JCI'S FALL CONFERENCE, BUILDING RESOURCE EFFICIENT COMMUNITIES One hundred stakeholders from the Omaha-Lincoln Metroplex region participated in the Joslyn Institute's Envisioning Nebraska Fall Conference, "Building Resource Efficient Communities," conducted on 15 November at Quarry Oaks Golf Course near Ashland. This was a unique opportunity to meet and work with three nationally known experts in sustainable design, including: • Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, co-founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism and dean of the University of Miami School of Architecture • Brad Klein, Environmental Law Institute Fellow with the Chicago based Environmental Law & Policy Center • Susan Seacrest, founder of the Lincoln-based Groundwater Foundation Recommendations drawn from the conference will be available online soon. ENERGY EFFICIENCY: YOUR HOME & BUSINESS The third fall seminar sponsored by Lincoln Green by Design featured Todd Hall, Vice President for Consumer Services for Lincoln Electric System (LES), speaking on "Energy Efficiency: Your Home & Business." LES is a lead partner in the Lincoln Green by Design coalition and has been a longtime community leader in promoting energy efficiency. Presentations from the inaugural LGbD seminar, "What A Green Building Program Can Do For You", are available below. The program, introduced by Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler. featured Joslyn Institute's Cecil Steward, Tim Hemsath with the Flatwater Chapter of the USGBC, and Peter Hind of AIA-Lincoln. Cecil Steward's LGbD presentation Peter Hind's LGbD presentation GREENING OUR SCHOOLS The second of three fall seminars sponsored by Lincoln Green by Design, "Greening Our Schools", will feature Scott Wieskamp, Director of Facilities and Maintenance for Lincoln Public Schools and Steve Laughlin of the American Institute of Architects. Please join us on September 27th from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q Street in Lincoln. View or download the event poster available for distribution. Presentations from the inaugral LGbD seminar, "What A Green Building Program Can Do For You", are available below. The program, introduced by Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler. featured Joslyn Institute's Cecil Steward, Tim Hemsath with the Flatwater Chapter of the USGBC, and Peter Hind of AIA-Lincoln. Cecil Steward's LGbD presentation Peter Hind's LGbD presentation ENVISION UTAH'S KNOWLTON INSPIRES APRIL 2006 Ted Knowlton, who directs innovative land-use and transportation efforts in the Salt Lake City metropolitan region, offered up Envision Utah as a good model for future cooperative planning in Nebraska’s rapidly growing Metroplex region. He said Envision Utah’s success was based on broad public involvement and a process built on local values. Envision Utah helped area stakeholders relate the consequences of growth to those values and make decisions about future land use in the region. “Our success came from the grass-roots nature of the process,” Knowlton said. “It was a call not for any particular vision, but rather for voices to be heard.” Knowlton, who directs innovative land-use and transportation efforts in the Salt Lake City metropolitan region, offered up Envision Utah as a good model for future cooperative planning in Nebraska’s rapidly growing Metroplex region. Envision Utah worked in partnership with the Utah State Planning and Budget Office to survey residents about future land use choices. The survey garnered more than 18,000 responses, 72 percent of which called for change from status quo practices of low-density, sprawl development. Knowlton said the survey indicated a “sea change” in public attitudes toward a more sustainable and compact growth pattern in Utah’s urban Wasatch Valley. He said Envision Utah’s success was based on broad public involvement and a process built on local values. Envision Utah helped area stakeholders relate the consequences of growth to those values and make decisions about future land use in the region. “Our success came from the grass-roots nature of the process,” Knowlton said. “It was a call not for any particular vision, but rather for voices to be heard.” Through scenario planning, EU helped stakeholders see growth not as a problem to be blocked but as an opportunity to make an attractive living environment an even better one. All jurisdictions in the metro area adopted a final plan that distilled common themes from the scenario planning workshops. “The voluntary implementation of a regional vision recognizes the value of individual communities working together in making land use decisions,” Knowlton said. The meeting, attended by more than sixty planners, community officials and other stakeholders in the Lincoln-Omaha metro area, was sponsored by the Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities and the Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund. For more information on Envision Utah, visit their website at www.envisionutah.org 2004 Ecospheres Film & Lecture Series on Community Issues This lecture series presents issues from a local and a regional perspective. The topics focus on our communities, making wise choices about development practices that affect the environment, the economy, our society and its promise for the future.  This series is for everyone interested in the success of our communities. Please join us for several thought provoking and informative evenings. February 26 - Metropolis, film. (124 mins.) METROPOLIS is perhaps the most famous and influential of all silent films.  Originally filmed in 1927, the story takes place in 2026, when the populace is divided between workers who must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor. March 29 Author and film producer Dayton Duncan. Duncan most recently wrote the PBS documentary on Lewis and Clark with filmmaker Ken Burns, and Duncan has completed a new book with the University of Nebraska Press, "Scenes of Visionary Enchantment: Reflections on Lewis and Clark." Also presenting will be two other foremost Lewis and Clark experts, Gary Moulton and Paul Johnsgard. Moulton is the editor of "The Lewis and Clark Journals:  An American Epic of Discovery" and "The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark." Moulton addresses the White House on July 3, 2004 and has appeared on CNN's late edition with Wolf Blitzer. PAUL JOHNSGARD has authored over forty books, including "Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains."  Johnsgard is the Foundation Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska.    The event, to be held at Joslyn Castle, 3902 Davenport, Omaha, will begin at 7 p.m. with remarks and a book signing at 7:30. The event is sponsored by The University of Nebraska Press, Joslyn Castle Institute and Nebraskans for Public Television. April 22 - Endangered Planet, the Global Brain, films. (35 mins.) THE GLOBAL BRAIN explores the theory that the Earth is an integrated, self-regulating living organism and asks what function humanity might have for this planetary being.  It suggests that we stand on the threshold of a major leap in evolution, as significant as the emergence of life itself, and the essence of this leap is inner spiritual development. May 27 - Susan France, Division Manager Water Administration, Department of Natural Resources.   July 15 - Cadillac Desert, Mulholland's Dream, film. (85 mins.) No fiction could offer the real-life extremes of triumph and disaster, heroism and intrigue that dominate the epic struggle for water in the modern American West. MULHOLLAND’S DREAM tells the true story behind the fiction of Roman Polanski’s Chinatown. This fascinating documentary describes how William Mulholland "delivered" a river to Los Angeles in 1913.

August 26  - Beverly Kracher, CBA Creighton, Business Ethics. Dr. Kracher’s presentation will explore how recent corporate scandals have rocked corporate America and created an interest in how business schools teach accounting and financial ethics. Her discussion will focus on concern about how business colleges educate students                              regarding  environmental issues. October 28 Mindwalk, film. (110 mins.) POSTPONED In this acclaimed film set on the impressive island-abbey of Mont St. Michel, Sam Waterston, Liv Ullmann, and John Heard portray very dissimilar vacationers caught up in the spontaneous and life-affirming sweep of self-expression and new ideas.  The story is based upon the work of acclaimed author Fritjof Capra, in his book, "The Turning Point". Thursday evenings with The Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities 3902 Davenport Street, Omaha 5:30 pm Hors-d'oeuvres 6-7:30 pm Program & discussion Additional Information call (402) 595-1902 Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation formed in July of 1996 to promote sustainable design and development through public dialogue, educational programs, model projects & the transfer of best practices. Funding has been generously  provided by the Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund. Notify Me of Future Document Updates

Ecospheres Lectures - Documents: (9)

	Date	Title/Description
	25-Aug-2004	2004 Ecospheres Lecture and Film Series - The topics of this lecture & film series focus on our communities, making wise choices about development practices that affect the environment, the economy, our society and its promise for the future.
	24-Aug-2004	2004 Ecospheres Lecture: Your Money or Your Morals - Beverly Kracher, Ph.D. presents the August 2004 Ecosphere Lecture. August 26, 5:30 p.m. Joslyn Castle, 3209 Davenport St.
	03-Apr-2004	Metropolis Discussion & Technical Notes - Technical and discussion notes from the film, Metropolis
	01-Apr-2004	Metropolis Discussion & Technical Notes - Technical and discussion notes from the film, Metropolis
	23-Oct-2003	Economic Development & Access to Capital Lecture - May 22 Lecture Notes Economic Development & Access to Capital Steve Virgil, Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest
	24-Sep-2003	2003 Ecospheres Lecture Series - This lecture series focus on our communities making wise choices about development practices that affect the environment, the economy, our society and its promise for the future.
	13-Aug-2003	Using Impact Fees to Finance Schools and Other Pub - PowerPoint presentation from OTOC lecture on July 29th about development impact fees. (2.03mb powerpoint)
	30-Sep-2003	Tale of Three Cities - Summary of Tale of Three Cities from the Sept. 18 Ecosphere Lecture
	14-Nov-2003	Tale of Three Cities - Powerpoint Presentation from Marvin Krout's Tale of Three Cities Lecture