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Natural Building School College of the Rockies (Jun 29 - Aug 14) Mon Jun 29 to Fri Aug 14, 2009, Kimberley, BC Check out our website: www.cotr.bc.ca/natural/ Natural Building School expands again... The Natural Building program has expanded yet again to 7 weeks of practical, hands-on training. Not only do you learn how to make your home green, you learn how to do it yourself! Based at the Kimberley Campus of College of the Rockies, at the Natural Building School you are involved in several exciting projects while enjoying the beautiful surroundings. Learn how to create buildings and living spaces that are attractive, natural, and sustainable. You can also choose to take the 5-day Straw Bale Building Workshop rather than the entire 7-week program. The Natural Building program is just what you need in order to make improvements to your existing home or one that you plan to build. The best part is that you will have the skills to do it yourself! Reserve your spot today by contacting the Kimberley Campus at 250-427-7116 (toll free at 1-877-489-2687 x3752) or email us! Need help:ASK (at) cotr.bc.ca TOLL FREE: Start: 9:00 am
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The UBC/UW Summer Institute in Sustainability is designed for those taking a leadership role in developing policy, creating plans and implementing sustainability projects in large businesses, colleges, universities, and local, state and provincial governments. This intensive professional development program provides participants with the perspectives and practical skills necessary to make sustainability the foundation of an organization’s on-going operations. The program consists of seminars by sustainability experts and practitioners, applied case studies and guided field excursions to sustainability projects; applied workshops focusing on sustainability planning, open space sessions that allow participants to address their own issues and ideas, and opportunities for networking. For more information and to register, please visit www.cstudies.ubc.ca/sustainability/summerinstitute Start: 8:00 am
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This two-day course is designed for site superintendents, supervisors, site safety officers, and managers of the trades to gain the skills and knowledge needed to coordinate, supervise, and train crews on site. Learn to train your staff about green building basics for each job site in the familiar format of a safety orientation. For more information, visit: http://www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/gctp Start: 8:00 am
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Only 4 weeks until the World Changing Careers (WCC) symposium - WCC are seeking youth and adult professionals from business, NGOs, education, and government. Students only $50! Educators and adult professionals come free with 3 students. Free booth at symposium exhibition for NGOs and young entrepreneurs. Green businesses have an opportunity to showcase best practices and recruit young talent. Registration extended to June 28th. July 23rd-27th, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Come join them to design a sustainable future through your career - whether you’re interested in science, governance, education, business, health, economics, media, cleantech and energy, or agriculture. This is a rare opportunity to engage with the best minds, the brightest ideas, leaders of today, and visionaries of tomorrow. It’s your chance to learn skills and ideas to drive the world in an exciting new direction and give you the inside track on the jobs of the future. Over the next 10 years, 500 million young people will seek employment in a rapidly changing world. Imagine…in 30 years, our professional working lives, we need to create homes, feed, communicate, create wealth, govern, and educate…for a low carbon, prosperous, healthy future. In 30 years we can turn this world around AND IT STARTS HERE RIGHT HERE Join: - David Orr, best known for his pioneering work on education for sustainability - George Lakoff, linguist and political activist on how we think and communicate. - Janine Benyus, writer, innovator, and consultant on the science of biomimicy. - CEOs of Canada’s leading cleantech firms - The best in business, governance, education, architecture, healthcare, food systems, industry, cleantech and energy, and communications Check WCC out on youtube to hear Alysia Garmulewicz, introduce the event, why they're unique, who they're inviting, and the story behind it: http://www.youtube.com/user/ Due to their generous sponsors, youth can register for only $50! Deadline is June 28th. Registration is now open for both youth and professionals: visit www.worldchangingcareers.com. For more information please contact Alysia Garmulewicz by email at alysia@changingclimates.org or by phone at (250) 358-2150. "Green jobs are the jobs of the future" - Barack Obama Some of you may be interested in this conference as well as being involved in the Start: 6:00 pm
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The symposium will take place from July 23rd - July 27th, 2009 at the Symposium format: Sponsor and supporter presentations, Career Workshops, Inter-sectoral This list-serve is brought to you by Connecting Environmental Professionals Start: 10:00 am
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This is an invitiation to attend the Ground-breaking Ceremony for the The Green Dream Home is one of 15 national winners in Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC's) EQuilibriumTM Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative competition. It is also one of two projects to be built in B.C. When: Friday, July 24 at 10 a.m. Hope to see you there! Jeanette P. Wilkinson 1111 West Georgia, Suite 200, Vancouver, BC, V6E 4S4 | ||
