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SECONDARY <br /> Energy Roundtable hosts an event twice a year, which includes a full day of informative speakers <br /> and panels. It is an opportunity for networking and discussing challenges within different cities. <br /> Great River Energy hosted last year's roundtable event, which focused on the financial side of <br /> renewable energy, such as funding. The roundtable had representatives from over 217 <br /> organizations in Minnesota and partnered with the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota <br /> Department of Commerce (AURI, 2017) (See Appendix D for other energy and sustainability <br /> organizations). <br /> THE CITY OF ELK RIVER AS A SUSTAINABLE CITY <br /> In addition to the City of Elk River as Energy City being important for Minnesota, Energy <br /> City has a broader outlook and is considered an international sustainable city or "ecocity" (See <br /> Appendix E for other sustainable cities). In this context, a sustainable city is a city that can feed <br /> and power itself with resources found within the city limits or immediate surroundings. A key <br /> factor in the production of food and resources is that the production process creates the smallest <br /> possible ecological footprint. Specifically, every effort is made to produce the lowest amount of <br /> pollution,convert waste-to-energy,and compost used materials (Sobrino, 2015). <br /> In most cases, sustainable cities use comprehensive approaches and models to attempt <br /> cultural changes in connection with levels of consumption. However, in practice, findings suggest <br /> that these approaches are often addressed in a fragmented and incomplete fashion and do not <br /> materialize into public policy actions (Sobrino, 2015). <br /> 0 <br /> Page 10 UNIVERSITYof ST.THOMAS <br /> EN-ERGYCITY <br /> Opus College of Business <br />