GLRPPR Calendar

Includes a 1-day conference organized by the Dairy Business Innovation Center: "Profitability and Environmental Sustainability in the Dairy Industry"

• Green Business in a Blue Economy: How companies are faring in tough economic times -- and preparing for better ones ahead.
• Green Marketing in the Age of Radical Transparency: How the rules are changing in a world where consumers have unparalleled access to data about products and companies.
• Can IT Solve the World's Problems? Beyond energy-efficient data centers, a new generation of information technology that is greening company operations as never before.
• Carbon Management After Copenhagen: In the wake of the UN Climate Conference, how leadership companies are approaching a post-Copenhagen world.
• When Green Business Meets Cleantech (SF only): The convergence of energy, building, vehicle, and information technology that is powering new opportunities for start-ups and global companies alike.
• The Green Economy Meets the Great Lakes (Chicago only): How the Great Lakes region is seizing the opportunities of the growing green economy.

Introduction to the analysis of energy efficiency associated with common industrial processes including: process heating, HVAC, compressed air, pumping systems, motors, and lighting. Participants will be able to identify opportunities for reducing electricity and natural gas usage through cost effective changes in operating practices and technologies. Participants can explore opportunities for improvement in their own work place, which they will investigate outside the classroom prior to Part Two. (4 hrs.)

Learn how to improve your bottom line through sustainable business practices. ISTC experts will discuss what it means to be green, how your organization can reduce material & energy waste, and how going green cuts costs. Participants also will receive a listing of available resources to help your organization.

Wyndham Garden Hotel -- Newark Airport

550 US Highway 9

Route 1-9 South/I-78

Newark, New Jersey 07114

Phone # (973) 824-4000

7:30 am - 5:00 pm

* Learn 5 simple steps to R2 certification

* Learn key requirements of the R2 standard

* Evaluate the differences between the e-Stewards initiative & R2 certification

* Understand registrar requirements regarding upgrading your existing ISO 9001 or ISO 14001 certification to R2 What should be included in a Focus Materials Plan

* What should an R2 policy address

* What level of internal training is required

* What is expected of the established EHSMS

* How to select and evaluate downstream vendors

* Learn what qualifications an R2 internal auditor must possess

* Framework for effective compliance evaluations

* Understand the EPA's role, the Basel Convention, and Basel Action Network (BAN)

* This training will fulfill your knowledge base requirements for R2 for internal auditors

You can register via phone or email (make sure to include your name, company name, address, phone number, and email)

Participants will learn to analyze energy use scenarios to determine the technical and economic feasibility of implementing specific energy efficiency practices related to common industrial processes and equipment. Real world applications where energy is being wasted at their own facilities will be examined and options for improving energy performance will be evaluated. Technology options for improving energy efficiency and alternative energy are reviewed. Calculation of carbon footprint reduction that can be achieved through energy efficiency improvements is also presented. (4 hrs.)

Lincoln Centre

5420 LBJ Freeway, Suite 240

Dallas, TX 75240

7:30 am - 5:00 pm R2 Training Syllabus:

* Learn 5 simple steps to R2 certification

* Learn key requirements of the R2 standard

* Evaluate the differences between the e-Stewards initiative & R2 certification

* Understand registrar requirements regarding upgrading your existing ISO 9001 or ISO 14001 certification to R2 What should be included in a Focus Materials Plan

* What should an R2 policy address

* What level of internal training is required

* What is expected of the established EHSMS

* How to select and evaluate downstream vendors

* Learn what qualifications an R2 internal auditor must possess

* Framework for effective compliance evaluations

* Understand the EPA's role, the Basel Convention, and Basel Action Network (BAN)

* This training will fulfill your knowledge base requirements for R2 for internal auditors

You can register via phone or email (make sure to include your name, company name, address, phone number, and email)

Network, participate, and learn from people making a difference in pesticide stewardship & management of ag plastic during 2 1/2 days of sessions, off-site events, and evening receptions.

Who Should Attend? Designers; electrical engineers; chemists; materials scientists; electronics recyclers, refurbishers and remanufacturers; electronics manufacturers; government representatives and policy makers; pollution prevention technical assistance providers; relevant non-profit organizations; or others.

Check the conference web page for further details, including an agenda and registration, as they become available.

This three-day course provides a comprehensive analysis of the Clean Air Act, including the very important Clean Air Amendments of 1990. The course is designed for environmental practitioners who will be responsible for compliance and oversight of air pollution issues at their industrial facility and for those professionals who wish to have a better understanding of the USEPA regulatory matrix regarding air pollution.

The event certainly provided much to think about and we are happy to report that there has been plenty of buzz around the interwebs: * Inhabitat's impressive live coverage and photos from the conference * Grist contemplates keynote speaker's, Saul Griffith, use of the phrase planet f&%#ers * PC World put together a slide-show about the Greener Gadgets Design Competition * CNET reports that gadgets need a green design revolution * Dwell blogged the Greener Gadgets Design Competition, with an analysis of the top four finalist designs * Ecogeek summarizes Saul Griffith's calculation of how many watts he used in his life and how you can find your own * Zdnet wonders are the terms green and gadget mutually exclusive * Scientific American wonders if greener gadgets are possible * The New York Times talks about how to "green" your home by properly recycling your gadgets * cnet wrote a three-day report on how green-tech companies are coping with the recession and how to best make digital gadgets greener * Betanews asks if people are really saving money with greener PCs that also claim to be more energy-efficient

Time: 8am to 1pm

Drop-off location: 3202 Apollo Drive, Champaign (News Gazette Distribution Center)

Introduction to the analysis of energy efficiency associated with common industrial processes including: process heating, HVAC, compressed air, pumping systems, motors, and lighting. Participants will be able to identify opportunities for reducing electricity and natural gas usage through cost effective changes in operating practices and technologies. Participants can explore opportunities for improvement in their own work place, which they will investigate outside the classroom prior to Part Two. (4 hrs.)

This concentrated 2-1/2 day course is designed for those who have been tasked with establishing, implementing and/or auditing an environmental management system (EMS) that is compliant to the ISO 14001:2004 Standard. Participants will gain a basic understanding of the purpose of an ISO 14001-compliant EMS and the steps that will be necessary in establishing and implementing an effective EMS. The course includes a special focus on how to establish and implement an effective internal audit program.

Participants will learn to analyze energy use scenarios to determine the technical and economic feasibility of implementing specific energy efficiency practices related to common industrial processes and equipment. Real world applications where energy is being wasted at their own facilities will be examined and options for improving energy performance will be evaluated. Technology options for improving energy efficiency and alternative energy are reviewed. Calculation of carbon footprint reduction that can be achieved through energy efficiency improvements is also presented. (4 hrs.)

Improve your industrial competitiveness through better materials use. Participants will learn how to identify process losses and potential efficiency improvements in packaging, industrial parts and facilities cleaning, fluids purification, water use minimization and purification, and construction activities. Specific topics include best practices and technologies to improve performance through waste minimization, pollution prevention, recycling, green process development, activity based cost accounting, and improving the value of by-products.

Please plan to join us at the Naturally Illinois Expo 2010. Experience fifty exhibits, demonstrations, and hands-on activities of interest to the public, teachers, and students of all levels. Interact with scientists who work on cutting-edge research and solutions to water, energy, ecosystem, mineral resource, natural hazard, climate, and technology issues.

New exhibits for 2010 include

• Turtles of Illinois

• Backyard Diversity--Insects of Illinois and Beyond

• Microcritters: Dead and Alive

• Biofuels--From Waste to Biodiesel

• Building a Sustainable System in Haiti with Jatropha curcas

• Research Off the Grid

• Get to the Core: Steamy Swamps and Ice Age Glaciers

Favorites returning include

• Kids Fossil Dig

• Fun with Water Chemistry

• Mud to Parks

• Build Illinois

The second annual Naturally Illinois Expo is an exciting opportunity to learn about science and the natural resources of Illinois through the work of the INRS State Scientific Surveys. INRS gives Illinois citizens, business, and decision-makers objective, timely, relevant science and solutions necessary to manage our resources, environment, and economy wisely. Our scientists work to support and balance economic development and natural resource sustainability for Illinois and beyond. Come see how we can work together to improve life in Illinois today and into the future.

The Expo is free and open to the public. It's a great school field trip destination. Groups, please contact Eric Plankell in advance at 217-265-8029 or expo@inrs.illinois.edu.

March 12-13, 2010

Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Saturday 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Natural Resources Building (just west of the Stock Pavillion), 615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61820

Start your day with a run at 9am on Saturday! For race information or to register, go to www.inrs.illinois.edu/expo/5krun.shtml or call 217-244-2179

For updates to the conference visit the Web site.

World Biofuels Markets is the leading industry networking event where, each year, the leaders of the biofuels world convene to meet new customers, suppliers and partners and help drive innovation and business. Over 4500 high calibre executives from 78 countries have attended WBM to date.

PJR Chicago Offices - Main Auditorium

10275 West Higgins Road

Chicago, IL 60018

7:30 am - 5:00 pm R2 Training Syllabus:

* Learn 5 simple steps to R2 certification

* Learn key requirements of the R2 standard

* Evaluate the differences between the e-Stewards initiative & R2 certification

* Understand registrar requirements regarding upgrading your existing ISO 9001 or ISO 14001 certification to R2 What should be included in a Focus Materials Plan

* What should an R2 policy address

* What level of internal training is required

* What is expected of the established EHSMS

* How to select and evaluate downstream vendors

* Learn what qualifications an R2 internal auditor must possess

* Framework for effective compliance evaluations

* Understand the EPA's role, the Basel Convention, and Basel Action Network (BAN)

* This training will fulfill your knowledge base requirements for R2 for internal auditors

You can register via phone or email (make sure to include your name, company name, address, phone number, and email)

Improve your industrial competitiveness through better materials use. Participants will learn how to identify process losses and potential efficiency improvements in packaging, industrial parts and facilities cleaning, fluids purification, water use minimization and purification, and construction activities. Specific topics include best practices and technologies to improve performance through waste minimization, pollution prevention, recycling, green process development, activity based cost accounting, and improving the value of by-products.

Save money and improve your organization's environmental performance through green business practices. Specific topics include: greening the office, green purchasing, activity based cost accounting, greening the supply chain, recycling, and green cleaning/janitorial practices. Energy efficiency opportunities associated with common office functions, such as heating/air conditioning, electronic devices, appliances, and lighting will also be covered.

Now in its third year, BIOMASS unites current and future producers of biomass-derived power, fuels and chemicals with waste generators, energy crop growers, municipal leaders, utility executives, technology providers, equipment manufacturers, project developers, investors, and policy makers.

At BIOMASS, future and existing biofuels and biomass power producers will have an opportunity to network with waste generators and other industry suppliers and technology providers. They will rub elbows with utility executives, researchers, policy makers, investors, project developers and, of course, farmers, the original bioenergy pioneers and current purveyors of dedicated energy crops and ag residues.

Following an immensely successful event in 2009, with over 1,000 attendees and a sold out trade show in Portland, Oregon, BBI International is adding a new layer of value to BIOMASS in 2010 with an unprecedented effort to reach out to waste generators--eager new players in today's biomass utilization movement.

The 2010 BIOMASS program will include more than 90 speakers, including 72 technical presentations on topics ranging from anaerobic digestion and gasification to pyrolysis and combined heat and power (see Agenda), most within the structured framework of six customized tracks:

• Crop Residues
• Dedicated Energy Crops
• Forest & Wood Processing Residues
• Livestock and Poultry Wastes
• MSW, Urban Wastes & Landfill Gas
• Food Processing Residues

The 2010 Conference will build on the success of the 2009 event in Washington, D.C., which brought together nearly 3,000 labor, environmental and business advocates to share ideas and strategies for building a new, green economy.

CleanMed is the premier conference on environmental sustainability for the health care sector. The conference attracts leaders and key decision makers from across the industry, convening health care professionals, university researchers, designers of professional buildings, and vendors of cleaner and safer products and services.

The conference aims to:

• Accelerate the development, use, and diffusion of environmentally preferable and occupationally safer products and practices in health care.
• Provide examples of best practices in environmentally preferable purchasing in health care and group purchasing organizations.
• Showcase environmentally sustainable design and construction practices in health care.
• Analyze and evaluate alternatives to medical waste incineration.

Through cutting edge case studies and discussion panels, the Sustainable Manufacturing Summit showcases the manufacturers leading the transition to sustainable and profitable manufacturing and offers the latest innovations in green products and services. This third annual event offers business executives of all levels practical advice and benchmarks for their own sustainability initiatives and the opportunity to understand the future direction of climate response.

Save money and improve your organization's environmental performance through green business practices. Specific topics include: greening the office, green purchasing, activity based cost accounting, greening the supply chain, recycling, and green cleaning/janitorial practices. Energy efficiency opportunities associated with common office functions, such as heating/air conditioning, electronic devices, appliances, and lighting will also be covered.

Focus areas include collection, hauling, processing and disposal of waste; materials recycling; municipal recycling programs including blue box programs, MRFs, scrap metals, C&D, wood, plastic, paper, auto, tires, fiber and more.

ACI (Affordable Comfort, Inc.) is a non-profit organization, founded on an assembly of people who gathered in Pittsburgh, PA in 1986. They had a common interest in sharing what they understood about making homes energy efficient, comfortable, and affordable, without risk to the residents and building structure. This approach to weatherizing, remodeling, or building came to be known as "House as a System."

ACI offers a Webcast training on a wide array of home building topics. To see a list of upcoming topics and dates, visit their Web site.

• How new and proposed regulations will affect your site
• How to classify hazardous waste using information you won't find the regulations
• Exemptions and exclusions that can save you money

Who should attend? Anyone who wants to go beyond the basic RCRA requirements, while meeting the annual training requirement.

For course topics, locations, class fee, and schedule visit the Web site listed below.

The American Chemical Society's webcast Courses provide the same high-quality instruction you expect from ACS, but without the added expense and frustration of travel. The course catalog covers a wide variety of topics and skill levels. A complete list of webcast courses can be found by visiting the Web site.

You will learn:

• How to package, mark, and label hazardous materials
• How to choose the correct DOT shipping name
• How to complete shipping papers
• How to load, unload, and placard properly
• Your responsibilities to ensure hazardous material security
• Recent changes in the regulations

Who must attend? Personnel responsible for the safe shipment of hazardous materials, including anyone who fills packages, marks or labels containers, completes or signs shipping papers, loads or uloads vehicles, or operates vehicles used to transport hazardous materials.

This course meets DOT requirements for initial and recurrent training.

For course topics, locations, class fee, and schedule visit the Web site listed below.

You will learn:

• How to determine which of your wastes are hazardous waste
• Status of the new shop towel rule
• How to manage universal waste and used oil
• How to store hazardous waste at satellite and accumulation points
• How to select the right container for your waste and ensure that it is properly makred, labeled, and sealed
• How to complete the hazardous waste manifest
• How to prepare for and respond to emergencies

Who must attend? Annual training is required (40 CFR 265.16) for all personnel who handle hazardous waste. And if you sign a hazardous waste manifes, you also are required to have DOT training.

For course topics, locations, class fee, and schedule visit the Web site listed below.

MREA offers workshops that cover a variety of topics in renewable energy. Come learn from experts in the field about subjects including:

• wind systems
• PV-photovoltaics (solar electric)
• solar thermal systems for domestic hot water and space heating
• photovoltaic, wind and solar thermal site assessor training and certification.
• women only workshops
• biodiesel and veggie oil for diesel vehicles and space heating
• window quilts
• masonry heaters
• energy efficient and alternative construction; women's construction. straw bale, superinsulation techniques, passive solar design, timber framing

The Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations has developed an online eLearning system for Hazardous Materials (HM) training. It will teach the fundamental requirements for preparing HM for transportation as well as the basic requirements for transporting HM on public highways.

This type of training allows you to learn from the comfort of your home or place of work, you can learn at your own pace, it is available 24 hours a day from your computer, and it saves on time, travel, and lodging.

There are 9 modules that comprise the HM E-Learning training, and they do not need to be taken in any specific order. The 9 modules are: Introduction; HAZMAT Table; Shipping Papers; Marking and Labeling; >Placarding; Packaging; Security; Training; and Transportation by Highway.

You will learn:

• How to safely prepare dangerous goods for air and water transportation
• How to avoid expensive fines from the FAA and Coast Guard
• How to comply with DOT requirements for international shipments
• Essential steps for compliance with IATA and IMO regulations
• What's new in the 2008 IATA DGR and IMDG code

Who should attend? Anyone involved with classifying, packaging, labeling, marking, or completing shipping papers for air or vessel trapnsportation of dangerous goods.

This course meets your IATA and IMO initial and recurrent training requirements.

For course topics, locations, class fee, and schedule visit the Web site listed below.