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The fifth GreenTown was held at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois on March 17-18, 2010. GreenTown Lake County featured two keynote presentations by Mayor Bob Dixson of Greensburg, Kansas and Suzanne Malec-McKenna, Commissioner, City of Chicago Department of Environment. Afternoon sessions on Thursday included presentations on such topics as community design and building, food, smart growth, water and waste.

Below are select presentations that are available for download. If there is a presentation not available here, please contact Bennett Dilly at 312.706.2527 or bdilly@a5inc.com.

Mike Behm, Vice President, Community Market, Leopardo Companies
Sustainably Challenged: Green Questions Facing Municipalities and Builders in Today's Marketplace

Pete Kadens, President, SoCore Energy
Sun & Wind: The Future of Alternative Energy (Solar presentation)

Tadd Scarpelli, Founder and President, AVA Power, Inc.
Sun & Wind: The Future of Alternative Energy (Wind presentation)

Amy Talbot, Associate Planner, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
Implementing a Regional Water Supply / Demand Plan at the Local Level

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The fourth GreenTown: The Future of Community was held at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois on October 14-15, 2009. GreenTown Chicago featured Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s keynote, Mayor Richard M. Daley's Address and the Chicago Climate Action Plan. Nearly 400 individuals were in attendance to learn how to create more sustainable communities.

Steve Bellone, Supervisor, Town of Babylon, New York
Energy Efficient Homes: Creative Financing to Achieve Large Scale Results

Bob Dixson, Mayor, Greensburg, Kansas
Rebuilding Greensburg, Kansas as a Livable, Walkable Community

Dean Kubani, Environmental Programs Division Manager, City of Santa Monica
Greening a Community: Lessons Learned from Santa Monica

Deborah Popely, Associate Director, Delta Institute
Unlocking the Potential of the New Green Economy

Madeleine Weil, Policy Advocate, Environmental Law and Policy Center
Renewable Energy: Preparing Local Communities to Meet Regional Goals

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The third GreenTown: The Future of Community was held at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 22-23, 2009. Speakers from various industries educated those in attendance on an assortment of environmentally-conscious topics.

Below are a select group of presentations that are available for download.

John Connolly, Founder, JF Connolly & Associates
Food Scraps to Compost: Commercial Efforts to Combat Global Warming

Brett Olson, Co-Founder and President, Green Routes and Renewing the Countryside
Eco-Tourism: Greening Tourism for a New Generation of Travel

Mike Hamm, C.S. Mott Professor of Sustainable Food Systems at Michigan State University
Michigan Economic Development: Opportunities Through Local, Sustainable Agriculture

Dave Konkle, Energy Office Director, ICLEI
ICLEI - Climate Protection Toolkit for Small Communities

Colleen Matts, Farm to School Specialist, C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems, Michigan State University
Michigan Farm to School

Janet Allen, SNS
Clarkston Schools Farm to School Initiative

Stephen Hamstra, P.E., HBDP, LEED AP, CGD, GMB Architecture + Engineering
Greening the K-12 School System: LEED for Existing Buildings and New Construction

Norman Christopher, Director of Sustainability, Grand Valley State University
Campus Climate Initiatives: Greening The Campus and Combating Climate Issues

Michelle Dyer, MSLS, VIce President, Second Nature
Greening the Campus: How Educational Institutions Combat Climate Issues