COPENMIND '08

Find out how UC Berkeley Extension’s certificate program can help you advance or start your career in interior design and interior architecture.

Learn about UC Berkeley Extension’s groundbreaking program that prepares you to become a leader in designing "green" building spaces and communities that conserve resources and support health.

Discover how UC Berkeley Extension’s certificate program can prepare you for success in the growing and challenging field of landscape architecture.

Indoor Air Quality and Known Environmental Issues: What You Should Know for Sustainability

In this lecture in our six-part series, you discover how decisions about a facility's design are connected to energy use, green house gas production, indoor air quality, the comfort of occupants, and employee productivity.

This event will address the most current policy and technology related issues in the aviation industry, and aims to focus on significant solutions of Sustainable Transport.

Join HIP Investor’s rapidly growing Investor Roundtable Series as we explore some of the most HIP public and private companies in the apparel industry. Through speakers and discussion, the Roundtable will address how companies simultaneously solve customer needs, benefit the environment, and make money for investors.

This conference is an international trade fair focusing on wood energy, renewable energies and energy efficient construction and renovation.

Energy Service Companies and Utilities looking for Engineers, Sales and Marketing Professionals for energy efficiency project development, implementation, and management positions. Experience Preferred.

With lectures and field trips, this workshop will highlight current research documenting the influences of climate change in Yosemite National Park.

In this workshop, we’ll define ecotourism and discuss the benefits and challenges experienced by tourist destinations, local communities and travelers. We’ll also look at some of the current trends in ecotourism, and help you identify tours and destinations that are truly sustainable.

Save money, save the planet and have a lot of fun at the Maine Going Green Expo.

The Global Green Revolution 2008: Driving Growth Through Sustainable Technology and Innovation, delivers smart strategies for seizing new opportunities for revenue and customer loyalty in sustainable solutions. The Executive Symposium is capped by a celebration of today's true green technology leaders, cross-industry, at our 2008 Green Excellence Awards Reception and Banquet.

Exposure to clean technology investment opportunities and networking with leading investors.

This webinar from the National Association of Counties will explore the ways that switching to more energy-efficient lighting can benefit organizations economically and environmentally.

In this lecture in our series you discuss how sustainability is not a checklist of techniques, but an approach to landscaping that uses the lightest possible touch on the land. The two projects highlighted in this presentation illustrate this design process and philosophy.

Faster Freight-Cleaner Air (FFCA) conference series is the premier event in North America showcasing solutions and resources to improve operations and reduce air emissions from the goods movement industry while creating healthy communities. The second annual FFCA Puget Sound will focus on innovative programs, policies and technologies now being implemented in the region and provide a venue for ports in the Pacific Northwest to interact with technology providers, elected officials, environmental organizations and the community to develop plans to improve efficiency and reduce the air quality impacts of the goods movement industry.

NY Designs Green Forum, an event that will inspire you to take practical steps to make your designs greener and sustainability a priority for your company.

This two-day gathering brings together world-class IT leaders to examine the issues, share best practices and help tech professionals reduce their companies' IT carbon footprint.

Builders, developers, owners, architects, property managers and other professionals will convene at Multi-Housing World 2008 to get the latest information they need to build their businesses, discover innovative products and network with peers. Please visit the Multi-Housing World web site at www.mhw.com for complete details

Multi-Housing World is the multifamily housing industry's leading national education and trade event.

How can socially responsible businesses build authentic brands for a more sustainable future? That’s the question at the center of an upcoming workshop entitled “Branding for Sustainability,” featuring a top executive from Gap Inc., along with strategy consultancy SustainAbility and branding agency BBMG. Jurriaan Kamp, founder and editor-in-chief of Ode magazine, will moderate the workshop. The San Francisco workshop is the first in a series of three; the next two will be held in Austin (September 22) and New York City (October 20).

When seeking to reduce energy consumption, help the environment, and save taxpayer dollars, what better way to start than by examining the performance of a county’s buildings?

Please join us for a panel, reception and executive roundtable discussion about California's Green Economy. Hanson Bridgett's Sustainable Business Leadership Forum will provide an investment outlook, explore emerging policies and the economic growth opportunities that are impacting California industry including cleantech, smart transport, green building and sustainable development.

Join GX in celebrating 20 years as a leading international human rights organization that Resists Injustice, Envisions Alternatives & Takes Action! We helped shut down the World Trade Organization in Seattle, won a $20 million sweatshop settlement against 26 clothing retailers and organized the first international observation of US elections.

The Green revolution commands a global effort from both business and government. Cleaning the air in China is just as important as it is in California. As all countries are connected through our environment, we also need to collaborate with our Green technologies, products, services and resources to meet the challenge of global warming. This global strategy will grow our companies and at the same time improve our respective economies.

The Green Trade Network Summit will bring experts and companies from around the world from both the public and private sectors. They will discuss, present, network and exchange ideas on how we can Green the world and grow our businesses through trade and investment.

The Green Trade Network Summit will also conduct an exhibit forum that will feature the best of breed in green technologies, services and products from vendors throughout the world.

To meet its goals of reducing energy use and carbon emissions, California is requiring all new homes to achieve net-zero-energy performance by 2020. This lecture summarizes the framework of the policy and infrastructure promoting zero- energy homes.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) will hold the first ever comprehensive retail conference devoted to issues of environmental sustainability and compliance. The event will bring together representatives of all major retail and consumer product segments, along with relevant solutions providers. The program will address the key operational aspects of sustainability and environmental compliance for retail, including supply chain, operations, real estate and development issues. The three-day event will feature retailers and industry leaders with firsthand experience integrating green practices into their respective companies.

How can socially responsible businesses build authentic brands for a more sustainable future? That’s the question at the center of an upcoming workshop entitled “Branding for Sustainability” featuring a top executive from Whole Foods along with strategy consultancy SustainAbility and branding agency BBMG. Jurriaan Kamp, founder and editor-in-chief of Ode magazine, will moderate the workshop. The Austin workshop is the second in a series of three; the first will be in San Francisco (September 17) and the last in New York City (October 20).

Arun Majumdar is leading a team of scientists to create a new generation of net-zero energy, carbon-neutral buildings.

Handled properly, globalization can improve corporate profitability. Handled poorly, it can destroy a company. This managerial view of globalization is the focus of a lecture providing insights about managing in the context of today’s intense global competition.

Innovation Building Business Design

The Largest Conference & Expo on Green Innovation
The Heart of Silicon Valley
San Jose Convention Center
September 25th - 27th, 2008
Westcoastgreen.com
Register at westcoastgreen.com/register

One-day conference on the economic and environmental advantages of reusable transport packaging.

Taking the steps to 'go green' can help you save money and resources, protect the environment, and become a leader.

The U.S. Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency estimated that the governments spend over $400m per year to power servers and data centers. These rooms are often the culprits of large amounts of energy waste, but more energy-efficient technology is now helping counties save taxpayer dollars and help the environment in the process.

Lita Albuquerque is an internationally renowned installation and environmental artist investigating the development of a visual language that translates the vastness of time and space to a human scale. Her temporary and permanent artworks are installed in the natural environment and public spaces throughout the world.

Boston GreenFest 2008 is an opportunity to present an array of options in terms of resources, tools, networking possibilities, sustainable products and ideas to our culturally diverse Boston community. The Foundation for a Green Future, Inc. is hosting this festival to give people the chance to proactively seek doable projects and approaches for their neighborhoods, connect with each other and celebrate together. There will be interactive exhibits that make it fun to learn to eat and grow organic food, improve nutrition and healthcare, green our city, build healthy communities, take political action, create green jobs and a green economy, and focus on youth. We will also have lots of music, entertainment, art, good food, and fun kids’ activities.

EcoLiving Events Ltd. organizes and hosts an annual EcoLiving Fair that showcases the latest technologies and services in the environmental sector.

This lecture uses real-world examples of green design as case studies exposing you to more sustainable ideas. It includes a discussion of past and present materials and techniques. The focus is primarily on packaging, though the methods are applicable to most fields.

Over 1750 sustainability professionals have participated in the global Carbon Markets events which provide first class networking platforms for project hosts, carbon credit buyers, government representatives, DNA's and carbon experts.