Share The Wilma Dykeman Legacy is a tax-exempt non-profit organization founded in 2012 to sustain and promote Wilma Dykeman’s values by sponsoring workshops, events, and other programs. The core values of this extraordinary woman from Buncombe County were: environmental integrity, social justice, and the power of the written and spoken word. For more information, visit www.wilmadykemanlegacy.org.
Description
The Wilma Dykeman Legacy celebrates Wilma’s 102nd birthday anniversary with a major
environmental event. Green Money brings together environmental experts, economists,
and community leaders to clarify how attention to nature makes good business sense. This
forum will be a great introduction to the growing discipline of environmental economics,
which explores that place where the preservation of nature meets the pursuit of money.
Green Money consists of 4 two-hour panels, all held via Zoom Webinar as follows:
Thursday, June 2, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
“Natural Costs and Benefits”
Moderator: Evan Couzo
Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Asheville
Subject: Some guiding principles for an economic look at the environment
Panelist: Anne Keller
Affiliation: Board Chair, RiverLink
Subject: Findings from the French Broad River Economic Impact Study
Panelist: Kathy Newfont
Affiliation: University of Kentucky
Subject: The Political Economy of Forests
Thursday, June 2, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
“Valuing the Environment”
Moderator: Leah Mathews
Affiliation: University of North Carolina Asheville
Subject: Some guiding principles for ascribing value to the natural world
Panelist: Jamie Ager
Affiliation: CEO, Hickory Nut Gap Farm
Subject: How the environment affects our bottom line
Panelist: David Gantt
Affiliation: Former Chair of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners
Subject: Buncombe County’s Zoning Ordinance, including Steep Slopes/High
Elevations and Protected Ridges
Friday, June 3, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
“Policy Choices”
Moderator: Megan Mullin
Affiliation: Duke University
Subject: Some guiding principles for determining appropriate environmental
policy
Panelist: Michael Fisher
Affiliation: Former senior economist, Abt Associates, specializing in clean water and energy/climate change policy
Subject: The EPA: the power and limits of regulation
Panelist: Julie Mayfield
Affiliation: Co-Director of Mountain True; North Carolina State Senator
Subject: Duke Energy’s power plants and the Blue Horizons Project
Friday, June 3, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
“Climate Change”
Moderator: Kathleen Lawlor
Affiliation: University of North Carolina Asheville
Subject: Some guiding principles for thinking about climate change
Panelist: Jeffrey Gold
Affiliation: East Tennessee State University
Subject: What, if anything, MUST be done? The perspective of environmental ethics
Panelist: James Fox
Affiliation: Director, National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center
Subject: What, if anything, MUST be done? The perspective of climate data
The Green Money forum will be conducted as four Zoom Webinars.
Tickets to the full forum (all four events/webinars) cost $20 per non-student and $10 per student.
Date & Time
May 21, 2020 - Jun 3, 2022
Venue Details
Wilma Dykeman Legacy
60 Shuford Road, Weaverville, North Carolina, 28787
