Title: AzBizGreen 2010 “Connecting Green to the Community for Profit & Sustainability”
Location: Glendale, AZ
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Description: 3rd Annual AzBizGreen 2010 “Connecting Green to the Community for Profit & Sustainability”. Please visit http://billclaydesignstudio.com/azbizgreen_2010.html for registration, topics, speakers, sponsors, agencies & businesses represented. Online
registration required, free to attend.
Date: 2010-10-07

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Urban Beekeeping

by Michael Green on August 4, 2010

Title: Urban Beekeeping
Location: Hopland CA
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Description: In this introductory course, students will learn the basics associated with starting and managing a sustainable bee hive in an urban setting. Though a somewhat unlikely setting, cities are excellent environments for keeping bees if permitted by municipal code. This course will introduce students to the basic concepts and terminology associated with urban beekeeping, as well as the equipment necessary for keeping a successful hive. Students will learn what steps are necessary for establishing their own hive and ensuring its success over the ensuing beekeeping season. This course will be a mixture of lecture, discussion, and hands on.

Students will install a package of bees into a new hive body in an urban setting. Students will have the opportunity to work with the equipment necessary for establishing a hive
Date: 2010-08-28

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GreenBiz Innovation Forum 2010

August 3, 2010

Title: GreenBiz Innovation Forum 2010
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Description: Is your business well positioned to take advantage of the convergence of innovation and sustainability as a fundamental strategy?
Join leaders in sustainability and GreenBiz.com for a landmark event, the GreenBiz Innovation Forum. The GreenBiz Innovation Forum is the first event for global companies focusing [...]

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Green Home & Living Show

August 2, 2010

Title: Green Home & Living Show
Location: Portland Expo Building
Description: From simple solutions for reducing energy bills, to the latest green products and services, you’ll find it all at The 2nd Annual Maine Green Home & Living Show. Visitors can check out over 175 eco-exhibits while gathering information and inspiration from seminars, demonstrations and other activities [...]

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Northwest Environmental Conference & Trade Show

July 31, 2010

Title: Northwest Environmental Conference & Trade Show
Location: Red Lion Hotel Jantzen Beach
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Description: 2010 Northwest Environmental Conference & Trade Show is the premiere venue where Northwest environmental professionals update their knowledge on regulations, interact with peers on problem solving, get CEU credits and additional training and access vendors. This is the perfect time [...]

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Rainwater Revival

July 29, 2010

Title: Rainwater Revival
Location: Roger Hanks Park, Dripping Springs, Texas, USA
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Description: A brainstorm of the Hays County Water Conservation Working Group, The Rainwater Revival supports the mission to spread the good word on rainwater harvesting and water conservation, the importance of which grows with our ever increasing population.
Date: 2010-10-9

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Congress of Innovation on Sustainable Construction

July 25, 2010

Title: Congress of Innovation on Sustainable Construction
Location: Curia, Portugal
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Description: The Congress of Innovation on Sustainable Construction – CINCOS’10 is an event organized by the Portuguese Platform for Sustainable Construction.
The congress aims to gather companies, municipalities, R&D units and other agents with a particular interest in the Built Environment Sustainability as a driving [...]

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Alternative Energy & Building Efficiency Conference & Exhibition

July 23, 2010

Title: Alternative Energy & Building Efficiency Conference & Exhibition
Location: Schaumburg, IL
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Description: Alternative Energy & Building Efficiency West is a completely unique event because we are bringing the Alternative Energy industry together and integrating it with the Energy Efficient Building industry.These events (Boston, Santa Clara, Chicago) will draw Attendees from throughout North America. [...]

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Earth & Fire: clean, affordable, heat

July 21, 2010

Title: Earth & Fire: clean, affordable, heat
Location: Coquille, OR
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Description: In Russia, Scandinavia and much of Northern Europe houses are heated by huge upright brick stoves, often floor to ceiling, weighing several tons. Some incorporate a bread oven, some a cooking stove. Known as Russian Stoves, Finnish heaters etc., they can be faced [...]

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Natural Building Workshops with Michael Smith

July 19, 2010

Title: Natural Building Workshops with Michael Smith
Location: Boonville, CA
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Description: I’ve got two week-long natural building workshops coming up in the next few months. There are still openings in both of them, and I would appreciate help getting the word out quickly, since the first workshop which is coming up in just a [...]

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