Green Events
2010 MSU Student Organic Farm Workshops and Tours
Monday, March 15 3-4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 20 2:30-4 p.m.
Monday, May 10 3-4:30 p.m.
Horticulture Teaching and Research Center; 3291 College Rd, Holt, MI 48842
Registration is required.For more information or to register: Adam Montri at admontri@msu. edu or 517-355-5191 ext.1407
Elkhart Environmental Center Volunteer Training
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
5:30pm
Elkhart Environmental Center
Saturday Host volunteer training: learn how to open and close the gate, the building, and serve as host in the education cabin. Must be at least 18 years old.
Registration Required: Call 574-293-5070
Free Water Conservation Workshop
Thursday, March 11, 2010
6:00pm
Elkhart Environmental Center
Participants will learn valuable water conservation techniques and will receive a water conservation kit to install at home. To qualify, attendees must be homeowners and be a City of Elkhart water utility user.
For more information/to register: 574-293-5070.
“Conscious Capitalism” John Mackey, Chairman and CEO of Whole Foods Market
March 26
10:30 a.m.
Notre Dame Business School.
Free and open to the public.
For more information: See http://business.nd.edu/newsandevents or contact Jean Meade at 631-3277 or Jean.Meade@nd.edu.
ONGOING EVENTS
Sustainable Business Round Table Monthly Meeting
Third Friday of the month - Friday February 19
7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Springer Designs- located at 203 S. Main St. Goshen. Tyler Spring, CEO, will be talking about how his company works on finding the intersection of sustainable business practices and efficiency, as well as how they decorated their retail space with mostly recycled products.
For more information: Eric Strader, eric@ericstraderpottery.com, 574-534-0275
IU South Bend’s Environmental Justice League
Second Thursday of every month
Jordan Int'l Center (5 houses west of the Schurz Library)
5:30 p.m.
For more information: Tony Trozzolo, President-Environmental Justice League, atrozzol@iusb.edu
Green Drinks Events
Green Drinks is an international organization where people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions for drinks and conversation.
South Bend Green Drinks
Second Tuesday of each month
5:30-7:00 p.m.
For more information: youcanbegreen@gmail.com
Goshen Green Drinks
Last Thursday of every month.
The Goshen chapter will meet at the Constant Spring, downtown Goshen at 219 S. Main Street from 5-7 p.m., and include a speaker with a short 5-10 minute presentation.
Submit an event for the IUSB Green Event Calendar to kob@iusb.edu
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