Beyond Recycling: Community Ecologies and Sustainable Business

Sustainability Lunch and Learn:

Community Ecologies & Sustainable Business

Jim Shields

of Commonwealth Computer Recycling with

KY Pollution Prevention & Sustainable Business Networks

Thursday,

1/24/08

12-2 pm

Join us for a light buffet

Workshop and Lunch Fee: $10.00

(Low income waiver available.)

Adena Center, Louisville, KY

Galen Building, 2nd Floor, Zorn Ave. and River Rd., Louisville, KY, USA

• What can our households, companies or community organizations do now to go beyond recycling?
  
• How do neighborhoods and local business networks work together to create community ecologies?
  
• What is the economy of scale of effort needed for entire neighborhoods and communities to profitably undertake total recycling, and go beyond to sustainable materials and energy economies?
  

Jim Shields is a leader in the recycling industry, who has chosen to "give back" by pioneering recycling services which are certified throughout the local and global recycling supply chain. Sustainable Business Networks is creating learning partnerships for green and local living economies.

Links:

www.recyclelouisville.com

www.kppc.org

www.sustainablebusinessnetworks.blogspot.com

Please RSVP to 502 410-2786 or communitybiz@yahoo.com

To learn more: http://adenacenter.blogspot.com

About the Living and Learning for Sustainability series

This program qualifies for CEU credit in the Program in Community Sustainability Studies of the Adena Center

The Program in Community Sustainability Studies is a Learning and Living Partner with the Clift*n Community as a Gaia Education provider. The Gaia Education program is designed to facilitate our acquiring the knowledge and the ability to take action for sustainability. Learning and Living is supported by Gaia Education and is based on the Gaia Education Ecovillage Design Curriculum - an official contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014.

Please download a printable poster about this event, and put it up at your office, community center or coffee shop. Thanks! Please also forward this announcement to a friend by clicking on the envelope icon below.

Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World

Corporate Social Responsibility book signing: 

Stirring It Up with Gary Hirshberg

Friday, January 25th @ 2:30 PM

Metro United Way, 334 E. Broadway

(via Carol Besse and Sustainability Forum - Thanks)

Carmichael’s Bookstore is pleased to host a talk and book-signing by  Gary Hirshberg, CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm and author of the new book

 

Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World. 

The event will be held on Friday, January 25th from 2:30 to 4 PM in the Community Room at Metro United Way’s office, 334 East Broadway. It is co-sponsored by  Metro United Way, Community Farm Alliance, and Rainbow Blossom Natural Foods.

Stonyfield Farm began in 1983 as a seven-cow operation and has grown into a $330 million company and the world’s largest maker of organic yogurt. The company has achieved  double-digit revenue growth and excellent profits each year for the past two decades while adopting sustainable  methods that reduce environmental costs and rebalance the planet’s natural systems. Through re-use and recycling, Stonyfield prevents hundreds of tons of materials from reaching landfills and incinerators each year. They also collect their recyclable cups and turn them into useful products, like toothbrushes and razors.

Some of Stonyfield Farm’s unique efforts that are outlined in his book 

include using organic ingredients that are environmentally friendly even if it means higher costs, and promoting environmental awareness and activism on two million yogurt lids per week to spread the word about  important green issues including climate change. In Stirring It Up, Hirshberg demonstrates how any business can follow suit and help save the planet while achieving higher growth and better profits. Throughout the book,  he uses examples from his own experience and from companies like Patagonia, Timberland, and Newman's  Own to provide readers with information connecting what they consume with the world they inhabit, empowering the average shopper to look beyond the check-out line and toward a sustainable, greener future. In keeping with his principles, each

copy of Stirring It Up is made of recycled paper composed of 100% post-consumer waste.

The event is free and open to the public. Please call Carmichael’s at   896-6950 for more information on the event.

Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farm January 16-18, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Shari Hawley, Conference Publicity Coordinator

Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (Southern SAWG)

5008 Cross Ridge Ct

Woodstock, GA 30188 

678-494-0696

ssawg_conf@bellsouth.net

website:  www.ssawg.org

SOUTHERN SAWG CONFERENCE TO THREE-PEAT IN LOUISVILLE

The Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms conference returns to Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky, January 16-19, 2008.

Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (Southern SAWG) holds its seventeenth annual conference in Louisville, Ky., January 16-19, 2008 in the beautiful downtown Galt House Hotel and Suites. 

Joel Salatin, this year’s keynote speaker, will address the entire gathering at the Saturday evening Taste of Kentucky Dinner on the topic “Healing the Planet, One Plate at a Time.” Earlier in the schedule Wendell Berry, Kentucky farmer and renowned author, will be part of a conversation on the necessary work of sustainable agriculture.

The conference attracts over 1,200 farmers and advocates working toward sustainable food systems in the South. The two full days of regular conference sessions start a half day earlier this year on Friday morning with even more practical sessions from which to choose.

The day and a half of pre-conference offerings begin on Wednesday at noon and include; eight intensive short courses, five field trips and five new hands-on activities. Then, on Friday morning, the conference begins and includes 62 practical sessions to choose from. This year we’ll also offer twenty U-Pick networking meetings for sharing and learning from each other. Plus, visit the exhibit hall and meet vendors whose products and services provide support to producers.

The conference sessions will cover sustainable production for horticulture and livestock producers, direct marketing strategies, business management, farm policy issues, and community food systems. The thing that sets the Southern SAWG Conference apart from others is the focus on PRACTICAL information. This is obtained though sessions led by presenters with real experience and through the tremendous networking that is possible when 1,200 of the South’s most innovative practitioners in sustainable agriculture are together at this event.

The complete conference schedule is available at www.ssawg.org or call 678-494-0696 to request a brochure.

Join us in the Bluegrass State for the always PRACTICAL Southern SAWG conference!

Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Inc. (Southern SAWG) is a 501(c)3 organization founded in 1991 to promote sustainable agriculture in the southern United States.

Solar Photovoltaic Workshops

Solar Photovoltaic Workshops

WhenJan 16 – 18 2008

WhereUniversity of Louisville Shelby Campus

DescriptionJanuary 16-18, Wednesday-Friday, 2008: Solar Photovoltaic Workshops at the University of Louisville. The Kentucky Solar Partnership and theUniversity of Louisville are offering a series of workshops on Solar Photovoltaics at the University of Louisville’s Shelby Campus. The workshops qualify for CEU coursework from the Program in Sustainability Studies of the Adena Center
Three separate workshops oriented towards different audiences are being offered:January 16 – 17: Introduction to Solar Photovoltaics For Electrical Contractors, Solar Installers, and Building Design ProfessionalsJanuary 18 : Solar PV Electrical Code Primer For Code Officials, Installers, Inspectors, and Building ProfessionalsJanuary 18 : Introduction to Solar PV For ConsumersTo Register: Pre-registration is required. Registration forms can be downloaded from the link below. A limited number of scholarships are available based on financial need. Please call to inquire.For more information, please call the Kentucky Solar Partnership at 1-888-576-6527.

Download Registration Form:
Details:

Solar Photovoltaic Workshops at the University of Louisville, January 16-18

The Kentucky Solar Partnership and the University of Louisville are offering a series of workshops on Solar Photovoltaics at the University of Louisville’s Shelby Campus. Three separate workshops oriented towards different audiences

 are being offered. The workshops qualify for CEU coursework from the Program in Sustainability Studies of the Adena Center.

Instructor Chris LaForge is a Systems Manager with Great Northern Solar in Port Wing, Wisconsin. Chris has taught PV system design and installation for the Midwest Renewable Energy Association since 1993 and offers contractor trainings throughout the Unites States. He has been a NABCAP certified PV installer since 2004 and is a certified PV Instructor with the Institute for Sustainable Power (ISP) since 2003.

January 16 – 17 : Introduction to Solar Photovoltaics
For Electrical Contractors, Solar Installers, and Building Design Professionals
8:00 am – 5:00 pm, $170
Location: University of Louisville Shelby Campus
Founders Union Building, Rm. 218AParticipants in this two-day workshop will gain a basic understanding of solar electric (photovoltaic) design and installation principles. They will learn about how PV works, the four PV system types, how to describe and identify components, the best applications and limitations of each system type, defining the solar window, energy efficiency and load estimates, PV mounting types, the basics of site assessment tools, safety, battery connections, and basic line drawings. Hands-on activities will include basic installation techniques.
Registration includes lunch. AIA members will be able to submit self-reporting forms for Continuing Education Units. Other professionals and the public will be able to submit forms for Certificates of Course Completion and Continuing Education Units in Sustainability Studies from the Adena Center at Webster University.

January 18 : Solar PV Electrical Code Primer
For Code Officials, Installers, Inspectors, and Building Professionals
8:00 am – 12:00 pm, $40

Location: University of Louisville Shelby CampusBurhans Hall, Rm. 207
This course presents an in-depth analysis of issues for PV systems relating to NEC Section 690. Code issues in PV system design and specification will be covered as well as issues concerning product requirements, wiring, grounding and labeling. PV equipment will be on-hand. AIA members will be able to submit self-reporting forms for Continuing Education Units. Other professionals and the public will be able to submit forms for Certificates of Course Completion and Continuing Education Units in Sustainability Studies from the Adena Center at Webster University.

January 18 : Introduction to Solar PV
For Consumers

1:30 pm – 5:30 pm, $25

Location: University of Louisville Shelby Campus
Burhans Hall, Rm. 207
This workshop will introduce consumers to the basic principles of solar photovoltaics, including the different system types, choosing the right applications and systems, energy efficiency and load management, and basic components. Participants will learn about trends in the solar PV industry and how to combine energy efficiency and conservation efforts with PV system design, to achieve the most economical and effective PV installation. PV equipment will be on-hand. Professionals and the public will be able to submit forms for Certificates of Course Completion and Continuing Education Units in Sustainability Studies from the Aden Center at Webster University.

Sustainability Studies: The workshops qualify for CEU coursework in the Program in Sustainability Studies of the Adena Center. Sustainability Continuing Education Credit and course Certificates of Completion are available. For more information on the Program in Sustainability Studies, please contactadena@webster.edu, call 502 410 2786 or see: http://sustainabilityeducation.blogspot.com/2007/11/sustainability-certification.html

To Register: Pre-registration is required. Registration forms can be downloaded from the link below. A limited number of scholarships are available based on financial need. Please call to inquire.

Please make checks payable to ASPI

and mail registration forms to:

Jessa Turner c/o ASPI

50 Lair St.

Mt. Vernon, KY 40456

For more information, please call the Kentucky Solar Partnership at 1-888-576-6527.

Download the Registration Form

Continuing Education in Sustainability Studies at the Adena Center

Directions to the University of Louisville Shelby Campus

List of Hotels near the Shelby Campus