Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska

Events and Appearances

Upcoming 2008

March 19, 2008 / Washington, DC
Environmental Film Festival @ International Student House, 1825 R St., NW (METRO: Dupont Circle, Q St. exit) Premiere screening of “Global Warming: What You Can Do” Introduced by Worldwatch Institute’s Erik Assadourian. Discussion with filmmakers Frank Levering & Wanda Urbanska. 8:00 p.m. Refreshments; free to public.

April 19, 2008 / Winston-Salem
3rd Annual Piedmont Earth Day Fair, 4055 Robinhood Rd. in Winston-Salem. Wanda Urbanska will be speaking at 10:30 a.m. Free Admission. Visit www.peaNC.org for more information. The Fair offers exhibits on a wide range of environmental topics, sustainable solutions, and local initiatives. Don’t miss the Eco-Kids area; tastings from local chefs; Eco-Marketplace, offering green gifts and goods; Singer Martha Bassett will perform as well. Free transportation from the Transportation Center downtown, provided by PART, leaving every hour on the hour.

April 19, 2008 / Charlotte, NC
Charlotte Clean & Green Sierra Club afternoon presentation/ Frank Levering & Wanda Urbanska speakers; 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Central Piedmont Community College.

Aug. 5, 2008 / Lake Junaluska, NC
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Association of Family & Consumer Services keynote presentation, “Simple Living: Achieving & Honoring Simple, Just & Sustainable Ways of Life” 12:30 p.m. Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center.

2008 Presentations

Feb. 5, 2008 / Mount Airy, NC
David Johnston’s Green Advantage Green Building seminar; Mount Airy Elk’s Lodge from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Contact Greg Smith at Surry Community College at smithg@surry.edu or (336) 386-3398. Johnston is president What’s Working, Inc., a Boulder, CO-based sustainable building consultancy & recipient of the prestigious 2007 International Sustainability Pioneer Award, commonly referred to as “the Nobel Prize for Sustainability.”

Feb. 19, 2008 / Charlotte, NC
Duke Energy Business Women’s Network / Duke Energy Leadership Development Network, “Simple Living in Complex Times: Seven Steps to Enhancing Your Path to a More Creative, Sustainable Lifestyle” 12 – 1 p.m.

March 2, 2008 / Charlotte, NC
Southern Spring Home & Garden Show/ Green Building Discovery Day: keynote presentation “Building Community through Simple Living” @ 11 a.m. Great Garden Stage at the Charlotte Merchandise Mart.

2007 Presentations

Jan. 31, 2007 /Charlotte, NC
B&B Association of the Carolinas: keynote presentation, “Building Community through Simple Living”

March 3, 2007 /Winston-Salem, NC
Healthy Living Expo: keynote presentation, ‘Creating Community & Healthy Living’

March 8, 2007 /Asheville, NC
Inspired Entrepreneurs: Keynote presentation, “Simple Living: A Blueprint for Creating Community:

March 9, 2007 / Asheville, NC
Workshop: “Enhancing Your Path to a More Creative, Sustainable Lifestyle” co-facilitated with Elizabeth Barbour

April 22, 2007 / Chicago, IL
Chicago Green Festival ‘Creating Community & Simple Living’

April 28, 2007 / Niagara Falls, Ontario
Worker Sisters & Brothers of the Holy Spirit, ‘Embracing Simplicity: Outer Simplicity’

Sept. 22, 2007 / San Francisco, CA
West Coast Green, Residential Building Conference & Expo –“Living the Change”

2006 Presentations

May 7, 2006 / St. Paul, MN
Living Green Expo, keynote presentation “Simple Living: The Road to Meaning & Sustainability”

Sept. 30, 2006 / San Francisco, CA
West Coast Green: “Simple Living: A Blueprint for Sustainability”

Sept. 16, 2006 / Grand Rapids, MN
Goods from the Woods Expo, keynote speaker, “Toward a Better, More Sustainable Lifestyle”

Oct. 12, 2006 / Austin, TX
Texas Conference for Women “Living Simply”

Nov. 4, 2006 / Leavenworth, WA
Simple Living America National Public Conference, keynote presentation “Simple Living & the Rekindling of Public Life”.