Title: Metro Atlanta Kids Recycle Day
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
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Description: The first annual Metro Atlanta Kids Recycle Day is scheduled for Saturday, November 12, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the Atlanta Civic Center. The Little Green Path Foundation and Live Thrive are hosting the event focused on showing kids what can be accomplished when we all work together to clean up and recycle. Items being collected include electronics, household batteries, coats in usable condition, bicycles in usable condition, sports  equipment, plastic toys, old school papers, used coloring books, broken crayons, kids orthopedic equipment, kids books and expired medications.
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Date: 2011-11-12

Title: Green Living Project’s San Francisco Premiere
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Description: Join us on Thursday, October 22nd at 6 PM in San Francisco for a global adventure as we showcase our best sustainability stories from around the world with new films from Nicaragua, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, and New Mexico!

Get ready for a NEW batch of films from our most recent global and domestic Expeditions! Come experience adventure travel in OAXACA, MEXICO, sustainable agriculture in the highlands of GUATEMALA, exciting wildlife conservation work with endangered black howler monkeys in BELIZE, plus the premiere of our latest domestic film documenting NEW MEXICO’s groundbreaking ecotourism initiatives.

Come experience the expedition team’s journey and witness the latest efforts in sustainable tourism, adventure travel, wildlife
conservation, indigenous communities, education, artisan handicrafts, sustainable food, and more!

Date: 2011-10-22

Title: 2nd Annual NCUWC Watershed Tour
Location: Gladstone, Oregon
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Description:

 The tour will start at Meldrum Bar Park – in Gladstone. You will notice our canopy near the restrooms along Meldrum Bar Park Rd.

This year we will be touring a portion of the NCUWC watersheds. Specifically, we will tour the watersheds within the Oak Grove, Jennings Lodge, and Gladstone areas. These watersheds all flow off Oatfield Ridge and feed into the Willamette River. The three main creeks within these watersheds are River Forest Creek, Boardman Creek, and Rinearson Creek.

We will begin with coffee and snacks at 9:30am in Meldrum Bar Park. You will notice our canopy near the restrooms along Meldrum Bar Park
Rd. At 10am we will carpool through the River Forest, Boardman and Rinearson Creek watersheds, visiting four important sites along the
way. Neighborhood and agency experts will discuss the habitat, hydrology, and water quality as well as share their plans to improve
watershed conditions for people, fish, and wildlife. After the site visits we will return to Meldrum Bar Park for a potluck lunch and live music. Please dress to be outside, enjoying the weather. We hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact: info@ncuwc.org
Date: 2011-07-23

Title: The Solar Investment Forum at Intersolar
Location: Munich, Germany
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Description:

Held as part of Intersolar Europe, the Solar Investment Forum is Europe’s exclusive meeting place and information point for the solar and financial communities. From venture capitalists with an appetite for start up firms and technology development to institutional investors evaluating large well capitalised public firms, the Solar Investment Forum brings together the full financial value chain at Europe’s largest gathering of solar industry professionals.

Take advantage of the chance to gain exclusive and focused access to Europe’s major solar investors and solar CFOs at Europe’s largest solar gathering, and take part in interactive discussions with the top financial minds in the sector.

Solar Investment Forum at Intersolar is a unique opportunity for the sector’s most active investors to meet with solar executives responsible for their company’s financial strategies. Key investors currently confirmed on the expert speaking faculty include:

Intersolar Europe Conference and Exhibition

With over 3,000 exhibitors and 100,000+ visitors spanning three continents, Intersolar is the world’s leading exhibition-series for the solar industry. Intersolar Europe 2011 will take place at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre from June 8 to 10.Today, it is the world’s largest exhibition for the solar industry, and looks back on a history spanning almost twenty years. In 2010, 1,884 international exhibitors and more than 72,000 trade visitors were welcomed to Intersolar Europe. Intersolar Europe focuses on the areas of Photovoltaics, PV Production Technology and Solar Thermal Technology. Since its founding, it has become established as the most important industry platform for manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers and service providers. The accompanying Intersolar Europe Conference consolidates the topics of the exhibition. In 2010, more than 150 speakers and around 2,000 attendees discussed current industry topics and investigated the background of technological, market and political developments. In 2008, Intersolar North America in San Francisco became the second exhibition after Intersolar Europe, followed by Intersolar India in 2009, which will be held in Mumbai from 2010. From 2012, Intersolar China will be added to the Intersolar portfolio.

Contact details:

Solar Promotion GmbH
Tel: +49 7231 58598-0
Fax: +49 7231 58598-28
Email: info@intersolar.de

For more information on Intersolar Europe please visit: www.intersolar.de

Start Date: 2011-06-08
End Date: 2011-06-10

Miss Teen Earth Siria Bojorquez

In conjunction with Blue Ocean Events, Earth Pageant Productions, producers of the United States Earth Pageant is honored to announce that Siria Bojorquez-Miss Teen Earth United States 2010 will be coming to Portland Oregon as a special guest of the Better Living Home and Garden show.  The eco-friendly environmentally green event will run from March 25-27, 2011 at the Portland Expo Center. 

 Ms. Bojorquez, an 18-year old high school senior from El Paso, Texas will take part in many of the events including sustainable fashions shows, seminars and an appearance with the world’s #2 Eco-Athlete, Ovie Mughelli.  As Miss Teen Earth United States, Siria is a spokesperson for TerraCycle, which designs and creates fashion accessories using discarded Capri Sun drink bags.  Along with her sister titleholder, Miss Earth United States-Danielle Bounds, they have traveled from coast to coast, taking part in beach clean-ups, tree planting ceremonies, fashion shows, environmental workshops, speaking engagements and worked with our official charity Soles4Souls. 

 Delegates who compete on the local and state level are equally active.  They are future sustainable clothing designer, weather forecasters, environmentally focused teachers and businesswoman.  They are authors, scholars and role models.  They are more than just a crown; they are spokespersons and ambassadors of Mother Earth. 

 Known as “Beauties for a Cause” the Miss Earth candidates and titleholders dedicate their year to promote environmental projects and address issues concerning the environment.  They serve as advocates for the protection and preservation of the environment.  The 2011 national United States Earth Pageant will take place from July 31-August 3, 2011 in Daytona Beach and the international Miss Earth pageant will be held in October, 2011 in Nhg Tran, Veit Nam.   For more information on the United States Earth pageants or how you can become a valued sponsor, contact us at info@earthpageantproductions.com 

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Title: Renewable Energy for the Developing World
Location: Fundacion Durika, Costa Rica
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Description: Learn about renewable energy technologies for the
developing world in the developing world! RD201: Renewable Energy for the Developing World provides an introduction to all the major renewable energy technologies, with a focus on designing and installing small, rural systems. We’ll get our hands dirty — the majority of the workshop is hands-on field work, and it also includes classroom sessions and labs. This is an experiential program, with a non-technical, overview focus. Come and learn by doing, sharing, and experiencing on projects for the developing world in the developing world.

Start Date: 2011-03-12
End Date: 2011-03-21

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 force for Innovation and Competitiveness.
An event for the Portuguese Sustainable Habitat Cluster in order to actively promote synergies and partnerships for innovation, whilst highlighting the work done so far by the Cluster agents and contribute to its differentiation and internationalization.
Aiming the dissemination of projects and activities of companies, local governments, R&D units within the Habitat Cluster, the congress program is based on Workshops, Thematic Sessions and an Exhibition Point.
Start Date: 2010-11-4
End Date: 2010-11-6

Title: Wind Power Finance & Investment Congress
Location: American Square Conference Center, London, UK
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Description: This event will bring together top experts and major players from the finance and investment community, along with utilities perspectives, leading wind farm owners, developers, manufacturers, regulators and politicians and provide an interactive, high-level event focusing on wind power investment and development for both onshore and offshore.

Start Date: 2010-07-06
End Date: 2010-07-07

Title: TEDGlobal 2010 Conference
Location: Locations throughout Oxford, UK
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Description: Headlines remind us daily of the political, economic and environmental woes facing the planet. But behind the scenes lie an amazing array of new ideas, new science, new technology, new social and political thinking, new art and a new understanding of who we are. When you put it all together, an entirely more hopeful view of the future emerges.
Many of the remarkable architects of that future – those who are pushing the boundaries of what is known and expanding the possible – will join us at TEDGlobal 2010, from all over the world.
Start Date: 2010-07-13
End Date: 2010-07-16

Title: World Water Week 2010
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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Description: Hosted and organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), the World Water Week in Stockholm has been the annual focal point for the planet’s water issues since 1991.
The Week provides a unique forum for the exchange of views and experiences between the scientific, business, policy and civic communities. It focuses on new thinking and positive action toward water-related challenges and their impact on the world’s environment, health, economic and poverty reduction agendas
Start Date: 2010-09-05
End Date: 2010-09-11