Sacramento Sustainability Forum February 2010 Host: Sacramento News & Review from Sacramento Sustainability Forum on Vimeo.

Jeff von Kaenel, CEO of Sacramento News & Review, hosts the February 2010 Sacramento Sustainability Forum (SSF). The News & Review has recently built and relocated to a new building on Del Paso Blvd. Jeff briefly discusses the design and infill process for their new building.

Sacramento Sustainability Forum Presents: Shamus Roller from Sacramento Sustainability Forum on Vimeo.

Shamus Roller is the Executive Director of the Sacramento Housing Alliance.

Sacramento Sustainability Forum Presents: Mike McKeever (SB 375: Part 2 of 3) from Sacramento Sustainability Forum on Vimeo.

Mike McKeever, Executive Director of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG), gives a presentation on SB 375 at the February 2010 Sacramento Sustainability Forum.

During Mr. McKeever's tenure at SACOG, the organization has established itself as a national leader in sustainable, integrated regional planning. He was a key contributor to California Senate Bill 375, the nation's most comprehensive regional planning law linking climate change, transportation, land use and housing planning and was appointed by the California Air Resources Board to chair the Regional Targets Advisory Committee, a 21 person statewide committee to assist in the implementation of SB375.

Sacramento Sustainability Forum Presents: Bill Yeates (SB 375: Part 3 of 3) from Sacramento Sustainability Forum on Vimeo.

Part 3 of our SB 375 series: Attorney Bill Yeates discusses the impact of California's SB 375.

For the past several years Bill has conducted public education workshops on CEQA for the Planning and Conservation League Foundation (PCLF) and the Northwest Environmental Training Center throughout California. Bill is the author of PCLF’s Community Guide to CEQA, which was updated in 2007 with a special focus on the effects of global warming/climate change, and has also been translated into Spanish.

Sacramento Sustainability Forum Presents: Trena Ellis from Sacramento Sustainability Forum on Vimeo.

Trena Ellis, Facility Manager at Pearson's Rancho Cordova location, discusses the implementation of green facility management in a leased space.

This presentation was giving on January 21, 2010 at the Sacramento Sustainability Forum. The Sacramento Sustainability Forum is held on the third thursday of each month.

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Sacramento Sustainability Forum Presents: Heidi Sanborn from Sacramento Sustainability Forum on Vimeo.

Product Stewardship is a fundamental rethinking of the way we design, manufacture, and recycle products. Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director of the California Product Stewardship Council, is spearheading the effort for this change. There is no more room for the waste we are creating, we must find a solution.

This fascinating presentation was given on January 21, 2010 at the Sacramento Sustainability Forum. The Sacramento Sustainability Forum is held on the third Thursday of every month.

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Sacrameto Sustainability Forum Presents: Mike Schneider from Sacramento Sustainability Forum on Vimeo.

"Driving Solar Adoption Through Power Purchase Agreements"

Mike Schneider, Lead Project Developer for Enfinity, presenting at the November 2009 Sacramento Sustainability Forum.

Sacramento Sustainability Forum Presents: Lee Scott from Sacramento Sustainability Forum on Vimeo.

Lee Scott is a faculty member at CSU Sacramento as well as Principal at Unleashing Leaders (www.unleashingleaders.com/)

Sacramento Sustainability Forum Presents: Panama Bartholomy from Sacramento Sustainability Forum on Vimeo.

The November 2009 Keynote speaker: Panama Bartholomy

Panama is an adviser for Karen Douglas, the Chairman at the CA Energy Commission where he advises her on climate change, land use, renewable energy, transmission, green building, and bio fuels policy.

He serves on the City of Sacramento’s Planning Commission and the County of Sacramento’s Environmental Commission. He is a board member on and Vice-President of the Northern California Chapter of the United States Green Building Council and the Humboldt Bay Center for Sustainable Living. He previously worked for the California Conservation Corps on vocational environmental education and the Division of the State Architect where he ran the Sustainable Schools program.

He is a graduate of Humboldt State University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Restorative Development and a Masters of Science in Community Development from UC Davis.