September September 10-12, 2009 Great Lakes Restoration Conference Duluth, Minnesota The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition will come together on the shores of Lake Superior to reunite with friends, celebrate our successes, and develop strategies to achieve our Great Lakes restoration goals for 2010 and beyond. The conference agenda will address critical issues such as linking Great Lakes restoration to economic recovery, working with the Obama administration to fulfill the $5 billion Great Lakes commitment, and securing Congressional funding for on the ground restoration work.
September 16, 2009 Go Green and Save Money: Fiscally Sound Green Practices Triton College, River Grove, Illinois Save money and improve your organization's environmental performance through green business practices. Specific topics include: greening the office, green purchasing, activity based cost accounting, greening the supply chain, recycling, and green cleaning/janitorial practices. Energy efficiency opportunities associated with common office functions, such as heating/air conditioning electronic devices, appliances, and lighting will also be covered. Contact: Jon Grigalunas Phone: 708-456-0300 x3708 E-mail:jgrigalu@triton.edu
September 21-22, 2009 Water Finance: Investment Opportunities in the World's Most Valuable Resource Washington, D.C.
Decreasing water availability, declining water quality, and an infrastructure that’s deteriorating is driving up the value of one of life’s most necessary resources. Are you ready to make an impact in the next BIG investment opportunity? We’ll provide you with practical and to-the-point information that will answer all of your questions about this enterprise.
Contact: Christy Tester Phone: 704-341-2446 E-mail:ctester@frallc.com
September 23, 2009 Burying Carbon Dioxide in Underground Saline Aquifers: Political Folly or Climate Change Fix? Toronto, Ontario The Program on Water Issues at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, invites you to attend an upcoming conference:
Burying Carbon Dioxide in Underground Saline Aquifers:
Political Folly or Climate Change Fix? Space is limited: please RSVP by September 20, 2009.
Contact: ed.munk@utoronto.ca E-mail:ed.munk@utoronto.ca
September 29 - October 1, 2009 The State of Lake Michigan Conference & Great Lakes Beach Association Conference Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Great Lakes Beach Association holds an annual business meeting, which typically includes an open beach conference highlighting the activities of state and provincial beach monitoring programs, U.S. EPA's BEACH Act projects and funding opportunities, and related public outreach and research initiatives. Contact: Victoria Harris, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute Phone: (920) 465-2795 E-mail:harris@uwgb.edu
September 29-30, 2009 2009 Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting Erie, Pennsylvania Save the date for the Annual Meeting of the Great Lakes Commission, an interstate compact agency that promotes the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water and related natural resources of the Great Lakes basin and St. Lawrence River. Contact: Christine Manninen Phone: 734-971-9135 E-mail:manninen@glc.org