2025 Sustainability Conference Presentations

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The Delaware County Office of Sustainability hosted the 4th Annual Delaware County Sustainability Conference the week of June 9th – 14th, 2025, as a hybrid event!

Session	Presenters	Recording
Funding Trails: Getting $120 Million on our MPO’s Tip	Emily Goldstein, Elaine Paul Schaefer, Patrick Starr, Cas Marburger	Video
Powering Our Future: Understanding Energy and Its Impact (Energy 101)	Noel Smyth	Video
Lessening the Burden: How PA House Bill 109 Seeks to Tackle Cumulative Impacts of Pollution in Environmental Justice Communities	Dr. Loyd Bastin, Alice Lu, Lora Snyder	Video
Nature of Noise: How Marplewood, NJ Successfully Banned Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers	Mayor Nancy Adams	Video
Delaware County Office of Sustainability Update	Becca Yurkovich	Video
Sustainable Homeowners’ Associations (HOAS)	Rachael Griffith	Video
Communication Strategies for Stewardship, Building a Plan that Works!	Monika Collins	Video
Reviving the Past for Sustainable Futures: Case Study of the Lazaretto Quarantine Station and the Sustainability of Adaptive Reuse	Kate Clifford, Dave Schreiber, Pat McCarthy	Video
Our Homes, Our Health: Understanding & Acting on Environmental Exposures in Delaware County	Shannon Dade, Lora Siegmann Werner, Dr. Kristin Motley	Video
Green Spaces as a Cornerstone of Sustainability	DELCO Green Space Task Force	Video
Zero Waste 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Sustainable Living	David Director, Margie Reinhart, Vladislav Stefanovich, Sari Steuber, Sarah Alessio Shea, Lesley Klawitter	Video
From Storms to Strategy: Coordinated Watershed Planning Across Delaware County	Michael Leventry, Kate Raman, Steven Schultz	Video
Become Watershed-Friendly from Home!	Meagan Hopkins Doerr	Video
Southeastern PA’s Energy Transition: A regional Perspective	Liz Compitello, Lauren Pawlowski	Video
Global Goals, Local Leadership: Sustainability Success Stories and Innovations from Pingtung Country, Taiwan	Pingtung County, Taiwan Government	Video
Digging Deeper: How Regenerative Food Systems Nourish Physical Health, Environmental Health, and Social Equity	Christa Barfield	Video
Delaware County Sustainability Conference Closing Event	Glenn “The Hurricane” Schwartz	Video