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11 / 24
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


11 / 25
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


11 / 26
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


11 / 27
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:00 am

The next Metro Vancouver Sustainability Community Breakfast will take place Thursday, November 27, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at BCIT downtown Vancouver campus at 555 Seymour Street.


Start: 8:00 am
End: 4:30 pm

LEED Canada Workshop CI 1.0
LEED® Canada-CI for Commercial Interiors (LEEDCI) is a comprehensive, voluntary, market-driven green building rating system for commercial interiors. LEED-CI is an interior design tool used to minimize environmental impacts and maximize occupant comfort and performance of tenant spaces. This full-day training session will address the basic principles of sustainability as they relate to tenant improvement projects and present the definitive standard for what constitutes a green interior.

Vancouver.  Location TBA


Start: 9:00 am
End: 6:30 pm

November 27, 2008 in Sidney, BC

A working conference on ensuring the viability and accessibility of farmlands for food production in BC’s Capital Region

More people are looking to “buy local,” and yet much of our farmland is being used to grow estates rather than food. This conference will look at the challenges facing our farmlands and farmers and explore the models, ideas, tools and strategies being used throughout the region to address these challenges. Come to learn, share what you know, and plan to put the pieces into action.


11 / 28
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm

Vancouver LEED User Group
The Importance of Energy, and Carbon: High Performance Building Program and Building Metering.  Learn from peers, share your experiences and grow your understanding of green building practice in British Columbia. Presentations will cover the basics of changes to the BC Hydro High Performance Building Program and electrical and water metering technologies.
Vancouver.  28-Nov.  12-1pm  (1 AIBC LU CORE)
Terasen Gas Building, Georgia Room, 1100 Georgia Street


Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm

A free overview of The Natural Step Framework, used by hundreds of companies and communities worldwide to explore and unlock the potential of sustainability to create value and improve the world for future generations.  www.naturalstep.ca

Presenter: Pong Leung, The Natural Step Canada
Date: Friday November 28, 2008
Time: 4pm to 5pm (followed by open discussion)
Location: Recollective Office, 119 - #5 W. Pender St.


11 / 29
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm

"Urban Farming"

Ward Teulon

Ward Teulon, Owner/Operator, City Farm Boy 


11 / 30
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


12 / 1
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


12 / 2
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


12 / 3
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


Start: 11:30 am
End: 2:00 pm

Metro Vancouver Sustainable Region Initiative, Agriculture, CENTRAL NORTHEAST
Wed, Dec 3rd 11:30AM to 2:00PM
Inlet Theatre, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Topic: Challenges and opportunities for implementing successful climate change and sustainability goals.
Speaker: Dr. John Robinson
Date: Wednesday, December 3rd
Time: 6:30pm (registration), 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: UBC Robson Square
Cost: $5 for CEP members and $10 for non-members.

November speaker for Connecting Environmental Professionals will be Dr. John Robinson, who is a professor at UBC in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), and in the Department of Geography.


12 / 4
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


Start: 9:00 am
Start: Dec 4 2008 - 9:00am
End: Dec 5 2008 - 4:30pm

Dec 4, 9-4:30 Introductory workshop $275
Dec 5, 9-4:30 Advanced workshop $275
both $495
Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate

Workshop Description


Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Due to the popularity of Green Building 101, Light House has launched Green Building 201! Building upon the principles of GB101, GB201 provides more in-depth information focused on home energy efficiency. This two-hour workshop is intended for graduates of GB101 and anyone interested in improving the energy efficiency of their home.


Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm

The Vancouver Food Policy Council invites you to a food policy forum

Dec 4 6-9:30pm at Unitarian Church Hall at 49th & Oak St.

The Forum will present new research and hold a “world café” dialogue about present conditions and major benchmarks of food security in Vancouver.  

The research includes:

1) A consultant’s report pulling together the big picture of current and projected food production, consumption, distribution, sustainability, constraints, and opportunities. 


Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm

a free three hour long, content-rich, roll-up your sleeves, nuts and bolts introduction to the Radical Business Intensive

WHEN: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
WHERE: SPEC Offices, 2150 Maple Street, Vancouver
RSVP - http://tadhargrave.com/freeintro
Come spend three hours learning how you can market your green,
holistic, local or "conscious business" like a pro (even if you aren't)
- network with like minded, local entrepreneur
- get answers to your marketing questions

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Transformational Lecture Series - Noel Harding
Art has a crucial role to play in raising public awareness on such
timely issues as the pervasive degradation of natural systems. Few
artists have so effectively or boldly inserted their work in building and infrastructure projects as Harding.  Focusing on environmental concerns, this internationally acclaimed artist will explore the ways art can instruct, challenge, and inspire
both the aware as well as the unsuspecting public.

12 / 5
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


End: 4:30 pm
Start: Dec 4 2008 - 9:00am
End: Dec 5 2008 - 4:30pm

Dec 4, 9-4:30 Introductory workshop $275
Dec 5, 9-4:30 Advanced workshop $275
both $495
Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate

Workshop Description


12 / 6
(all day)
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


12 / 7
End: 5:00 pm
Start: Nov 21 2008 - 10:00am
End: Dec 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Buy three gallons of paint and get one free.  until Dec 7
Yolo ColorHouse zero VOC based,  Green Seal certified.  100% acrylic. 
Inside, Outside or primer
www.yolocolorhouse.com

Available at:

GreenWorks Building Supply
386 West 8th Ave
Vancouver, 877.685.3611
www.greenworksbuildingsupply.com

Green Paint Eco Friendly Products
Unit #103 1075 West 1st Street
North Vancouver, 604.986.1224
www.greenpaint.ca


12 / 8
12 / 9
Start: 8:30 am
Start: Dec 9 2008 - 8:30am
End: Dec 10 2008 - 5:00pm

Green Rehabilitation and Sustainability Forum
Participants will attend a two-day workshop in Kelowna where they will examine the current state of the province for existing buildings, heritage buildings (designated or not), and green buildings and sustainable communities in British Columbia in an effort to contribute to the green building and heritage/existing building initiatives. 
Kelowna.  Dec. 9-10. (14 AIBC Core Credits)
Click here for more info.

12 / 10
End: 5:00 pm
Start: Dec 9 2008 - 8:30am
End: Dec 10 2008 - 5:00pm

Green Rehabilitation and Sustainability Forum
Participants will attend a two-day workshop in Kelowna where they will examine the current state of the province for existing buildings, heritage buildings (designated or not), and green buildings and sustainable communities in British Columbia in an effort to contribute to the green building and heritage/existing building initiatives. 
Kelowna.  Dec. 9-10. (14 AIBC Core Credits)
Click here for more info.

Start: 6:00 am
Start: Dec 10 2008 - 6:00am
End: Dec 11 2008 - 3:00pm

The Virtual Energy Forum is a two day online-only event focused on how leading companies can adopt better energy management practices to cut cost, while at the same time adopting clean energy alternatives -- presenting alternative energy technologies, policies, and best practices in a live, interactive environment. The event is designed to meet the needs of corporate energy executives in a way that is not possible with physical events, webinars or other means.

Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:00 am

Metro Vancouver's next Sustainability Community Breakfast will take place Wednesday, December 10, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) downtown Vancouver campus at 555 Seymour Street, Vancouver.


Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Eco-Friendly Deck & Fence Coatings & Healthy Paints & Sealers

Wendy MacDonald, from CBR Products will describe how eco-friendly products can help preserve the natural beauty of your deck, fencing and siding, and discuss the health and environmental benefits to be gained from the use of paints, stains and sealers free of solvents, formaldehyde and heavy metals.

This seminar will be helpful for architects, designers, builders, installers and homeowners, and particularly informative for those who are chemically sensitive.

Wednesday, 10th December 7-9 pm

12 / 11
End: 3:00 pm
Start: Dec 10 2008 - 6:00am
End: Dec 11 2008 - 3:00pm

The Virtual Energy Forum is a two day online-only event focused on how leading companies can adopt better energy management practices to cut cost, while at the same time adopting clean energy alternatives -- presenting alternative energy technologies, policies, and best practices in a live, interactive environment. The event is designed to meet the needs of corporate energy executives in a way that is not possible with physical events, webinars or other means.

Start: 8:00 pm

Introduction to the Integrated Design Process


12 / 12
Start: 8:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Integrated Design Process: How to Facilitate an IDP

The workshop takes an in-depth look at the art and practice of facilitating the integrated design process.  It will focus on IDP through the lens of facilitation in order to better understand the purpose of this role, how the - integrated design process itself is designed, the skills required for effective facilitation of IDP, and tools and strategies to use in the facilitation of integrated design.

Victoria.  12-Dec, 8:00am-5:00pm (7.5 AIBC Core Credits)

Start: 7:00 pm
Start: Dec 12 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Dec 18 2008 - 10:30pm

Two eye-opening films about our planet's most essential resource

VanCity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, December 12-18  7p, 9p

Blue Gold: World Water Wars 

Flow: For the Love of Water


12 / 13
(all day)
Start: Dec 12 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Dec 18 2008 - 10:30pm

Two eye-opening films about our planet's most essential resource

VanCity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, December 12-18  7p, 9p

Blue Gold: World Water Wars 

Flow: For the Love of Water


12 / 14
(all day)
Start: Dec 12 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Dec 18 2008 - 10:30pm

Two eye-opening films about our planet's most essential resource

VanCity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, December 12-18  7p, 9p

Blue Gold: World Water Wars 

Flow: For the Love of Water


12 / 15
(all day)
Start: Dec 12 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Dec 18 2008 - 10:30pm

Two eye-opening films about our planet's most essential resource

VanCity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, December 12-18  7p, 9p

Blue Gold: World Water Wars 

Flow: For the Love of Water


12 / 16
(all day)
Start: Dec 12 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Dec 18 2008 - 10:30pm

Two eye-opening films about our planet's most essential resource

VanCity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, December 12-18  7p, 9p

Blue Gold: World Water Wars 

Flow: For the Love of Water


12 / 17
(all day)
Start: Dec 12 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Dec 18 2008 - 10:30pm

Two eye-opening films about our planet's most essential resource

VanCity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, December 12-18  7p, 9p

Blue Gold: World Water Wars 

Flow: For the Love of Water


12 / 18
End: 10:30 pm
Start: Dec 12 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Dec 18 2008 - 10:30pm

Two eye-opening films about our planet's most essential resource

VanCity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, December 12-18  7p, 9p

Blue Gold: World Water Wars 

Flow: For the Love of Water


Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Sustainable Building Advisor Program information session.

Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:30-8:00pm at the Lighthouse Sustainability Centre.

Information about the course content, guest lecturers, team project work, and the currency of certification in the sustainable building marketplace.


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