Twin Cities Sustainable Communities Conference
Date: March 23-24, 2012
Location: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
Sponsored by the Alliance for Sustainability, this seventh annual conference will focus on linking citizens and cities to create more sustainable communities. Visit the Alliance for Sustainability website for registration information.
Registration information: http://goo.gl/uv2OA
Infrastructure for Compact Development in the Suburbs
Date: October 11, 2011
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description: Sponsored by the Urban Land Institute, this one-day forum on compact development approaches will identify trends in the use of traditional infrastructure funding tools, explore regional approaches, analyze the changing roles of the public and private sectors, identify policy and practice gaps and barriers, and formulate recommendations for new policies and financing mechanisms for suburban compact development.
Registration Information: http://goo.gl/BBZCS
Transition Fair: Alliance for Sustainability
Event Date:
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Time:
12 noon EST
Location:
South High School Auditorium
3131 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN
Description:
The mission of the Alliance for Sustainability is to bring about personal, organizational & planetary sustainability through support of projects that are ecologically sound, economically viable, socially just and humane.
In 2010, the Transition Fair’s keynote speaker is Richard Heinberg, a journalist, educator, and author of The Party’s Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies and Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World.
Contact Information:
Sean Gosiewski: 612-331-1099
http://www.afs.nonprofitoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={6B8C71B3-2046-4331-AF4F-B7CCFFD094F0}
Sustainability in Business: Vision, Practice, and Education
| Event Dates: | January 8-9, 2010 |
| Event Location: | Eagan, Minnesota |
| Description: | Sustainability covers the interconnection between the economy, society, and the natural environment, the imperative for equitable distribution of limited resources, and equal access to opportunities. In business, sustainability has long been associated with the ability of a firm to steadily increase revenues and earnings, indirectly linking it to the topic of corporate longevity. While this is still a goal, the modern firm cannot neglect its connections to and dependence on society and the environment if it wants to be sustainable. Unless business initiatives are consciously linked to all three components, firms are only viable, tolerable or charitable. The conference will address business knowledge and skills, best practices, resources and information related to sustainability, and sustainability in a global world. |
| Contact: | http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=723660 |
| Audience: | Academia, business, government, and nonprofit organizations |
| Sponsors: | The City of Eagan, the Coca-Cola Company, Hotels Combined, Insty-Prints |
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