Attendees joined Environmental Law and Sustainability Professor John Dernbach and students from his sustainability law practicum class on Tuesday, November 15 at 6 p.m., where students presented local proposed community ordinances focused on promoting sustainability.
As part of the class requirements, students prepare a proposed sustainability ordinance and a justification for that ordinance.
They select their topic from a list developed by local government officials, and they work with those officials to prepare their proposals.
In this program, which comes at the end of the semester, the students presented their proposals to a panel of local government representatives.
Ordinance Topics and Students Teams
Electric vehicle charging: Max Flessner and Molly Furlong
Sustainability residential landscaping: Kayla Shellenhamer and Jules Gorman
Sustainable commercial landscaping: Iman Koney and Zach Penzone
Micro farming/ultra urban farming: Wes Trevino and Mike Sands
Warehouses: John Evanina and Destiny Duncan
Personal delivery devices: Andrew Miller and Pace Brown
Wellhead protection: Sri Alaparthi and Andrew Wuerz
Commercial solar energy facilities: Keri Nace and Lindsay Williamson
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