Events
Thursday June 12, 2008
End: 9:00 am
Start: Jun 11 2008 - 9:00am
End: Jun 12 2008 - 9:00am
CaGBC National Summit: Register by March 31st and Save $100!
Sommet national du CBDCa : Inscrivez-vous avant le 31 mars et économisez 100 $!
Shifting into the Mainstream, Toronto
June 11-12, 2008 • les 11 et 12 juin 2008
Metro Toronto Convention CentrePalais des congrès du Toronto métropolitain
Une version française suit au-bas.
Start: 3:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Interested in Solar Energy? Come for a free guided tour at the SPEC building and learn about our three different solar panels:
Photovoltaic
Solar Hot Water
Solar Space Heater
When: June 12 at 3 pm
Where: SPEC Building 2150 Maple Street
For more information and free registration email admin@spec.bc.ca
Start: 8:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Sustainability Purchasing Network Learning Events
Connecting Sustainability Purchasers
Register Now for SPN Spring Events
June 12 Workshop (8am-1pm)
The Fundamentals of Sustainability Purchasing
Increasingly, businesses, governments and not-for-profits are enjoying the benefits of sustainability purchasing: values alignment, improved product and service quality, environmental and social benefits, reduced risk and enhanced financial competitiveness.
Saturday June 14, 2008
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
Light House will be closed on Saturday, June 14. Visit us at the West End Car-Free festival on Denman Street on Sunday, June 15.
Sunday June 15, 2008
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
The goal of the Car-Free Festival is to celebrate community, promote locally-based businesses and artists, and party with neighbours and friends; to imagine a community without cars, because the West End is about people, not cars.
On Sunday, June 15, Denman Street will be closed to traffic and filled with activities such as interactive art, street hockey and live music.
Tuesday June 17, 2008
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Students will learn about the basics of green roofs, definitions of the different types of green roof systems and materials, appropriate vegetation for intensive, semi-intensive and extensive green roofs from a downloadable CD prior to taking the course.
Course content will provide students with the knowledge of a benefit analysis of green roofs through a case study method. The format will be 2 hours lecture and 2 hours workshop where students tour the Centre for the Advancement of Green Roof Technology, review products and mock up a green roof assembly.
Wednesday June 18, 2008
Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Thursday June 19, 2008
Start: 8:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
The Pharos Project Green Materials Selection workshops
Pharos Label
These half-day workshops tackle the issues and challenges inherent in understanding green products. Join Cascadia's Research Directors, Thor Peterson and Eden Brukman, for an overview of the Pharos Project, covering topics included in the project’s operating principles, Framework - the performance metrics by which products are evaluated - and how these can be applied to the day-to-day selection and specification process.
Portland
When:This Thursday!, June 19th, 8:00am-Noon,
(Registration opens at 7:30am)
Start: 9:30 am
End: 4:30 pm
You are invited to Be The Change that Earth and all beings are calling for.
Our global ecological crisis compels us to change our present course. Join with other concerned citizens to co-create a sustainable, just and fulfilling human presence on this planet and discover what it is to Be The Change.
Friday June 20, 2008
Start: 12:00 am
Start: Jun 20 2008 - 12:00am
End: Jun 25 2008 - 12:59pm
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Start: 8:30 am
End: 11:30 am
The Business of Writing, Effective Communication and Professional Image Seminar
Friday, June 20, 2008
Phone calls, contracts, reports or any of the many forms that standardize written exchanges will never replace the need to write effectively. The Business of Writing is a course designed to help you translate your on the job expertise and communication experience into words that work. Refresh your knowledge for when you must write to introduce, confirm, negotiate or announce news of your workplace, in written and effective formats.
Saturday June 21, 2008
(all day)
Start: Jun 20 2008 - 12:00am
End: Jun 25 2008 - 12:59pm
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Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
"Organic Gardening at Home"
Kendra Hope and Emma Baker, Society for Organic Urban Land Care (SOUL)
Kendra and Emma will discuss basic principles of organic gardening for home owners and offer plenty of good tips and advice to gardeners for healthy, happy plants. They will also speak about soil which is the foundation of a chemical-free garden, as well as lawns and how they can easily and successfully be maintained organically.
Sunday June 22, 2008
(all day)
Start: Jun 20 2008 - 12:00am
End: Jun 25 2008 - 12:59pm
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Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Eco-Sense 2008 Tour Schedule
Ann and Gord Baird’s load bearing earthen home is the first code approved seismically engineered high occupancy residence in North America.
Monday June 23, 2008
(all day)
Start: Jun 20 2008 - 12:00am
End: Jun 25 2008 - 12:59pm
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Tuesday June 24, 2008
(all day)
Start: Jun 20 2008 - 12:00am
End: Jun 25 2008 - 12:59pm
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Wednesday June 25, 2008
End: 12:59 pm
Start: Jun 20 2008 - 12:00am
End: Jun 25 2008 - 12:59pm
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Start: 8:00 am
End: 4:30 pm
LEED-NC recognizes buildings that incorporate design, construction and
operational practices that combine healthy, high quality and
high-performance systems and materials with reduced environmental
impacts. Understanding LEED-NC is an important step towards reducing
environmental impacts and achieving superior economic performance in
buildings. This intensive, one-day workshop provides a technical
overview of the LEED Canada-NC 1.0.
Start: 8:30 am
End: 4:30 pm
Saturday June 28, 2008
Start: 9:30 am
End: 4:30 pm
June 28 Mount Pleasant Community Centre
Saturday 3161 Ontario Street, Vancouver, BC
9:30 am - 4:30 pm Register by phone: 604-713-1888
You are invited to Be The Change that Earth and all beings are calling for.
Our global ecological crisis compels us to change our present course. Join with other concerned citizens to co-create a sustainable, just and fulfilling human presence on this planet and discover what it is to Be The Change.
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
"The Benefits of Sub-meters and Smart Metres"
Mike Easton, QMC Metering Solutions
Tuesday July 1, 2008
Start: 8:00 am
End: 5:59 pm
Light House is closed for Canada Day.
Wednesday July 2, 2008
Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Saturday July 5, 2008
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
"Maintenance of High-Rise Mechanical Systems: How to avoid the Big Hit"
Sunday July 6, 2008
Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Eco-Sense 2008 Tour Schedule
Ann and Gord Baird’s load bearing earthen home is the first code approved seismically engineered high occupancy residence in North America.
Thursday July 10, 2008
Saturday July 12, 2008
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
This tour of the SPEC building, which boasts three installations of solar demonstration technology, will be led by Rob Baxter from Vancouver Renewable Energy Coop.
Register by emailing admin@spec.bc.ca or calling 604-736-7732
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
"The Road to Zero Waste"
Harvinder Gill, Information Services Manager, Recycling Council of BC
The 3R’s, everybody’s heard of them – but how can Reduce, Reuse and Recycle play a part during your home renovation or new-home project? Learn how to reduce the amount of material being sent to landfill with simple, easy and cost-effective ideas.
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