Presented by Attorney General Cuomo at RIT Campus. Details.
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The Sierra Club, in partnership with First Unitarian Church, presents their annual Environmental Forum, an Earth Day Event. Topics include global warming, energy costs, traffic congestion, health risks, and decentralization. |
Topics will encompass transportation from air to foot and will include how our area can redesign and retool. The forum will help raise awareness of what is being done in our community to open new horizons and build the foundation for greater cooperation in addressing global warming.
Prominent figures in our community, who are currently involved in public planning, are being invited to shed light on future transportation plans and to share their vision for energy efficiency and sustainability.
Attendees include community members, government officials and conservation organizations.
Speakers include:
For more details on the forum visit Sierra Club here.
The Rochester Green Business Network (RBGN) in conjunction with the U.S. Green Building Council NY Upstate Chapter will be hosting our annual Building the Triple Bottom Line Sustainable Business and Green Building Conference in downtown Rochester on April 29-30, 2008. This two-day event features nationally recognized speakers who will share innovative practices and lessons learned in implementing green into industrial, commercial and municipal operations, as well as an extensive green building products EXPO. It is aimed at business leaders who are interested in learning more about incorporating sustainable green practices into business operations, and offers sessions for those new to green business as well as those further along in their sustainability journey. Building owners, developers and those in the building industry will benefit from multiple sessions on Day 1 detailing regional funding initiatives for green buildings and the nuts and bolts of green building practices, and Green Builder Contractor Training and LEED for New Construction Technical Review on Day 2. Municipal planners and officials will also benefit from sessions on initiatives planned and underway for greening Rochester area communities and operations. Conference speakers include: County Executive Maggie Brooks, Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy, Rochester City Schools, DASNY, NYSERDA, Brighton & Irondequoit, RIT Golisano Institute of Sustainability, Xerox, Wegmans, and many others.
The conference program and additional details are available at www.rochesterTBLconference.org. Conference registration is currently underway.
The Rochester Green Business Network (RGBN) is a program of the Center for Environmental Information (CEI). For more information, please contact Carol Zimberlin, RGBN Program Director, at czimberlin@ceinfo.org or (585) 262-2870.