Chattanooga Green Community Commitment Event

Earth Hour

This Saturday the world will make a statement about climate change and energy use! Individuals and businesses throughout the world will turn off their lights for one hour to draw attention to global climate change and our reliance on non-renewable resources. This small act will hardly be a drop in the energy use bucket but it will help draw widespread attention to these two problems that threaten the prosperity of future generations.

Participate locally by turning off non-essential lights in your home or business between 8:30-9:30 pm (local time) on Saturday, March 28th.

http://www.earthhourus.org

USGBC Meeting

USGBC meeting January 28 @ greenspaces - 11:30-1.
Thomas Smith with Crossville Tile will present "Is It Really Green?"

This course will discuss the use of recycled content in tile and how it is manufactured. Thomas will also talk about what it means in the tile industry to have recycled content in a product, false claims and the importance of third party certification.

This course is worth 1.25 CEU credits.

$15 for non members, $10 members

Upcoming USGBC Meeting

Applied Energy Conservation Systems: Turn Key
Commercial and Industrial Energy-Saving Systems

Steve O'Neil has fifteen years of experience serving in a range of capacities with environmental-related organizations including executive managament, advisor, corporate governcance, and founding entrepreneur. Steve currently owns and operates Applied Energy Conservation Systems, a commercial and industrial energy-savings consulting firm. Steve is also a Principal with Watershed Capital, an environmentally focused investment and management firm based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Steve has served as Executive Director of the Chattanooga Nature Center, Executive Director of SouthWings and SE Regional Director of Center for the Restoration of Waters @ Ocian Arks International.

Steve holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and a Masters in Environmental Science from University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland. Steve is an avid-outdoorsman, active musician, licensed pilot and past Board Chair of Dogwood Alliance in North Carolina.


Wednesday, Nov 19
1130am - 1pm
$10 members, $15 non members
greenspaces

USGBC ETN Newsletter

Summit for a Sustainable Tennessee

The Second Annual Summit for a Sustainable Tennessee commences in less than 3 weeks!

Register now and join people from all backgrounds and across Tennessee who will gather from November 13-15 at Lipscomb University in Nashville to develop a comprehensive conservation agenda and promote sustainability by improving collaboration between government, business, nonprofit, and citizens.
Early registration for the Second Annual Summit for a Sustainable Tennessee ends November 2nd. Register for the Summit and reserve your hotel room today!

*Don’t forget to check out/post to the message board if you are interested in ride/room-share.*

LEED EB Workshop in Chattanooga