Events
Chicago Green Festival
| May 17, 2008 | to | May 18, 2008 |
Celebrating what’s working in our communities, green festival showcases more than 350 diverse local and national green businesses displaying and selling eco-friendly, fair trade and sustainable products. More than 150 visionary speakers appear for standing-room-only panel discussions, presentations and main stage speaking events.
Navy Pier
600 E Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL
www.greenfestivals.org/content/view/230/200/
**ELPC will have a table at this event.
Transportation Options in a Greenhouse: Alternative Strategies to Lowering Our Carbon Footprint
| May 20, 2008 | ||
| 11:30 am | to | 1:30 pm |
Stephen H. Schneider is the Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Professor of Biological Sciences, and Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.
Schneider will highlight incentives to bring about a transition to cleaner transport, along with promising technology and policy options being pursued by other states and countries. He will also compare the transport sector with the industry and building sectors to predict how much can feasibly be done.
The cost to attend this luncheon seminar is $30. For more information, please contact Sara Van Essendelft, 612-624-3708, cceconf5@umn.edu.
Saint Paul RiverCentre
175 West Kellogg Boulevard
Saint Paul, MN
www.rivercenter.org
International Conference on Peak Oil and Climate Change: Paths to Sustainability
| May 30, 2008 | to | June 1, 2008 |
The International Conference on Peak Oil and Climate Change: Paths to Sustainability explores the root cause of rising gas prices, global warming, biodiverity loss and other indicators of global unsustainability.
The event begins with an in-depth scientifically-rigorous overview of the global issues of peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and population growth and how these are impacting individuals, businesses, nations, the environment and the world.
Calvin College Fine Arts Center
1795 Knollcrest Circle SE
Grand Rapids, MI
For more information, please visit www.localfuture.org.
Green Procurement Conference
| June 4, 2008 | to | June 5, 2008 |
Our Green Trade Show Conference will feature a 2-day educational track with sessions to enhance professional practices, facilitate cooperative buying, and highlight energy management and industry trends.
The Exhibition includes 215 booths, and more than 9 hours of dedicated exhibit time over two days. Attendees will get a chance to view, discuss and learn about the products and services being offered. More than 1,000 attendees are expected for this premiere show dedicated to gathering Procurement, Purchasing and Supply Chain Managers and EPP products/services under one roof.
Navy Pier
600 East Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL
www.thegreenexposition.com
Virtual Energy Forum
| June 10, 2008 | to | June 11, 2008 |
The Virtual Energy Forum is a two day online-only event that will be held on Tuesday, June 10th and Wednesday, June 11th, 2008. The event is focused on how leading companies can adopt better energy management practices to cut cost, while at the same time adopting clean energy alternatives — presenting alternative energy technologies, policies, and best practices in a live, interactive environment. The event is designed to meet the needs of corporate energy executives in a way that is not possible with physical events, webinars or other means.
To register, go to www.virtualenergyforum.com.
19th Annual Energy Fair - MREA
| June 20, 2008 | to | June 22, 2008 |
Since its inception in 1990, the Energy Fair has shown 190,000 fairgoers how to change the world while having fun. Each summer the Fair transforms rural Custer, Wisconsin into the global hot spot for renewable energy education. The Energy Fair is the world¹s largest renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable living educational event of its kind. Please join us this year!
The Energy Fair features hundreds of workshops and exhibits all emphasizing clean energy & sustainable living and is fun for the whole family. In 2007, the Energy Fair hosted over 19,500 attendees.
ReNew the Earth Institute
7558 Deer Road
Custer, WI
For more information, visit www.the-mrea.org or contact Kirsten Olson at kirsten@the-mrea.org.
Michigan Energy Fair
| June 27, 2008 | to | June 29, 2008 |
Manistee County Fairgrounds
7587 First St. (M-22)
Onekama, MI
www.glrea.org/events/MichiganEnergyFair2007/index.php
Biomass `08 Technical Workshop
| July 15, 2008 | to | July 16, 2008 |
Biomass ‘08 will cover near-term uses for biomass as one of the largest global sustainable and renewable energy resourcnes. Topics include new technology developments, economic production of power, transportation fuels, and chemical feedstocks from biomass. By attending the Biomass ‘08: Power, Fuels, and Chemicals Workshop, set for July 15-16, 2008, at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota, you will:
- Hear cutting edge presentations on new technology developments.
- Discover opportunities for economic production of power, transportation fuels, and chemical feedstocks from biomass.
- Network with researchers and potential partners and develop economic opportunities.
Alerus Center
1000 South 42nd Street
Grand Forks, North Dakota
www.undeerc.org/Biomass08/default.asp
