[SPN-Discussion] FREE EcoBizNYC Sustainable Business Workshops

[Tara DePorte]

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*EcoBizNYC <http://www.ecobiznyc.org/>: Sustainable Business Workshops*

*A new program of the Lower East Side Ecology Center, EcoBizNYC's mission is
to help small businesses, students, and the general public to actively
reduce air pollution, carbon emissions and airborne environmental health
hazards in NYC through environmental auditing, education, and action.*

*EcoBizNYC's initiatives will provide small businesses with resources on how
to reduce their overall emissions, negative impacts on community health, and
to increase their community support, while saving money and increasing their
community involvement.  For more information on the EcoBizNYC Program go to
www.EcoBizNYC.org <http://www.ecobiznyc.org/>*

*Thanks to Community Board 3 and Con Edison for their support.*

*Waste Reduction and Recycling Workshop
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 from 5-6:30 pm
Sustainable NYC, 139 Avenue A between 8th & 9th*

This workshop will show you how to reduce your business's waste and provide
resources to help you get started. We will provide you with the must-know
information to understand and comply with the environmental regulations. You
will hear from business owners/managers in NYC who have successful waste
reduction and recycling programs. Come to this workshop and walk away with
the skills to implement earth-friendly and money saving recycling programs
at your business. Attendee's will also receive a vendor/resource guide to
help your business save money and grow green.
*
Registration is recommended. To register email Info at LESEcologyCenter.org or
call (212)477-4022.*

Thanks to Sustainable NYC who will offer a 10% discount to attendees who
want to shop after the workshop.

*Eco-Awareness and Incentive Building
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 from 10-11:30 am
Sustainable NYC, 139 Avenue A between 8th & 9th*

Come to this workshop to learn the ways in which you can help make your
small business a beacon of environmental awareness. In order for your
business to go green all the way your employees and customers need to take
an active role. In this workshop you will learn strategies and techniques to
increase employee participation in your green initiatives, involve the
community, and increase awareness and revenue through green-marketing.
Please note this is a workshop for owners only.

*Registration is recommended. To register email Info at LESEcologyCenter.org or
call (212)477-4022.

* Thanks to Sustainable NYC who will offer a 10% discount to attendees who
want to shop after the workshop.

*Green Roofs, Alternative Energy, and Your Business**
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 from 5-6:30 pm
Sustainable NYC, 139 Avenue A between 8th & 9th*

If your business wants save on energy costs, increase marketability of your
building, gain aesthetic appeal, increase roof life span, insulate your
building from sound, reduce storm water runoff and more then come to this
introductory workshop on Green Roofs and alternative energy. This workshop
will teach you about what a Green Roof is and how your business and your
community can benefit from it (including economic benefits and incentives).
Green Roof experts will show you examples of Green Roofs and discuss how
they are installed. Furthermore, experts on alternative energy option in NYC
will help you reduce energy bills and your businesses overall emissions.

Thanks to Sustainable NYC who will offer a 10% discount to attendees who
want to shop after the workshop.

*The Non-Toxic Office
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 from 10-11:30 am
Sustainable NYC, 139 Avenue A between 8th & 9th*

Want lower medical costs, increase productivity, and have happier employees
and customers? Don't want your business to be polluting toxins and harmful
contaminants into the waterways? Then this workshop is for you! Everyone
wants to feel self and healthy in their workspace but many work environments
are filled with toxins that make people and the environment sick. Come to
this workshop and learn how to make changes to your office to improve
productivity and well-being (of employees and the planet). In this workshop
you will learn what the toxics hazards in your workspace are, about their
effects and how to create the non-toxic office.

*Registration is recommended. To register email Info at LESEcologyCenter.org or
call (212)477-4022.

* Thanks to Sustainable NYC who will offer a 10% discount to attendees who
want to shop after the workshop.
*
Carbon Offsetting Workshop *
*Tuesday, September 22, 2009 from 5-6:30 pm
Sustainable NYC, 139 Avenue A between 8th & 9th *

Help your business take the lead in going green. You cut back your
business's direct fuel use and you upped your electricity efficiency; now
what can you do? Take a pro-active approach to address global warming by
offsetting your carbon emissions. In this workshop you will learn about how
to calculate your business's impact and become informed about the ins and
outs of what an offset is. Learn about programs that offer verifiable
high-quality offsets that will counteract your business's unavoidable
activities that emit carbon dioxide by funding projects that remove carbon
dioxide from the atmosphere.

* Registration is recommended. To register email
Info at LESEcologyCenter.orgor call (212)477-4022.
*

Thanks to Sustainable NYC who will offer a 10% discount to attendees who
want to shop after the workshop.
**

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Tara DePorte
Program Director
Lower East Side Ecology Center
www.lesecologycenter.org
tara at lesecologycenter.org
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Lecturer
Columbia University, Climate and Society Program
www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety/program.html
Visiting Professor
Webster University, Leiden, Netherlands Campus
www.webster.nl/

Women's Earth Alliance
Founding Women Leader
www.womensearthalliance.org

Representative
The Climate Project
www.theclimateproject.org/



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