Save the Date: Local Solutions Conference 2025
Liz Ellsworth
Registration is now open!
Local Solutions: Bouncing Forward to Create Resilient Communities
September 18 and 19, 2025
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
The Early Bird Rate of $225 is available for the first 100 registered people!
Current Full-time Students: Stay tuned for a discounted registration rate for verified full-time students.
Click on this link to REGISTER NOW
We are excited to announce one of our Keynote Presentations!
Asheville Rising
When Hurricane Helene struck, Asheville—a city often idealized as a “climate haven”—was brought to its knees. From prolonged power outages to a months-long loss of potable water, the storm tested every aspect of our infrastructure and resilience planning. Clay Mitchell, Esq. PhD, offers an unfiltered, on-the-ground personal account of the chaos, heartbreak, and powerful stories of community recovery that have emerged in Helene’s wake. Join us to explore the observations and hard-earned lessons from a city still navigating the road to recovery—and why no place is immune from the accelerating impacts of climate change. Participants will leave with practical insights to proactively plan for community resilience, improve current conditions, and better prepare for the compounding challenges ahead from a city focused on building back stronger.
This year's conference focus:
- Affordable and Resilient Housing
- Community Health
- Energy Resilience
- Flood Resilience
- Group sessions, keynotes, & how to finance local solutions
- Training, tours, site visits, networking, and fun!!
DRAFT AGENDA
September 18, 2025
8 am Breakfast
9-11:45 am: Workshops and Training
Examples of Offerings
Engagement, Hope, and Inspiration
Energy Resilience Workshop
Application of the US Climate Resilience Toolkit
Public Health Community of Practice
Circular Economy/Circular Cities and Towns
Noon: Lunch
1-5 pm: Walking Tours and Site Visits
Hanover Walking Tour
Dartmouth Organic Farm and Food Security
Meet a Climate Scientist/Ice Cores
Resilience on Campus
5-7 pm: Keynote, Reception, and Student Posters
September 19, 2025
7:30- 9 am: Breakfast
8:30- 9 am: Welcome
9:15- 10:30 am: Morning Sessions I
Accessible and Resilient Housing
Public Health
Flood Resilience
Energy Resilience
10:30 - 10:45 pm: Coffee Break with Exhibitors
10:45- 12 pm: Morning Sessions II
Accessible and Resilient Housing
Public Health
Flood Resilience
Energy Resilience
12:15- 1:30 pm Lunch
Keynote: Asheville Rising
1:45 - 3 pm: Afternoon Sessions
Accessible and Resilient Housing
Public Health
Flood Resilience
Energy Resilience
3 - 3:15 pm: Coffee Break with Exhibitors
3:30 - 5 pm: Closing Keynote/Panel
How do We Fund it all?
Antioch University New England | 40 Avon Street | Keene, NH 03431 US
