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 22^nd, 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.     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!     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.   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.