[p2tech] ZERI Workshop in Massachusetts, October 21

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interested.

We are pleased to announce the following workshop, to be held in 
conjunction with the 2009 Grassroots Recycling Network Recycling and 
Zero Waste Conference 
(<http://www.grrn.org/conference2009/>http://www.grrn.org/conference2009/) 
in Devens, Massachusetts, October 18-21, 2009:

   ZERI Workshop in Massachusetts, October 21

Special half-day ZERI Workshop on Nature's Best Sustainability 
Technologies and Natural Systems to help industry be more 
sustainable, create more green jobs and increase their bottom 
line.  Key concepts that will be highlighted include:
    * Why nature doesn't have waste, and why we do
    * Why systems must take priority over products and processes
    * Inputs, outputs, abundance, and resilience
    * Merging social, economic, and environmental values
Instructors: Dick White and Mark Myles, ZERI System Designers 
Certified by Gunter Pauli, Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives 
(<http://www.zeri.org/>www.ZERI.org)

Cost: $125
($100 for additional individuals from the same family/organization; 
use promotion code "group".)

As a cooperating organization, ZERI-US is also able to offer a $50 
discount on registration for the rest of the GRRN conference if you 
would like to attend the whole event.  Enter "partners" in the 
"promotion code" box.  The same $50 discount is available for early 
registrations for the full conference received by September 15.

Please note that reduced hotel rates will remain in effect only until 
September 23.  Please Register Now and reserve your room.

Thanks for your interest in ZERI.

ZERI-US Steering Committee
Tom Bepler, Margo Covington, Gary Liss, Mark Myles, Erinelle Sanborn, 
Dorna Schroeter, Harvey Stone, and Dick White.


Background on Instructors

Mark Myles is co-founder and principal of Sustainnovation Consulting, 
which assists business organizations to establish programs across all 
facets of sustainability.  He is a Certified System Designer with 
ZERI, for whom he volunteered for a year in Ecuador to establish 
systems to create organic compost from solid waste.  Prior to his 
involvement in sustainability, he held several engineering positions 
at Hewlett-Packard.  He is a founding member of the Concord (MA) 
Climate Action Network.

Dick White left a long career as a professor of astronomy at Smith 
College to become a sustainability advocate.  He is a Certified ZERI 
System Designer and has contributed to organizing and teaching ZERI 
certification training, as well as shorter ZERI workshops.  He 
resides in Durango, CO, where he served as founding Chair of the 
Sustainability Alliance of Southwest Colorado, among other climate 
protection and sustainability activities.


Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
www.garyliss.com