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FRIDAY OCTOBER 23RD

9:00 am

  • Check-in and Open Registration Begins at the North Dakota State University Renaissance Hall located at 650 NP Ave. in Downtown Fargo.   The former Northern School Supply building in downtown Fargo, which has been rebranded as Renaissance Hall, now serves as the home of North Dakota State University's architecture program.  The building renovation project was completed in 2004 and was the first LEED certified building in North Dakota.  Everyone attending the summit should check-in and register here in order to get all information on logistics, housing and volunteer information.
  • T-shirts will be available for sale for $10 after the early registration and during the conference so register early in order to get in on a FREE t-shirt.  Travel scholarships are available!  Contact us at: Northernplains@powershift09.org to find out more about travel, lodging and per diem scholarships for the event.

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Renaissance Hall Room 214

 

SATURDAY OCTOBER 24TH

8:00 am 

  • Free Continental Breakfast at the Fargo Theater

  
9:00 - 9:20 am

  • Gathering at the Historic Fargo Theater located at 314 Broadway N in Down Town Fargo
  • Opening Prayer and Song by The Shortbull Singers Drum Group
  • Welcome and Introduction to the Northern Plains Power Shift Summit

9:20 - 10:05 am

  • Introduction and Keynote of the Fargo City Mayor - Dennis Walaker
  • Introduction and Keynote of the Fargo City Commissioner - Mike Williams

10:05 - 10:55 am

  • Introduction and Keynote of the President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research - Arjun Makhijani

10:55 am - 12:00 pm

  • Introduction of Plenary Panel Speakers - Creation Stewardship and Climate Change - Pastor of Edgewood United Methodist Church in Fargo and board member of the Prairie Stewardship Network, Cody Schuler; Pasqua First Nation, Saskatchewan-Canada Community member- Winnipeg, Manitoba-Canada, Heather Milton Lightening Executive Director of Restoring Eden, Peter Illyn;  Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, Tom Goldtooth 

 

 

 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

  • Non Violent Direct Action in conjunction with the 350 Day of Action!  There will be 4,000 actions taking place in 170 countries around the world making the International Day of Climate Action this Saturday October 24th the single most widespread day of political action this planet has ever seen!  http://www.350.org/
  • We will be walking from the Fargo Theater through Down Town Fargo to the Fargo Civic Center expressing our support for renewable energy and clean energy jobs in the Northern Plains ultimately hanging a HUGE banner showing where we need to be to control our Carbon Dioxide levels to work towards a sustainable future by taking action NOW. 
  • Throughout the weekend we will be signing petitions, letter writing and video blogging.  Immediately following the summit we will be meeting with state representative to hand deliver your statements to your leaders.  Make sure your representatives are representing you, attend the summit and MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
  • A group photo will be taken and will be shown in New York City's Time Square as well as at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December.
  • Did you know?  North Dakota alone has the potential to produce 138,400 MW of electricity through wind, yet we currently have just 700 MW of installed wind power.  North Dakota could supply 1.2 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of annual electricity, which is 14,000 times the electricity consumption in the state.
  • Did you know? Imports of wind turbine parts to the United States went from $60 million worth in 2004 to $2.5 billion in 2008.  With that amount of money going to importing wind turbine parts there’s a lot of growth potential for American manufacturers.  
  • Tell your representatives that they CAN support a clean energy economy today which will create millions of new clean energy jobs.

 

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Down Town Fargo
  • Lunch Break (On Your Own)
Workshops and Breakouts at the NDSU College of Business in the Richard H. Barry Hall Located at: 811 2nd Ave. N
 
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
 
Ø     Room B 140 - Speaker Roland James on the future of coal vs. the future of wind.  Roland will talk about initiatives to work towards wind energy as we phase out coal in order to work towards sustainable Carbon Dioxide levels.
Ø     Room B 272 - Tar Sands Round Table Discussion with Bruce Baizel - Oil & Gas Accountability Project Senior Staff Attorney & Policy Advisor with Earthworks. Marty Cobenais - Indigenous Environmental Network Mining Campaign Coordinator and Fort Chipewyan Community Member, Mike Mercredi.
 
3:15 pm – 4:15pm WORKSHOP BREAKOUTS
 
Ø     Room B 262 - Green For All
 
Workshop Description: Leadership development is hugely important to building a progressive community that can WIN - especially for an issue campaign like Green Jobs. This session delves into positive and negative leadership qualities and behaviors, discusses the importance of multiple kinds of leadership, and introduces concrete strategies for intentional leadership development. (Courtesy of of Wellstone Action and Green For All)
 
Ø     Room B 358 - Beehive Collective:
 
Workshop Description:   The Beehive Design Collective is an a wildly-motivated, all volunteer, activist-art collective dedicated to “cross-pollinating the grassroots” by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools. We work anonymously as word-to-image translators of complex global stories, gathered and shared through first hand conversations with affected communities. The Hive then works to literally put the whole story on one page by turning the stories into visual metaphors that function as a unified narrative.
 
Ø     Room B 368 - Students for A Democratic Society: "How to Green/Democratize a University" 

Workshop Description: This workshop, led by Students for a Democratic Society (Univ. of North Dakota chapter), will describe ways to influence institutional change at the university-level towards greater campus sustainability and campus democracy.  Resources, strategies, and sample proposals will be given to participants attending this workshop.  Some goals discussed will include Green Fees, Revolving Loan Funds, Socially Responsible Investing Committees, and the American College and University President's Climate Committee.
 
 
4:30 - 5:45pm Auditorium Room B 140
 
Ø    Energy Action Coalition - Next Steps: Looking Ahead to 2010: Campaign Planning, Campus & Community Organizing and How You Can Help Shape the Political Agenda
 
6:00 pm – 7:00
 
     Room B 266 - Extreme Athletes: To Cross the Moon (2XTM) Snowkiting Expedition 

Workshop Description: To Cross the Moon (2xTM) is an eco-friendly snowkiting expedition across North Dakota raising awareness about wind energy and climate change.  Snowkiting, a fast growing sport perfectly suited for North Dakota, uses a giant kite to pull someone on a snowboard or skis.  While our fearless adventurers braved the elements attempting to snowkite nearly 400 miles across North Dakota from the Canadian border to South Dakota; the 2XtM crew traveled to communities across the state using the buzz generated by the expedition to talk about climate change and wind energy.  Ironically enough, the 2007 expedition was cut short due to one of the warmest winters on record.  The 2008 expedition posed similar challenges, yet the adventurers were able to finish this first-of-its-kind trans-state kiting expedition in February of 2008.

     Room B 272 - Photo Petitioning

A picture is worth a thousand words… but how many signatures is it worth? The fact is that emails, phone calls, post cards are all tallied by our elected leaders pro and con on each issue they face. They keep track and they do matter, but some things count for more than others. Photo petitioning is an innovative, high-impact way to deliver your message to an elected leader, corporation or university official. Led by Pete Williams, outreach coordinator for National Wildlife Federation in Minot, North Dakota.

7:00 pm -8pm Down Town Fargo

Free time, networking and Dinner Break (On Your Own)

8:00 - 11:00 pm Evening Entertainment

  • Local Bands at the Red Raven Espresso Bar! - Location: 14 Roberts St N. in Down Town Fargo

Featuring:

  • The band Sleuth from Collegeville Minnesota
  • Local Hip Hop Artists Stickfigure Gem P

 

9:00 - 10:15pm & 10:30 - 11:45 pm Evening Entertainment

 

A very special sneak preview and FREE pre-screenings of the feature length document H2Oil at the Historic Fargo Theater! 

These free screenings are open to the public so be sure to tell your friends and family members not to miss out on this incredible opportunity!

 

 

SUNDAY OCTOBER 25TH

8:00 am  

  • Free Continental Breakfast at the Fargo Theater

9:00 am - 9:30 pm 

  • Gathering at the Historic Fargo Theater located at 314 Broadway N in Down Town Fargo
  • Opening Prayer and Song by The Shortbull Singers Drum Group

9:30 - 10:15

  • Introduction and Keynote of the recent Director of the Northern Great Plains Center for People and the Environment and Director of the Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium (UMAC), Dr. George Seielstad

10:15 - 11:00

  • Introduction and Keynotes of the co-founder and President of the Intertribal Council On Utility Policy, Pat Spears and the Chief Manager, Head Developer and Founder of Just Wind, Jeff Metzger

11:00 - 12:00

  • Introduction of Plenary Panel - The Canadian Tar Sands: The Facts & The Movement to End the Destruction - Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign Director with the Indigenous Environmental Network, Clayton Thomas-Muller;  Former oil sands worker from the Athabasca Chipewyan/Dene First Nation, Mike Mercredi;  Indigenous Environmental Network Pipeline Campaign Organizer, Marty Cobenais; Impacted Community member & Climate Challenge Organizer with the Indigenous Environmental Network, Kandi Mossett
 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Down Town Fargo
  • Lunch Break (On Your Own)
Workshops, Breakouts and Closing Ceremony at the NDSU College of Business in the Richard H. Barry Hall Located at: 811 2nd Ave. N
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Auditorium Room B 140
 
Ø     Speaker Donna Wong – Gibbons, Ph.D., Public Health Specialist with Plains Justice will talk about the health effects associated with the use of coal as an energy source.   Donna will focus on education and outreach regarding the public health risks of environmental contamination, particularly with respect to air and water quality.  Her talk will include information on the effects of the environment on human health as well as moral and ethical implications of human impacts on the environment.
 
2:15 – 3:15 WORKSHOP BREAKOUTS
 
Ø     Room B 262 - Grand Aspirations: Harnessing Your Leadership Power to Build a Strong, Inclusive Community

Workshop Description: By participating in this workshop, you will learn how to grow and contribute to a group through your own personal strength and by doing things you already like to do! We will focus on building creative, yet effective, inclusive communities. The workshop will be a mix of personal reflection time and group discussion. Come learn about developing your own leadership style from organizers of Summer of Solutions, a program that brings together high school- and college-aged people from diverse locations across the country who work to implement grassroots solutions to our climate-energy crisis.
 
Ø     Room B 266 - Real Food Challenge
 
Workshop Description: The Real Food Challenge serves as both a campaign and a network.  The campaign is to increase the procurement of real food on college and university campuses, with the national goal of 20% real food by 2020.  By leveraging their purchasing power we can catalyze the transformation of the larger food system.  The network offers a chance for students and their allies (those working on the campaign along with those who've yet to sign on) to make connections, learn from one another, and grow the movement.
 
Ø     Room B 358 - Beehive Collective
 
Workshop Description: The Beehive Design Collective is an a wildly-motivated, all volunteer, activist-art collective dedicated to “cross-pollinating the grassroots” by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools. We work anonymously as word-to-image translators of complex global stories, gathered and shared through first hand conversations with affected communities. The Hive then works to literally put the whole story on one page by turning the stories into visual metaphors that function as a unified narrative.
 
Ø     Room B 368 - Students for A Democratic Society: "Radical Social Theory and Environmentalism" 
 
Workshop Description: This workshop, led by Students for a Democratic Society (Univ. of North Dakota chapter), will discuss a variety of radical social theories including Marxism and Anarchism in an effort to better understand and transform current environmental issues.
 
Ø     Room B 272 - Photo Petitioning
A picture is worth a thousand words… but how many signatures is it worth? The fact is that emails, phone calls, post cards are all tallied by our elected leaders pro and con on each issue they face. They keep track and they do matter, but some things count for more than others. Photo petitioning is an innovative, high-impact way to deliver your message to an elected leader, corporation or university official. Led by Pete Williams, outreach coordinator for National Wildlife Federation in Minot, North Dakota.
 
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Auditorium Room B 140

Ø   Closing Ceremony – share your story in an open mic closing ceremony as we commit to continue the work going forward. 

 
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