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Date: Saturday, 19 February 1994 10:18am ET
To: Thomas_S.Stanton
Cc: RD-BBS
From: Thomas_S.Stanton
Subject: Beaver Island, Michigan
Topic: Sustainable Developm
Sustainable Community Development Course
Resource Development 491 (3 credits)
Michigan State University
May 18 -- August 17, Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m.
Participate in an applied research project designed to help the
people of Beaver Island, Michigan, to help themselves. Any and
all sustainable development concepts are available for study,
including energy economics, environmental and social impacts
analysis, and technology assessment for wind, wood, and solar
energy, waste management, transportation, etc. Faculty and
students from five Michigan colleges and universities are
already participating, along with government and private sector
professionals. The course combines studies at MSU and field
trips to Beaver Island.
The Beaver Island project is now entering its third year.
Already, students and faculty have helped to prepare an
inventory of Island energy uses and renewable energy options. A
Master Plan for Island development is nearing completion.
Coming soon will be work on an economic development action plan.
For a copy of the first year report on the Beaver Island
Project, send $15.00 (which includes postage and handling) to:
Tom Stanton (checks payable to Tom Stanton), MSU Dept of
Resource Development, 328 Natural Resources Building, East
Lansing MI 48824.
Instructor: Thomas S. Stanton, adjunct faculty member with
Michigan State University, Department of Resource Development.
Mr. Stanton is a staff member at the Michigan Public Service
Commission, with over 15 years experience in energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and utility resource planning. He is a Doctor
of Public Administration candidate at Western Michigan
University.
Registration begins March 14, 1994
--Tom Stanton, MSU
22331TSS@ibm.cl.msu.edu