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Christopher
Juniper, founding vice president of Natural
Capitalism Solutions and chief knowledge officer for Natural Capitalism
Inc. Trained as an economist, he has served governments, businesses and
non-profits as a leading-edge economic development manager, sustainability
consultant, and board director for the past two decades.
Bill Lambrecht, a Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, will speak on the politics of water and the elusive quest for sustainability of this precious resource. He is the author of Dinner at the New Gene Cafe and Big Muddy Blues: True Tales and Twisted Politics Along Lewis and Clark's Missouri River, to be published later this month.
Sue McGregor, coordinator/professor of peace & conflict studies and professor of education at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Canada
Jeff Smith, author of Seeds of Deception who argues the dangers of genetically modified foods
Stephen Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Neal Stewart, holds the Racheff Chair of Excellence in Plant Molecular Genetics position at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; he believes that many of the perceived risks of genetically modified plants are unnecessarily elevated. He argues that there are real and potential risks of growing engineered crops, but there are also real and overwhelmingly positive environmental benefits.
Erick Veliz, TTU student and Southeast Regional Coordinator of United Students for Fair Trade
WastAway
Services, a company based in McMinnville, Tennessee, that recycles
"everyday garbage into...consumer products"
