4:45pm The New Economy
Andy Balaskowicz Moderator
Toby Leifker, Lief LED Breakthrough Technology in Lansing
Jon Sader, The RAQ Making Solar Affordable
Mark Bates, T.H. Eifert Mechanical You can’t manage what you can’t measure”
4:45pm - 5:00pm Concluding Remarks – Douglas Elbinger
5:00pm – 6:00pm Enjoy the Fair