Environment Session Presentations

Session Presentations

The following links reflect the presentations from the joint classes XXVII and XXVIII Environment session that LNC has been given permission to share.  All presentations posted here are for the use of members of LNC Classes XXVII and XXVIII only and should not be shared externally.

• The Mountains to the Coast: NC’s Environment–Karen Kelley
• NC’s Changing Climate: Meeting the Challenges Ahead–Sushma Masemore
• Case Study in Collaboration–Jason Walls and Julie Masemore
• The EN-Roads Climate Workshop–Simulating Global Solutions
• Sustainable Design, Building and Resilience–Ben Cahoon and Kevin Utsey
• Sustainable Design Building, and Resilience–Deb Ryan
• Beneficial Electrification–Diane Huis

Resource Recommendations

The following links connect to resources mentioned during the Classes XXVII and XXVIII Environment session by presenters, class members, and planning committee members.

Tuesday Programming

• Sierra Nevada Brewing Company on NPR’s “How I Built This”
• North Carolina Arboretum
• Oconee Bells Story (mentioned during Arboretum presentation)

Wednesday Programming

• Schoolhouse of Wonder
• Native Land App
• Men and Women United for Youth and Families (Randolph Keaton suggestion for fresh produce in eastern NC)
• “Scientists studying the ocean currents that collide at Hatteras”
• “This is environmental racism: How a protest in a North Carolina farming town sparked a national movement” Washington Post, April 6, 2021
• HR 2021 “EJ for All Act”
• “A poultry plant, years of groundwater contamination and, finally, a court settlement” Washington Post, April 13, 2021
• Climate Interactive En-ROADS Resources
  • Climate Interactive
  • The En-ROADS Climate Workshop
  • En-ROADS Control Panel
  • En-Roads Simulator
• Surging Seas Risk Zone Map

Thursday Programming

• Shibumi Shade
• High-end examples of New Urbanism
  • Seaside Florida
  • “In Gaithersburg’s Kentlands neighborhood, ‘new urbanism’ in full flower” Washington Post, January 23, 2020
• “Untokening 1.0–Principles of Mobility Justice”
• Livable Streets: Complete Streets–Design Elements, New Priorities, Means to an End
• AARP Complete Streets Archive
• Mountains to Sea Trail
• The Nicholas Institute: Understanding Rural Attitudes Toward the Environment and Conservation in America
• Who Killed the Electric Car?
• End-of-life Electric Vehicle Batteries: Recycling or Second-life? Says IDTechEx
• Tesla Federal Tax Incentives
• “Cost of Electric Vehicles Now Competitive with Gas Powered Cars According to Duke Energy” WRAL
• “Key Things to Know About Biden’s EV Infrastructure Plan” Greenbiz.com
• Muddy Sneakers
• Ecusta Trail
• Dupont State Forest
• Keep Rutherford County Beautiful
• Thailand Soccer Video