Betsy Rosenberg

Keynote Speaker

Nationally known radio host Betsy Rosenberg has plenty of green information for Central Texans, and she’ll be sharing it as keynote speaker at the Heart of Texas Green Expo.

“How to green your routine, and why it matters,” is the subject of Rosenberg’s presentation at the expo in Bastrop. She will speak on Saturday, June 8 at the event.

Rosenberg is host of “On the Green Front” on the Progressive Radio Network (an Internet station at www.prn.fm). She also is launching “Green-To-Go” radio features to provide quick tips that aim to have lasting impact.  e radio spots will be syndicated nationwide. She is co-founder of “Don’t Be Fueled! – Mothers for Clean and Safe Vehicles,” a campaign to increase use of fuel-e cient vehicles.

Rosenberg was a veteran of CBS Radio News and specialized in environmental reporting. A graduate of  e Climate Project, Al Gore’s training program to educate people about global warming, Rosenberg now is a regular guest on national television news programs. She calls herself a “booster for raising eco-consciousness.”

Peter Pfieffer, FAIA

Peter Pfeiffer, FAIA is a LEED accredited professional Architect, Interior Designer, and Building Scientist who has spent the past 33 years designing and developing pragmatic high performance buildings and homes.

In 2004 he was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for his life-long commitment to “mainstreaming green building in North America”. He is a founding principal of Barley & Pfeiffer Architects, a firm recognized nationally for its pioneering use of environmentally responsive design and construction techniques. Their work has been published both in the United States and abroad in such diverse venues as the Washington Post, The New York Times, Fine Homebuilding, and Better Homes & Gardens magazine. He has been a guest on National Public Radio, the HGTV network, The Discovery Channel, as well as on This Old House and This New House.

The National Association of Home Builders honored him as the “National Green Advocate of the Year” in 2003 for his life-long achievements in “mainstreaming” green building. Peter has been an active charter member of the NAHB Green Building Subcommittee since its inception in 1999 and has been active in the US Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes program.

In 2006 Residential Architect cited him as one of the 10 most influential residential architects of past decade. In 2010 Peter was nominated for the prestigious Hanley Award for his meaningful efforts to advance green building in America.

• Architect and Interior Designer
• Professionally licensed in Texas, New York, New Jersey, and Oregon
• Licensed with National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
• Masters in Architecture degree, with an emphasis in resource efficient design and energy studies, from University of Texas at Austin
• Bachelor of Science degree in the Building Sciences from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1977chosen to be a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for his accomplishments in Green Building
• appointed by Governor Perry to the Texas State Board of Architectural Examiners
• elected to be the Vice Chair of Texas State Board of Architectural Examiners in 2008

Dr. Michael Hare

Since 1996 Dr. Hare has worked for the Texas Department of Agriculture as a pesticide toxicologist.

Dr. Hare received his Ph.D. in Toxicology from the University of Cincinnati and then worked six years in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Michigan State University on the neurotoxicity of methyl mercury. Dr. Hare received the Society of Toxicology, Board of Publications Award for the Best Paper in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology in 1993. Dr. Hare also holds degrees from Texas A&M University (Experimental Psychology) and Mississippi State University (Forestry) and has published over 20 papers on the neurotoxicity of heavy metals.

Dr. Hare has spoken across the state on human health issues related to pesticide use and toxicity.

Margaret Hall Spencer

Margaret Hall Spencer received her horticultural and arboricultural education from the Texas A&M University System. She is a Certified Arborist Municipal Specialist with expertise in the extra care and planning needed for trees in urban areas. She is a member of the International Society of Arboriculture, Society of Municipal Arborists and serves on the Board of Directors for the Houston Area Urban Forestry Council. Margaret is a landscape and arboricultural consultant and owner of Streamside Green, LLC. Margaret is also the Regional Outreach Coordinator for Tree Care Industry Association.

Kindra Welch

Trained as an architect, in 2004 Kindra packed all possessions in the truck and left the corporate world in search for a building system that supports social, ecological and aesthetic sustainability. Within the year she found herself solidly infatuated with a growing national movement known as Natural Building.

Today she can spot a good pile of clay at 70mph, turn almost any tree into a viable piece of structural art, and make a good smoothie to keep the crew going till the goal is met. She currently leads a small design-build company based in central Texas that provides design, general contracting, sub contracting, education and consultation in natural building.

Kelly Bender

Actively engaged in ecosystem management for the benefit of wildlife habitat, water quality, and quality of human life. As an Urban Wildlife Biologist, I consult directly with private landowners to provide technical information that increases biodiversity and enhances natural resource management in urban and suburban areas. Additionally, I provide technical assistance to county tax assessors, municipal boards, and councils of government related to appropriate wildlife management techniques on smaller acreages as well as “smart” growth initiatives such as conservation design, conservation easements, and native habitat landscaping.

Author of the multimedia “Texas Wildscapes Interactive Habitat Planning DVD,” and co-author of “Texas Wildscapes: Gardening for Wildlife” (Damude and Bender 1999) as well as multiple scientific and popular publications. Member: Texas Invasive Species Coordinating Council, and actively engaged in invasive species monitoring and the development of rapid response plans.

If your presentation is on electronic media, we prefer it to be in PowerPoint format, but can attempt to accommodate other media types.   Use the file drop widget below to securely transfer your presentation to us no later than June 4th.

Lessons learned from 2012:

• We encourage you to bring a backup copy on your thumb drive, but even that may not be enough.  One presenter forgot to send their presentation ahead of time and relied solely on the thumb drive.  Unfortunately, the thumb drive was pulled too early, got corrupted, and the entire presentation had to be cancelled at the time slot.
• There are only 5 realistic minutes to prep your presentation after the previous speaker finishes.  You will be assigned a guide to help you find your room on time and more importantly, mark your remaining time with cue cards in the back.
• Wi-Fi is available and should now be stronger/faster than last year, but keep that in mind if needing to run external videos such as YouTube.

Luke Metzger

Luke Metzger is the Founder and Director of Environment Texas, a statewide, citizen-funded advocate for clean air, clean water and open spaces. Mr. Metzger has played a key role in dozens of successful environmental campaigns, including winning voter approval of a $50 million bond to help protect land in the Barton Springs watershed and passage of SB20, which doubled the mandate for renewable energy in Texas. He regularly testifies before the Texas Legislature and appears frequently in the media including in the New York Times, NBC Nightly News, USA Today, and others. He is the author or co-author of several reports including Texas Natural Areas at Risk. His essay “Polluting the Brazos, Sullying the Soul of Texas” was chosen for publication in the college writing textbook, “The Longwood Guide to Writing.”

He currently serves as a Commissioner on the Austin Resource Management Commission and has previously served on the Pollution Prevention Advisory Committee of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Open Records Steering Committee of the Office of the Attorney General. He has been named one of the “Top Lobbyists for Causes” by Capitol Inside and was chosen for the inaugural class of “Next Generation Fellows” by the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at UT Austin. Prior to founding Environment Texas, Mr. Metzger worked as a consumer advocate for TexPIRG, the Texas field organizer for U.S.PIRG and a campus organizer for CALPIRG.

Jay Mertz

Jay Mertz, founder of Rabbit Hill Farm in 1982 became a vermi-composter, manufacturer of organic fertilizers and soil amendments, grower, consultant, organic fertilizer formulator, lecturer, teacher and freelance writer.  Serves on the Advisory Board and lifetime member of the Texas Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association, previous board member of TDA Organic Advisory Board, previous board member of Farm & Ranch Freedom Alliance and board president of a Rural Water Supply Corporation.

I sold Rabbit Hill Farm and retired in 2008. I am continuing to lecture, write articles for Living Natural First Magazine, consult and share with others about sustainable, organic agriculture and gardening.

Miles Whitten

Lionel Johnnes

Circular Energy is a solar design and integration firm providing Solar PV solutions to architects, home builders, residential and commercial clients. Circular Energy is committed to designing for the future. Whether we’re collaborating with architects on integrating solar into new projects, leading Fortune 500 Companies on renewable energy strategy and design, or assisting individual home and small business owners to integrate solar, we design for you – not for us.

We are a talented organization with a refreshing approach that includes listening first and providing value next. Our organization combines creative thinking with best-practice engineering and design disciplines to bring our clients the highest possible value for their investment. Come see why our unique approach is making such an impact.

Dr. Tom Arsuffi

The mission of the Llano River Field Station (LRFS) is to encourage, conduct, and coordinate basic and applied research projects dealing with water/watersheds, exotic species, range management, natural resources, ecological restoration, environmental education and related activities on the Texas Tech University field station at Junction, Texas.

As the largest (> 400 acres) inland field station in Texas, bisected by the headwaters of the South Llano River, a primary emphasis is placed on critical education, engagement and natural resource, water and watershed problems in the biologically diverse Central Texas Hill Country with expansion to encompass state, national and international water and environmental issues of common concern.

Kyle Ashley

Kyle Ashley is the co-founder of Green Building Energy Services, LLC (GBES). He has a dual bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, a Master’s of Business Administration, and is currently in the fourth year of a doctorate degree in Business Administration. Kyle brings experience in energy conservation and management to Green Building Energy Services, LLC and leads business development, marketing, and finance operations for the company.

Kyle also operates Green Building Science Certification, LLC., which offers educational solutions on energy conservation, weatherization, and building performance to remodelers, home inspectors, and other construction industry professionals. GBSC was created with the vision of promoting energy conservation throughout the world, providing homeowners with more efficient energy solutions, and enabling individuals to develop “green energy” careers in energy audits, weatherization, retrofitting, and construction.

Dr. Carey King

Dr. Carey King researches energy systems and how they work together and within the environment.

Carey’s research interests focus upon:

1. relating measures of net energy to economics;
2. understanding how technology and policy can interact within the nexus between energy and water;
3. integration and transition to increased renewable energy production;
4. the economics and life cycle of system-wide/integrated carbon capture and storage infrastructure;   - and
5. promoting objective analyses of energy tradeoffs for energy education, decision-making, and policy development for natural resources.

Dr. King is currently a Research Associate at the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy at the Jackson School of Geosciences. He works as part of several other collaborative research groups at the University of Texas at Austin: The Webber Energy Group  and the Gulf Coast Carbon Center  of the Bureau of Economic Geology.

Russel Smith

Russel Smith has 33 years experience in the renewable energy industry promoting renewable energy issues in Texas. Smith helped found the educational non-profit Texas Solar Energy Society (TXSES) in 1976 and became Executive Director of TXSES in 1978, a position he held until 1992. Smith co-founded the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association (TREIA) trade association in 1984 and has served as its Executive Director from 1986 to present. His experience includes; working with governmental, educational and non-profit boards, and serving on state committees and task forces promoting the development of Texas’ solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydro resources. Smith is a registered lobbyist on behalf of Renewable Energy Industry initiatives in Texas.

Smith was the recipient of the American Solar Energy Society’s first National Achievement Award – Chapter Level in 1994. He chaired the Texas Energy Education Development Project for high school students for fifteen years. He has organized numerous renewable energy events including statewide, regional, and national conferences, trade shows, forums, and workshops. He has participated in several State energy planning processes, policy development summits, and initiatives. Smith also formed the Rural Alliance for Renewable Energy (RARE), a collaboration of state agencies, educational institutions, non-profit associations and industry representatives which is now a program of the Texas Department of Rural Affairs.

Alyssa Burgin

The Texas Drought Project is undertaken by the Texas Harambe Foundation of Austin, together with sponsorship from Texans for Peace and community partnership from organizations like the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance. It brings together experts in farming, ranching, hydrology, civil engineering, climatology, and environmental science to present forums in key regions most affected by drought. The subject matter ranges from recognition of indicators of climate change, recommendations for modifications to policies governing water, methods of conservation, and solutions to the overall problem. Targeted audiences include students, academics, farmers and ranchers, and those most affected by the ravages of climate change, lower-income residents. Special attention focuses on lower-income indigenous and immigrant populations, which have fewer resources for adaptation and which consequently present with obstacles for transition.

Directing the Texas Drought Project is Alyssa Burgin, who has served as outreach and media director of Texans for Peace since 2002. Ms. Burgin brings to this effort over twenty years of experience in community organizing, and has traversed the state of Texas many times on behalf of issues in the social justice realm. She is the organizer of “Teaching Peace in Texas Schools,” and assembled conferences and exhibits for groups ranging from the South Texas Alliance for Peace and Justice to the Walls Symposium at Trinity University. Additionally, she has done media advancework in national political campaigns, and international crisis media consulting for the Christian Peacemaker Teams. She holds degrees in writing and communications from the University of Texas.

Dr. Bryan Shaw

Dr. Bryan Shaw is an associate professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department of Texas A&M University (TAMU) with many of his courses focused on air pollution engineering. The majority of his research at TAMU concentrates on air pollution, air pollution abatement, dispersion model development and emission factor development. Dr. Shaw was formerly associate director of the Center for Agricultural Air Quality Engineering and Science, and formerly served as Acting Lead Scientist for Air Quality and Special Assistant to the Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Dr. Shaw served as a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Committee on Integrated Nitrogen, as well as the EPA SAB Environmental Engineering Committee and the Ad Hoc Panel for review of EPA’s Risk and Technology Review Assessment Plan. Additionally, he is a member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Air Quality Task Force. Since his appointment to the TCEQ, Dr. Shaw has served on the Texas Environmental Flows Advisory Group and as chair of the Texas Advisory Panel on Federal Environmental Regulations.

Dr. Shaw received a bachelor’s and master’s degree in agricultural engineering from TAMU and a doctorate degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ralph Smoot

Imagine a home that is the ultimate desire for any home or building and is also environmentally-friendly. In this talk, Ralph Smoot will discuss the new National Model Home that does just that. The foundation of the new National Model Home is the knowledge that today we have to be sustainable, require less energy, offer protection against all natural disasters, built-in longevity for reduced operating costs, and have a clean room environment with natural health benefits.

Ralph Smoot has been a working builder for over 50 years and he has built many types of homes using creative aspects of sustainable, environmentally-friendly, off-grid, quality- air building, and buildings requiring 50% less water and energy.

Audrey Holt

Audrey Holt is as a Project Design Assistant for the Texas Main Street Program at the Texas Historical Commission. There she provides assistance for Main Street building and business owners by creating design renderings for rehabilitation projects, writing technical, design, and site visit reports, and giving presentations for Main Street trainings covering the topics of architecture and preservation. Audrey graduated from Texas Tech University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree and a Bachelor of Arts in History degree.

Since 2008, Audrey has been a volunteer with the Austin Heritage Society’s Heritage Homes Tour. Her varied specializations, in addition to historic buildings and downtown revitalization, include: historic houses, the value of historic wood windows, sustainability, especially as it relates to historic preservation, and wellness.

Kerry Getter

Kerry and Becky Getter founded Balcones Resources in 1994 in Austin, Texas. In the mid-’90s the only commodity being actively recycled in a commercial setting was white paper, and the Balcones team saw the need to change the way Texas recycled. “We had an opportunity to make an impact both environmentally and economically,” remarked Kerry. Balcones introduced the Anything that Tears™ program, which simplified office recycling and allowed property managers to quickly quantify their efforts through monthly environmental reports and a reduction of costs related to landfill hauling fees.

Kerry remembers, “It was a challenge at first because we really had to get into the trenches and educate everyone involved in an organization. The janitorial crews were very important because we needed to move the material efficiently and effectively throughout the buildings, and their buy-in was crucial to the success of the program. Education became a necessary component, and we started to see the fruits of our labor in the form of increased participation and a reduction in waste from the different locations we serviced.”

Fast-forward 18 years, and we have facilities in Austin, Dallas and Little Rock and have grown to become one of the top 50 recyclers in North America. We service approximately 75% of Austin’s Class A office buildings and 80% of the Class A buildings in downtown Dallas. In addition to multi-tenant facilities, Balcones is also the chosen recycling partner for several corporate campuses, manufacturing facilities and distribution centers with major customers such as the University of Texas at Austin, the Capitol Complex, Seton Hospital System, Pepsico, JCPenney and the Clinton Library, just to name a few.

Jack Ranney

Regional Household Hazardous Waste Business Development Representative at PSC Environmental Services, LLCI

Specialties:Community Fundraising, Project Management, Project Planning, Municipal Solid Waste Services and Household Hazardous Waste Program Assessment and Planning, Community and Economic Development

Phil Gosh

Composting isn’t a new idea, of course, but few people may know that for more than 20 years, Organics by Gosh has been the leader in commercial composting in Central Texas—o?ering service to a variety of businesses and industries from hotels, schools and cafeterias to manufacturers and grocery stores. The company hauls just about anything that was once alive, including plants, trees, grass, shrubs and food. They collect it and place it in mound upon mound of composting earth. The ?nished product results in an entire retail selection of potting soils, fertilizer and decorative “stone,” much of which is sold to landscaping companies as well as area nurseries and large home-improvement stores such as Home Depot and Lowe’s.

Owner Phil Gosh has been in the composting business most of his life—taking over his father’s Houston-area business in the 1970s and launching Organics by Gosh in Austin in 1995. For Gosh, the business is simply about managing our resources well. “We’ve created a program that allows us to take a product and create a higher value out of it,” says Gosh. “All of our composting material comes from within a 30-mile radius to keep our energy local. Instead of trash, it’s a resource…a treasure.”

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Admission

At the door: Adults $5 per day or $8 for all 3 days – Children under 12 free.

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Chuck Kellogg

Chuck Kellogg, Conservation Manager, has been with Aqua Water Supply Corporation for 10 years.

Promoting water conservation and raising the awareness about water efficiency has been a priority of the Aqua Conservation Program. Chuck is an EPA WaterSense Certified Professional Partner as a Landscape Irrigation Auditor, a Texas Licensed Irrigator, and licensed Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester. He has a B.S .from the S.U.N.Y. in Health Science. Bastrop has been home for the last 20 years and counting.

Andrew Hoekzema

Air Quality Program Specialist at Capital Area Council of Governments.

The Clean Air Coalition Advisory Committee, a Clean Air Coalition subcommittee, serves as a technical and policy advisory committee for coalition members. The Advisory Committee meets to exchange information related to developing and implementing the Eight-Hour Ozone Flex Program, and reports to the respective elected officials. In addition, the Advisory Committee includes representatives from TxDOT’s Austin District, CAMPO, CAPCOG, the CLEAN AIR Force, the Lower Colorado River Authority, and the TCEQ.

Rachel Clampffer

Rachel Clampffer, AICP, is the Director of Planning and Economic Development for Bastrop County, Texas.

In this position she oversees the County’s long-range planning, subdivision planning, economic development, and tourism functions. In addition, she handles transportation planning, air quality issues, and special projects of the Court.

Rachel, a certified planner, has also worked for the Austin Water Utility, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, the City of Austin, the Texas Transportation Institute and as a United States Presidents Management Fellow.

She is a proud graduate of Texas A&M with a Bachelors in Political Science and a Masters in Urban Planning. Rachel lives in Cedar Creek, Texas, with her husband and two kids.

Larry Johnson

Aquaponics is a sustainable food production system that combines conventional aquaculture, (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks), with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment. In aquaculture, effluents accumulate in the water, increasing toxicity for the fish. This water is led to a hydroponic system where the by-products from the aquaculture are broken down by nitrogen fixing bacteria, then filtered out by the plants as nutrients, after which the cleaned water is recirculated back to the animals.

As existing hydroponic and aquaculture farming techniques form the basis for all aquaponics systems, the size, complexity, and types of foods grown in an aquaponics system can vary as much as any system found in either distinct farming discipline.

LaVerne Williams

LaVerne Williams, AIA, LEED AP, is one of the nation’s top green building professionals and a Texas pioneer of energy-efficient green home design that strives for sustainability.

Williams dared to open an ecologically oriented architectural practice in 1975, when few people cared about buildings that attempted to work in harmony with the environment and micro-climates. Starting a green building industry design practice that focused wholistically on quality of life issues was a lonely, gutsy business move in a time when President Jimmy Carter was laughed at for wearing a sweater in the White House and the price for a barrel of oil was only twelve bucks. Call him a visionary or a motivated risk taker, as a young architect, Williams knew his moral character would not allow him to continue to work in the architecture profession unless buildings wholistically address overall quality of life issues. Even back in the ’70s, he understood that current building practices were unsustainable. So he put his philosophy to work – literally – and created a niche company, an architectural practice called Environment Associates, Architects & Consultants that has become a national leader.

Williams became an outspoken, positive educator about the need for sustainable, energy-saving, healthful buildings and lifestyles. Through his willingness to teach and mentor others, his practice and his influence grew. In Texas, he is regarded as the “Grandfather of Green Building.”

Stephen Scace

Stephen Scace is a docent and the son of a 20-year volunteer at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. He is particularly interested in the Center’s work in restoring and creating native ecosystems, and really likes native grasses.

The Center’s gardens display the native plants of the Central Texas Hill Country, South and West Texas, while the Plant Conservation Program protects the ecological heritage of Texas by conserving its rare and endangered flora. The Native Plant Information Network is a database of more than 7,200 native species available online.

The Land Restoration Program applies knowledge of ecological processes to restoring damaged landscapes. The Center’s education programs for children and adults teach people about their natural surroundings and how to grow native plants in their own backyards.

Dr. Diane Boellstorff

Dr. Diane Boellstorff is the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service water resource specialist in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences. Her primary areas of focus are developing educational and applied research programs involving water resource management, including water conservation, water quality and aquatic ecosystems, watershed protection planning, and groundwater and private water well protection.

Outreach includes developing and delivering educational programs involving supporting source water protection for residents using water wells, residential water conservation and facilitation of community-driven watershed planning efforts.

Pati Jacobs

Pati Jacobs, a rancher and owner of Bastrop Cattle Company, raises, promotes and sells grass-fed beef in Central Texas.

Free range cattle are treated with care and respect, resulting in the development of healthy muscles and lean meat. Cattle have digestive systems that are best suited for eating grass and hay. These grass-fed animals are raised on the ranches where they were born. And, they remain at the cows’ sides for six months, suckling and learning how to eat grass and hay.

Lloyd Lee

President/CEO of Native. Inc.

Lloyd was born and raised in Texas and has lived in the Central Texas area since 1992. Lloyd worked in construction during college, which spurred his interest in building. After graduating, Lloyd worked in the high tech industry and gained an appreciation for using new technologies to solve old problems. His passion for building and interests in technology led him to pursue an active role in sustainable construction and renewable energy system integrations. Lloyd takes great pride in the fact that he contributes to an industry which helps people save money and live healthier while reducing negative environmental impacts.

Scott Shaffer

Texas Water Savers Co. helps customers learn to build rain harvesting systems that provide money-saving, high-quality household water.

“Have the best of all worlds … when you do it yourself and you save a lot of money,” said Scott Shaffer, a partner in the La Grange-based business. Texas Water Savers also is licensed by the state for water treatment services.

Even in our deeply drought-stricken area, collecting rainwater using a cistern can make sense. For example, Shaffer said, in a region where it rains only 15 to 20 inches per year, someone can afford to rely on a 10,000-gallon cistern and get by with one water delivery when the rainwater runs out.

Texas Water Savers conducts weekend workshops to show people how to design, test and price a system. Among the major environmental appeals of rainwater harvesting is preventing water runoff and erosion.

Wesley Brinkmeyer

Wesley Brinkmeyer is the Manager of Energy Programs at Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative.

Brinkmeyer currently sits on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Demand Response working group and oversees the Research and Design of Energy Programming for Bluebonnet Electric. Prior to joining the utility industry in 2011, Brinkmeyer worked in Economic Development where he assisted businesses and communities in site selection and business expansion. He has served on the Rural Economic Development Advisory Committee for the Association of Rural Communities in Texas, the International Economic Development Council and a multitude of civic organizations. Brinkmeyer is a graduate of Texas A&M and is married and has one young daughter.

• Eco-Conscious Moms and Dads, Kids, Grandparents…the Whole Family!!
• Landscape Designers and Contractors
• People who care about all kinds of Energy….Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Water
• Students and Teachers
• Schools/Universities
• Public & Private agencies, health-related organizations — AND MORE!!

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• Great Entertainers : The Vine Walker, Folklorica Dancers, Renaissance Performers, “Technology in Action”
• Terrific State of the Art Presentations by the best minds in conservation, renewable resources. University Scholars and Researchers along with practical do-it-yourself advice
• Exhibitions inside and outside of everything Green….cars, houses, organic foods, water displays
• Artists, Kids activities, electric bikes

JOIN US FOR FUN, FOOD, EDUCATION, AND MORE!!!

Keynote Speaker

Betsy Rosenberg

Betsy Rosenberg is an award winning national broadcast journalist and a green media trailblazer who is attending the White House Women’s Summit on climate and the environment.

The Water Village

Visit the Village and meet representatives we’ve invited from across Texas representatives of “best-in-class” companies who can help you learn how to build spectacular water gardens, design affordable rain harvesting systems and select the high value water treatment equipment guaranteed to meet your needs.

Technology Petting Zoo

Sponsored by the Bastrop High School Robotics Team will provide hands on direction in some of the newest technology plus the technology dessert of dinosaur technology of the past.
Visit with their award winning robot.

TAME – Trailblazer

The Trailblazer is a 40-foot exhibit trailer that houses a variety of engineering and science exhibits targeted at students in grades 3 to 7.
The Trailblazer is the only interactive science and engineering museum-on-wheels in Texas.