Harnessing Energy for Rural Texas
The Growing Green Communities Rural Sustainability Conference is for anyone interested in saving money, making money or creating jobs through sustainable business practices and economic development.
- Elected and appointed officials
- Economic developers
- Entrepreneurs
- Small business
- Power companies, utilities and co-ops
- Facility managers
- Fleet managers
- School district administrators
Why Grow Green?
Sustainability is not a new concept for rural communities, whose roots in agriculture have ensured a long history of interest in resource management. The very nature of rural life demands an entrepreneurial, independent spirit and close attention to the bottom line.
Often, our rural communities don’t experience the economic opportunities afforded by emerging technologies due to limited information, resources and capital. The Growing Green Conference Series brings information and resources about sustainable technologies and business practices to rural areas, bridging the distance to our rural communities and presenting real opportunities to diversify rural economies and create jobs.
The Grant
The Growing Green conference series and website are produced by the Texas Engineering Extension Service’s (TEEX) Knowledge Engineering Division under a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration. The grant, “Communicating, Collaborating and Innovating towards Sustainable Development,” intends to bring sustainable economic development opportunities to rural communities through conferences and other means of information sharing.
Advisory Council
Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) CEO Gary Sara discusses the Growing Green Communities program with other advisory council members.
