Where: Webinar. There is no pre-registration required. The connection information is included, so at the appropriate time attendees should simply click on the link in the invitation to view the slides and call into one of the phone numbers to hear the audio.

Connection Instructions:
You will need an internet connection and a phone line to participate in this webinar. Simply copy the link below into your web browser to connect – you do not need to pre-register. In order to hear the audio, you will need to call into one of the phone numbers below.
Audio Access: Toll Free: 877-951-7311; Toll: 203-607-0666
Participant Passcode:  9348502
Web Access: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PW1627857&p=9348502&t=c
or
URL: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join/
Conference number: PW1627857
Audience passcode: 9348502

Questions or issues with connecting to the webinar? Please contact Sue Hinnen at NREL (Susan.Hinnen@nrel.gov).
Questions or comments about the webinar topic, speakers, or the Great Lakes Regional Wind Energy Institute? Please contact Christina Mills at Windustry (Christina@windustry.org) or visit http://www.windustry.org/GLRWEIPlease join us Thursday February 11th at 11am EST for a discussion of the myths and facts behind wind turbine syndrome and how scientific research is used to both support and deny the claims made.

Attendees will hear experts in sound impacts discuss:
* The science of sound;
* Overview of wind turbine syndrome;
* Published research on sound impacts and how it is used to both support and deny claims of wind turbine syndrome;
* How the “nocebo” effect plays a role (A nocebo response occurs when the suggestion of a negative effect of an action leads to an actual negative outcome)

Who should attend?
* Landowners
* Local and state government officials
* Wind developers
* Renewable energy advocates

Format: There will be approximately 30 minutes of presentations followed by Q&A.

Speakers:
* W. David Colby, M.D.: Chatham-Kent Medical Officer of Health (Acting); Associate Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario
* Geoff Leventhall, Ph.D.: Consultant in Noise Vibration and Acoustics, UK

Webinar presented by the Great Lakes Regional Wind Energy Institute with support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

WHERE: AVALON MANOR/Merrillville Indiana
Contact: Carl Lisek, South Shore Clean Cities Inc: (219)365-4289
Cost: $20 registration fee and attendees are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items that will be donated to Northern Indiana Food Pantries.

This is open to the public!

Event will feature two guest speakers; Cathy Tripodi Director of Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) Energy Initiative and Greg Ardisana, Think North America.

Meeting will focus on aiming to advance energy, economic, and environmental security on a local level. Along with promoting alternative fuel and vehicle usage, and fuel economy practices. Event will provide information on how cleaner fuels and vehicles, as well as non-motorized transportation options, can improve national security

Register

South Shore Clean Cities is a U.S. Department of Energy nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the use of cleaner, domestic fuels and efficient vehicles to the transportation industry, government officials and the general public. We provide technical support to transportation professionals, advocate for sustainable transportation energy policies and serve as a resource clearinghouse for fleets, policy makers and the public.

Where: Normandy Bar,  Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN
Registration cost: $50 per individual which includes handout materials, snacks, and lunch.

This workshop is for professional landscapers, garden centers, nurseries, landscape suppliers, park departments, groundskeepers, and others who may be asked to design, construct, or maintain rain gardens.
Reservations are required. Class size is limited and will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis—so register early!  Visit our website at www.hhrcd.org to view the brochure. To register, please contact the Hoosier Heartland RC&D office at (317) 290-3250.

RULE: Third Tuesday of every month
WHERE: J K O’Donnell’s, 121 West Wayne Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802 (Must be 21 to enter).    Look for the balloons at the tables!
WHO: Anyone working on environmental issues or studying them
RSVP: no need to let us know, just show up anytime between 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Each month there will be a sustainability topic/discussion at the beginning of each meeting. Green Drinks Fort Wayne is still about the informality of the event, however we wanted to bring in people from different areas of the environmental movement of Fort Wayne and hear what they are doing.

Coming in February ~ Renee Baines from Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation will be coming to talk to us about Salamon Farm, gardening classes offered by the city, and the Arobor Day events coming in April.

Want to know more about the venue:  http://www.jkodonnells.com/