Green Events

NEW YORK--The Maine has partnered with IC Bus, the nation's leading school bus manufacturer, to help find the greenest school in the country for the second annual America's Greenest School(SM) Contest.

The winning school will receive a free concert by The Maine, a new IC Bus(TM) hybrid school bus valued at $150,000, a $20,000 green makeover and LEED school audit, and a $3,000 scholarship for the winning entry.

SACRAMENTO, CA--From groundbreaking energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction programs to technology innovation, California has set the pace for the green revolution.<!--more--> From March 15-17, thousands of green leaders from all levels of California government will meet in Sacramento and take stock of the progress of the sustainability movement at the fourth annual Green California Summit and Exposition.

MOHAWK, NY-- Safflyn Corporation will produce a series of Green festivals, concerts and public awareness events that will create more than 200 jobs, economic opportunities and tourism investment in the local region of Central New York.

BRIDGEWATER, NJ--The Somerset County Business Partnership, in conjunction with the law firm of Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus of Bridgewater, New Jersey, will present “Leasing and Operating Green – An Overview of Issues in Leasing and Managing Green Commercial Real Estate Space.”

The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada have proven to be exciting and exhilarating save the one tragic death of the Georgian luger. The Olympic Village is a 1.4-million-square-foot eco-community with buildings achieving both LEED Gold and Platinum certifications. The structures have been fitted with solar panels and green roofs, in-slab hydronic systems used for heating and cooling, and other sustainable features. All in all, it's a prototype for future sports facilities as well as communities as a whole.

WELLESLEY, MA--Babson College, Olin College of Engineering and Wellesley College will co-sponsor an interdisciplinary regional summit, "Educational Imperatives of the Grand Challenges," Wednesday, April 21, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm in Houghton Chapel at Wellesley Colleg

KINGSTON, NY—-ScheinMedia and the SUNY New Paltz Environmental Task Force are pleased to present a public forum, “The Future of Gas Drilling in New York State,” on Monday, March 8 from 5:45 to 8 pm at SUNY New Paltz.

NEWARK, NJ-- Mayor Cory A. Booker, Newark Municipal Council Members, EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck, Deputy Mayor of Economic and Housing Development Stefan Pryor, and other dignitaries marked the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

BEAVERTON, OR -- Executives from Northwest clean energy and consumer companies will unite with labor leaders at Nike's headquarters today to advocate national climate and energy policies to create new jobs, restore America's competitiveness and provide for our economic and national security.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA--Over 3 bustling days, the photovoltaic market was all abuzz at one spot, at KINTEX, Korea. After its huge success last year, EXPO Solar came back this year to get even more enthusiastic welcome and responses from both exhibitors and visitors alike.

After a very difficult year in 2009, the PV market is witnessing some signs of recovery all over the world. As the global PV market begins its path to recovery, solar professionals headed to EXPO Solar 2010 to gauge the market sentiment.