We’re excited to go to the Green Summit next weekend and check out all the educational sessions and green innovations expo. This is looking to be a huge event and it sounds like we’ll be flooded with sustainability information. We’ll try to soak it up and blog about all we can though! Everyone should attend and see for yourself first hand, general admission is $20 and $15 for students. Hope to see you there.

Here is their official press release:

GREENSUMMIT COMES TO PHOENIX
SEPTEMBER 5-6, 2008

One of the Year’s Top Green Events & Most Affordable Green Conferences
Comes to the Phoenix Convention Center

GreenSummit (www.greensummit.net) is the place to find innovative solutions for a more sustainable world. Leaders in business, government, academia, and the general public will come together to catalyze change for the Southwest and beyond.

PHOENIX, AZ, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 – The 2008 GreenSummit will take place at the Phoenix Convention Center on September 5-6, 2008. Arizona State University and its Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona Public Service (APS), over 100 exhibitors and 100 educational sessions, 10,000+ business and consumer attendees, and international delegates from Europe led by the US Department of Commerce will make GreenSummit one of the premier sustainability events in the country.

The 100+ sessions in the Advancing Sustainability Conference will include a multitude of experts covering topics which will empower attendees to understand how sustainability impacts their careers, their personal lives, and the world around them.

The Green Innovations Expo will feature companies across a broad spectrum of business and consumer industries including – Green Building, Renewable Energy, Business Products and Services, Home and Lifestyle, Transportation, and more!

Attendees will include designers, architects, developers, engineers, government officials, clean tech entrepreneurs, business owners, marketing and brand managers, and the general public, all of which will be attending to become more educated about this timely and vitally important topic.

In addition, “eco-tours” of LEED certified and other green Valley facilities will be given, and on September 3 at a special “Signature Event,” all 18 Valley cities and communities will be coming together for the first time to discuss how sustainability is inherently linked to the future success of the region. This inaugural gathering brings together key decision-makers who will be attending a unique sustainability-focused event hosted by the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Arizona Association of Economic Development, and the United States Green Building Council. Government and business leaders from across the region will be learning about how sustainability is inherently linked to the future success and livability of our communities. An invitation by one of the hosts is needed to attend this event.

The 2008 GreenSummit is the most affordable large-scale sustainability conference and expo on the West Coast, with General Admission starting at only $15.00 and the full Conference Package with access to over 100 sessions for only $100.00 when registered before August 15th.

This is the second GreenSummit event organized by Chris Samila, a Global Studies Major at ASU. In organizing the 2007 GreenSummit on ASU’s campus, his goal was simply to bring awareness of sustainability and green products and services to both his campus and the community. What started out as a “grassroots” event ended up playing host to approximately 4,000 attendees and 55 exhibitors.

“Around the globe massive changes are occurring. The need to become more in balance with our natural environment has catalyzed the growth of an exciting array of new innovations and opportunities,” said Samila. “The term ‘green’ has come to represent a common blueprint for citizens, businesses, and governments for how we can move towards a more sustainable future. The GreenSummit is designed to greatly accelerate this movement and provide a unique platform for leading organizations to showcase the best products, services, and ideas that will make our society more efficient, lighter on the environment, and ultimately healthier for both ourselves and future generations to come.”

For more information or to register for the GreenSummit, visit www.greensummit.net.

Got a email about this really interesting sounding talk coming up in August in Phoenix and thought I’d pass along the info for anyone that is interested. Seating is limited so RSVP if you want to go!

(Save the Date: 8-21-08) TGen’s Dr. John Carpten speaks on the
Environmental Causes of Cancer

Coming Thursday, August 21st 2008 at 7:30am

Southwest Green Breakfast Discussion Series: Putting green to work
for you!

Brought to you by Southwest Green magazine (sw-green.com), a
EC-Publication and Tom’s Tavern and Restaurant

Subject: Environmental Factors Influencing Cancer Risks

Presented by Dr. John D. Carpten, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator and Director
Division of Integrative Cancer Genomics
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ

About the Lecture

Going green is about making environmentally, socially and
economically
sound decisions that will improve quality of life. That includes
living in a way that can reduce the influences in our lives that can
result in disease. In the first of our Southwest-Green Breakfast
lectures at Town Tavern, Dr. John Carpten will discuss how factors
within our environment can affect the risk of developing cancer.

About the Speaker

The Director of the Division of Integrative Cancer Genomics at the
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ Dr.
John
Carpten is an exceptionally talented cancer investigator with an
unparalleled compassion for patients and dedication to finding
answers. His work at TGen is focused on searching for genetic
identifiers that will act as predictors for prostate cancer.  In
addition to prostate cancer, Dr. Carpten is also working on adult
hematological malignancies, particularly multiple myeloma, a disease
that again disproportionately affects African Americans. Finally Dr.
Carpten is also the laboratory project leader for the Multiple
Myeloma
Genomic Initiative, a multi-million dollar research program designed
to rapidly accelerate progress made against multiple myeloma by
significantly improving the understanding of the biology of the
disease. He was recently named a “Trailblazer” by “Science Spectrum”
magazine.

Date……..Thursday August 21st, 2008

Time……..7am, Breakfast Seating
7:30-8:30am, Program

Location….Tom’s Restaurant & Tavern
2 N. Central Ave., Phoenix AZ 85004
Phone 602-257-1688
Parking in Patriot’s Park garage
(bring receipt for validation)

Cost……..Free, breakfast on your own

RSVP……..Seating is limited to 40 - please RSVP

To RSVP email
** EMAIL
(preferred method we can send you a reminder)
Send email to RSVP@NxTHorizon.com with your
name, phone # and mention you’re attending Southwest Green
Breakfast Discussion Series

The Green Living Conference on May 3rd was a huge success! The conference featured many local vendors and five excellent speakers and a fantastic lunch provided by That’s a Wrap. Unfortunately Invest Green couldn’t talk due to their compliance not letting them, but you can find out about them here. I’d highly recommend this conference to anyone that wants to learn more about green living. They are holding another conference in November, so be prepared, I’ll announce more about that one when I get more details.

Topics they covered included retrofitting the suburbs for green living, rainwater and gray water harvesting, GM presented on what alt fuel cars they have coming down the line, green building, and what kinds of harmful chemicals are in everyday cleaners and how they affect people. I’ll post a blog covering each topic in the coming days.

Kudos to Greg Peterson of yourguidetogreen.com, Christy Grace, and all the other people that put on this great conference.

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Maricopa Community College EARTH DAY ECO-FILM FESTIVAL 2008
PRESENTS…
EARTH DAY- APRIL 22, 2008 - 11AM TO 7PM
KIRK STUDENT CENTER, NAVAJO ROOM

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Superstition Farm in Mesa
Saturday, 4/26 from 10:00 am-5:00 pm

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