• Top Left to Right: Yolanda Levell-Williams, Nina Stokes, Margret Rush, Ginger Park, Dr. Kevin Main, Bottom Left to Right: Sharon Joy Kleitsch, David Warner, Nerissa Lamison, Linda Sechrist, Councilwoman Lisa J. Montelione.

The moderator for one particular panel, Sharon Joy Kleitsch, believes that “we are all part of nature, we are all one, and all connected” and Linda Sechrist, the senior staff writer for Natural Awakening magazine and founder of ItsAllAboutWe.com suggests that “environmentalism is not just for tree-huggers” and non-profit organizations.

Beyond sustainability conference took place at the HCC Ybor campus on February 28th and March 1st. HCC Sustainability aims to create and maintain harmonious ways for humans and nature to productively live together, as noted by “One College, One Community, One Planet.”