[SPN-Discussion] Upcoming Sustainability Trainings and Workshops

[Green Collaborative]

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Green Collaborative is offering trainings and workshops all over the
U.S this winter. To view our complete schedule, visit our website at
www.greencollaborative.org
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. Below are some upcoming courses we''d like to introduce you to:


Whole Systems Integrative Design Workshop 

Join Bill Reed of Delving Deeper for an in-depth training on concepts
and applications of whole system integrative design.Participants will
explore
how to design and build informed by nature and its systems, including
developing a roadmap to fully integrate whole systems thinking into
your projects.

Date: February 20th, 2009
Location: REI Flagship Store, Seattle, WA
Time: 8:30am-5pm (lunch included)
Cost: $350
Continuing Education: 8 AIA Learning Units (HSW/Sustainable Design)
More Info & Registration
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View a video of Bill speaking about Integrative Design here
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LEED® for New Construction v2.2 Green Building Training and Exam Prep

Join Josh Radoff of YRG sustainability for this training and learn to
apply LEED on projects and gain the understanding you need to pass the
exam. This dynamic and informative instruction and discussion was
developed to provide a deep understanding of each credit and the
concepts and applications to support them.
 
Date: February 26th and 27th, 2009
Location: Denver, CO
Cost: $500 
Time: 8:30am-4:30pm (Thursday & Friday)
More Info & Registration
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Date: March 12th, 2009
Location: New York City
Cost: $350
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm
More Info & Registration  
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Making the Green Link: Everyday Sustainability 

Join Lauren Yarmuth of YRG sustainability and Sue Schultz of Deerfield
Farm and Yoga in an unusual exploration of the links and systems that
surround our daily lives and how they inform a sustainable future.
>From our food to our homes to our ... breath! This workshop will look
at the issues and relationships that affect and drive us, and how we
can be more aware of the systems around (and within) us to make the
changes we want to see, happen. 

Date: March 21st, 2009
Location: New York City
Cost: $125 (pilot discount, scholarships available upon request)
Time: 8:30am-1:30pm (optional yoga class  from 2:30-4pm)
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Training & Workshop Schedule

February 20th, 2009
Delving Deeper: Whole Systems Integrative Design
Seattle, WA
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February 26th & 27th, 2009
LEED for New Construction v2.2 Training and Exam Prep
Denver, CO
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March 6th, 2009
Whole Systems Integrative Design
New York, NY
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March 12th, 2009
LEED for New Construction v2.2 Exam Prep
New York, NY 
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March 21st, 2009
Making the Green Link: Everyday Sustainability
New York City, NY
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May 16th, 2009
Making the Green Link: Everyday Sustainability
Seattle, WA
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Sustainability Facts and Figures

Great Green Building Numbers of 2008
With President Obama campaigning to spur green job creation and
protect the environment, we are looking forward to 2009 being an
advancing year for sustainability-related industries. Below are the
facts and figures from some of the best green reports from 2008, all
seeming to suggest there is room for growth this year. 

10 the times the number of employees in LEED buildings will grow by
2015
Green Building Impact Report 2008
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80 percentage of real estate executives who said they would be
"extremely" or "very likely" to seek LEED certification for new
projects in the next 3 years  
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2008 Green Building Market Barometer

4  percentage most green buildings cost above conventional buildings
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Greening Buildings and Communities: Costs and Benefits

5 years that cost savings from energy efficiency would more than
offset the green development premium 
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CoStar Study

 
Did you know . . .

Not eating meat has more of an effect on climate change than switching
to a hybrid car.

Industrial farm animals  around the world generate 18% of gobal
emissions. 

Producing 1 pound of beef  creates 11 times as much greenhouse gas
emissions as 1 pound of chicken and 100 times more than a pound of
carrots. 

-New York Times: As More Eat Meat, a Bid to Cut Emissions
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New Green Collaborative Website

We are very excited to be launching our new Green Collaborative
website.
The website will be up by the end of the month and will feature easy
navigation and fresh designs to help you find sustainability trainings

by location around the world, by date, by trainer, and by topic. Stay
tuned.

 

We are curious, are you? Take our Survey and Win $100

With the economy tightening education budgets, we want to know what
sustainability related issues you are curious about in 2009.

The first 25 people to take our survey will get $100 off their next
Green Collaborative training.

Take our Survey Here
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Perspectives on Green Collaborative trainings:

"Yesterday I passed the LEED AP exam and I just wanted to say thanks.
The class (LEED for New Construction) was extremely informative and it
helped me a great deal to better understand the credits. It also
helped me to know how to prepare the exam"  Bill Hofman, Hoffman
Consulting Services

"One of the most informative lecutres I have ever attended." (Whole
Systems Integrative Design Workshop)

"The presentation (LEED for New Construction) gave me a great general
overview of what LEED is, how buildings obtain their LEED
certification and how I can go about getting my LEED AP accreditation.
This seminar was one of the most interesting ones I''ve attended in a
long time. It was both professionally as well as personally
enlightening. I decided to get my LEED AP about a month ago with a
goal of taking the test in 2009. This seminar was a great starting
point toward achieving that goal"


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