Blog

Blog Archive

Monday, July 6, 2009

FW: Greening K-12 Schools on a Budget and Mich Farm to School

Greetings,

I thought some of you may be interested in these pre-conference sessions at the GreenTown Conference in Grand Rapids (see below). Please note that the pre-conference will be held on Wednesday, July 22nd, which includes a Michigan Farm to School session from 3:30-5 pm.

 

Best,

 

Colleen Matts

Farm to School Specialist

CS Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems

Michigan State University

303 Natural Resources Building

East Lansing, MI 48824-1222

517.432.0310

www.mifarmtoschool.msu.edu

 

 

From: Gary Cuneen [mailto:gary@sevengenerationsahead.org]
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 11:03 AM
To: Colleen Matts
Subject: Greening K-12 Schools on a Budget and Mich Farm to School

 

Please join us for informative pre-conference sessions on Greening K-12 Schools on a Budget and Michigan Farm to School Programs (agenda attached).

July 22, 2009 Grand Valley State University

If this message is not downloading properly, view it here.

 

GreenTown

 

2009 Pre-conference Workshops
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Greening the Campus: How Educational
Institutions Combat Climate Issues

Sponsor: Integrated Architecture

Join the signatories of the American College & Universities Presidents' Climate Commitment and Grand Valley State University to discuss climate change and share strategies for integrating sustainability into the curriculum and operations to help achieve climate neutrality. Campuses that address the climate challenge by eliminating global warming emissions and by integrating sustainability will better serve their students and meet their social mandate to help create a thriving, ethical and civil society.


Greening the K-12 School System
Sponsors: Nichols & GMB Architecture + Engineering

This session draws from local practioners supporting statewide efforts to make Michigan a leader in the green schools movement. Learn from farm to school advocates and food service directors about initiatives that are changing the face of school food in Michigan, and providing Michigan farmers opportunities to serve school lunch programs. Discover zero waste school programs, and how schools are saving thousands of dollars through energy efficiency, reducing ghg emissions and educating the next generation. Learn about schools using LEED green building standards, and create a green action plan to get you started with greening your school on a budget!

 

Register for these events

Sponsor information

 

Why attend GreenTown?

Whether you are a mayor, city manager, public works director, planner, developer, builder, engineer, architect, landscape architect, school leader or other community stakeholder, gather to hear from inspiring speakers, learn from been-there case studies and discuss actionable procedures to make communities more eco-effective.

This event brings together visionaries, national and local leaders who are at the forefront in sustainable urbanism, economics of sustainability, renewable energy, municipal food scrap recycling, transit-oriented development, energy-efficient housing, zero waste schools, local food systems and more.

 

To sponsor/exhibit at GreenTown, contact:
Jill Armstrong, a5 group inc. 616.583.0281 / jarmstrong@a5inc.com

Sponsors & Exhibitors

Chicago

Community Sponsor:
City of Chicago, Department of Environment

Unilock

Architectural Roof
  Solutions
Beyond Properties
GMB Architecture +
  Engineering
JFNew
Land Vision
Leopardo
  Companies, Inc.
Mortenson
  Construction
Nevin Hedlund
  Architects
Ozinga Bros.
Perkins + Will
Pizzo & Associates
Serosun Farms
Technical Concepts
Veolia
  Environmental
  Services

 

Grand Rapids

Community Sponsor:
City of Grand Rapids

Unilock

Calvin College
Custom Printers
GMB Architecture +
  Engineering
Grand Valley State
  University
GreenSwitch
i4 Group
Integrated
 Architecture
JFNew
Land Vision
Leopardo
  Companies, Inc.
Nevin Hedlund
  Architects
Nichols
Perkins + Will
Pizzo & Associates
Prince Conference
  Center
Technical Concepts
Tower Pinkster
The Wege
  Foundation
Viability

Media Sponsor:
MiBiz

Attend the Main Conference

GreenTown Grand Rapids will be held Thursday, July 23, 2009 at Grand Valley State University. Hear prominent speakers such as Mayor George Heartwell of Grand Rapids, Mayor Bob Dixson of Greensburg, Kansas and Doug Farr, Author, Founder of Farr Associates Architecture and Urban Design, Inc. recognized nationally for their efforts in reducing their carbon footprint on today's environment.

Register for the pre-conference workshops

 


GreenTown is produced by a5 and Seven Generations Ahead

 


This email was sent to gary@sevengenerationsahead.org
To unsubscribe from this mailing list click here.

24 comments:

Graphic Design India said...

First and foremost i really like the page layout of this site.The programs taken up will surely have an impact on the participants.All the best!

Content Writing said...

Thanks a lot for posting these details.

web development company said...

Ya ofcourse i am interested..thanks for the details.

CMS Solutions said...

thanks for details..

Live Video Stream said...

All the details you have provided in this post are useful. Thanks for that.

Green Home for Sale US said...

I am really glad to get all the details from this post. Keep up the great job. All the best.

Car Rental in Ghana said...

I want to thank you from the core of my heart for writing such an anformative post. Thanks buddy, thanks for all the details.

Graphic Design said...

Thanks that you have wirtten such a nice post. Its informative as well as interesting.

Weddings Cape Cod said...

Just now completed reading your post. Its really a nice one. The layout is also awesome.

Custom Glass Etching US said...

What a wonderful post. Excellent work man. Keep it up.

BV Cure said...

Thanks for the post. Useful info.

lace wigs said...

i attended msu in the late 1980s. there was no sustainable growing program back then. congratulations on your success and on bringing this information into the schools.

Micropiles said...

More children need to be exposed to Architecture, Engineering and Construction at an early age.

This is a great website.

Las Vegas Heating Services said...

I completely agree with you in this matter. I also think more young students should be exposed to construction, engineering and architecture.

buy inlinks said...

Thank you for sharing this information with us. I appreciate your effort.

Las Vegas Advertising Agency said...

Thanks for the info. Good job. Keep it up.

Organic SEO Company said...

I will suggest all the young students to pursue courses on Architechture, Science, Engineering at their early ages.

Salary Processing Services India said...

Architecture, Engineering and Science are undoubtedly some of the most useful subjects, studying which you can expect to have a bright future.

Rocket Engines said...

Engineering, Science and architecture are some of the subjects that the students should definitely concentrate upon.

Website Content Writing said...

Students pursuing science and engineering stream have no doubt bright future. Do you agree with me?

Chatham Real Estate said...

I think all the teachers should give improtance to the subjects like, science and engineering. What say?

Flash Design said...

Science, architecture as well as engineering are indeed some of the most important subjects that all the teachers should give emphasis on.

Brochure Design said...

Engineering, architecture and science are some of the most important subjects that all the students should concentrate upon. What do you think?

Logo Design Solution said...

I personally think that people pursuing streams like, Science, Architecture and Engineering really expect ot have prosperous future, so the students as well as the students need to concentrate on those subjects.

Post a Comment