Environmental Expo & Marketplace
Join us for Morning Stretch from 6 - 9 am with Andrea Metcalf from NBC 5!
Andrea Metcalf will be leading a morning stretch for all participants from 6 am to 9 am on the day of the ride. From 9 am - 10:30, stretching will be led by Rush-Copley Helthplex. Warm up with great friends!
Post-Ride Fun (Noon to 5pm)
The Rolling on the River 2008 Environmental Expo & Marketplace will include family friendly activities as well as vendors and non-profit booths.
Visit IL Environmental Council, IL Stewardship Alliance and Prairie Rivers Network booths along with other non-profit environmental groups
Meal in the lunch building (Gourmet Chipotle burritos plus other food and beverages sponsored by Goodness Greeness, Nutrisoda, Aquafina Alive, Zota Soda, Organic Valley, CLIF, Panera)
Speakers in lunch building throughout afternoon.
Sponsor booths including: NBC5, Ag Watershed Institute, Care of Trees, Chipotle, Citizens Utility Board, City of Yorkville, Coffee, ELPC, Fox River Ecosystem Partnership, Friends of Chi River, Goodness Greenness, Healthplex, IEC, In Touch Therapeutic Massage, ISA, Kozy's Cyclery, Longaberger Baskets, Midwest High Speed Rail Assn. , Millrace Cyclery, MonaVie Sales, Natural Direct. , No child left Inside, Openlands, Oswego Chiropractic, Panera, PRN, REI, Rush Copley, Simple Kneads, Sims Recycling Solutions, SoyWorld USA, Ten Thousand Villages, The Recyclery, Veggie Car, Waubonsie, WRD, WXRT, and Zota soda
Pick up Goody Bag, Check Fundraising Prize table, fun with Ranger Rick and Sally the Clown, Massage by In Touch and Simple Kneads, and Music by Motherlode, Giving Tree Band, Back Alley Blues
RRR Roundtable Speakers Schedule
11:00: Rick Harnish, Midwest High Speed Rail
12:00: Donnie Dann, green remodeling
BIO: Prior to retirement was a part owner, engaged in management and sales for 3, mostly family owned, insurance and financial services companies, Dann Brothers, Inc. , The Davis-Dann Organization and Davis Dann Levin, LLC. Active for many years in conservation including serving on the boards of the Illinois Environmental Council (as The Nature Conservancy representative, American Bird Conservancy, and Rare Center (a national conservation organization).
TOPIC: Remodeling your house or apartment may or may not be in your immediate plans but many of us do this at one time or another. I and my wife recently completed a major reconstruction of our home and we did it as ‘green' as possible. This talk will provide information about some of our construction components. Homeowners (and even renters) can do some of these and others can do more, but everyone can do something.
12:30: Bob Carter, No Child Left Inside
Bob Carter, Ed.D. , CIT
Outdoor & Environmental Education
Department of Teaching and Learning
College of Education
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
BIO: Bob Carter has been involved with the fields of heritage interpretation and environmental education for over twenty years. As a proponent of quality teaching in both formal and non-formal settings he has long advocated the use of interpretive skills for instructional improvement as well as the application of the fundamentals of formal education to enhance interpretation. He has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in outdoor and environmental education and interpretation at Northern Illinois University since 1994. "Dr. Bob," as his colleagues and students in NIU's hallways began calling him even before he had completed his doctoral degree, has been involved with the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education since its debut in 1996. Throughout his career in education he has been active in a number of roles with the National Association for Interpretation and the Environmental Education Association of Illinois (EEAI). Dr. Carter is the 2008 recipient of EEAI's Malcolm D. Swan Award for Outstanding Service. The Swan Award is EEAI's most prestigious award and is given for long term outstanding service to the field of environmental education in Illinois.
TOPIC: Re-Greening Education
In 2005 a new publication hit America's bookshelves and it focused national attention on an area sorely needing it. In Last Child in the Woods Richard Louv not only documents the progress and negative impacts of what has come to be known as nature deficit disorder, but offers ideas and discussion points for addressing the issues he raises and provides research based support for his contention that we need to re-emphasize the place of Nature in schools, homes, and communities for the benefit of our children and society as a whole. There is now a national No Child Left Inside movement that is spreading rapidly and impacting both government and private sector decision making, but reconnecting to Nature cannot be achieved without fundamental changes in communities, family lifestyles, and education at all grade levels.
1:00: Steve John, Agricultural Watershed Institute
BIO: Steve John is the executive director of the Agricultural Watershed Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Decatur, Illinois. AWI's mission is to conduct research and educational programs on practices and policies to improve water quality, maintain or restore ecosystem health, and conserve and manage land and water resources in agricultural watersheds. Prior to AWI's formation in 2003, Mr. John was an environmental planning consultant specializing in watershed management, decentralized wastewater systems, and the links between land use and water quality. From 1987 to 1995, he served on the Decatur City Council where he first became involved in watershed approaches to reduce nonpoint source pollution in Lake Decatur. He has a BA in sociology from the University of Notre Dame.
TOPIC:
Title: "How protecting your watershed can help protect the planet"
Steve John has stated that, "Done well, production and use of perennial energy crops can
provide multiple benefits including renewable energy with reduced greenhouse gas
emissions; protection of soil resources; enhanced water quality, biodiversity and wildlife habitat; increased and diversified farm income; and sustainable economic
development. " He will discuss how to achieve these objectives and some of the trade-offs
involved. Farmers, entrepreneurs, consumers, environmental groups, and other
stakeholders will each have an important role in the emerging local bioenergy system.
1:30: Todd Fink, Giving Tree band
BIO: Todd Fink is a founding member of The Giving Tree Band. The Chicago-based group is known for their original Americana music and their pioneering efforts in sustainable music produciton. Apart from music, Todd is on the board of directors for the volunteer-run non-profit organization Hand In Hand USA, which provides humanitarian aid to impoverished regions in India. A graduate from Georgetown University with degress in psychology and music, Todd also maintains a position at Edward Hospital as a behavioral health associate. He has been practicing yoga, meditation, and veganism for the last several years.
TOPIC:
Art and Conservation
Todd will discuss the current carbon neutral production of The Giving Tree Band's second album, Great Possessions. He will also share experiences from the band's recent solar-powered recording session at the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center in Baraboo, Wisconsin. This center is the first certified carbon neutral building by the LEED program of the US Green Building Council and is considered the most energy efficient facility in the world. Todd will also talk in general about practical green living and how the artist can inspire a culture of sustainability and peace.
2:00: Dave Wetzel, Veggie Car
BIO: Dave Wetzel has a degree in chemistry and spent his professional career in the food production industry. After Dave's retirement, he started working on building diesel engines that could run on filtered waste cooking oil. His "veggie mobile" is a 1986 VW Golf Diesel which can run on diesel, biodiesel and used cooking oil.
TOPIC: Dave will give information on how you can convert a diesel vehicle to run on used vegetable oil – you can even convert your diesel lawnmower to run on used cooking oil. Dave will also share his experience in getting an amendment to the Illinois tax code passed; prior to this amendment the law required taxpayers to pay a road tax on fuels, even when they were not using standard gasoline products. A taxpayer can now report the use of vegetable oil in his vehicle report instead of being automatically obligated to pay a road tax.
2:30: Margie Martinson, REI
BIO: Margie Martinson, MS of Ed on Outdoor Teacher Education, former naturalist, currently Outreach Specialist with REI, Recreational Equipment Inc.
TOPIC: Leave No Trace, The 7 principles of Leave No Trace help us to enjoy the outdoors responsibly and leave it a great place for future users.
