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Build Indiana Summit

May 6, 2010
7:00 amto12:00 pm

Where: The Avalon Manor, 3550 E. Route 30, Merrillville, IN 46410

While some experts report the economic recovery is beginning in Asia, will creep through Europe and then arrive in the U.S, the third annual BUILD INDIANA event invites you to join senior-level decision makers as they break down the recovery to its elemental effect on Northwest Indiana now and what to expect as the markets gain momentum.

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USGBC North East Branch Program: LEED Accreditation and Credentialing Maintenance

March 31, 2010
5:30 pmto7:30 pm

Where:    Columbia Street West - Upstairs Banquet Room, 135 W. Columbia Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Cost:            Individual Chapter Members - Free;  Non-Members - $15 (Cash at the door)

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Shared Prosperity:How clean energy means good jobs for Indiana

February 22, 2010
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

Where: Basile Theater, Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio St., Indianapolis, IN 46202
Cost: Free
Please R.S.V.P. by Friday, February 19th.to Danielle Korpalski, korpalskid@nwf.org

Speaker include: Larry Schweiger, President & CEO, National Wildlife Federation; Jerome Ringo, President Apollo Alliance;Jeffery Metcalf, Regional Director, Ameresco; John Stowell, Vice President, Environmental Health Policy for Duke Energy; Noel Davis, President and Founder of Vela Gear Systems;  Ethan Rogers, CEM, Mgr office of Energy Efficiency & Sustainability (and TAP), Purdue University

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Southern Indiana Earth Day

May 8, 2010
10:00 amto4:00 pm

Where: The Falls of the Ohio State Park, Clarksville, Indiana
Contact Name: Bett Etenohan
Contact Email: betenohan@dnr.in.gov
Contact Phone: 812-280-8689 x 405

Over 100 exhibitors with activities, displays, entertainment, music and food! Aebersold’s Jazz Quartet performing at 1:30. Jungle John’s “Silly Safari” live animal show, from noon to 4:00. Sign up to Win Bikes from Clarksville Schwinn and KAIRE. Free tree seedlings to the first 200 visitors. Environmental groups share ideas for being good stewards of the Earth, and local businesses celebrate Earth Day with demonstrations of Earth friendly products and activities.
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Northwest Indiana Earth Day

April 17, 2010
10:00 amto3:00 pm

Where: Sunset Hill Farm County Park, Valparaiso, IN

The Recycling & Waste Reduction District of Porter County would like to take a moment of your time to invite both new and returning organizations and companies to join us April 17, 2010 10a -3p at Sunset Hill Farm County Park just north of Valparaiso, IN.

Our aim is to include and encourage ALL of Northwest Indiana’s organizations and citizens to participate in Earth Day and really make this a regional event!   In 2009, over 4,500 people from communities all across the region attended this event.

NWI Earth Day is a FREE event that will include a variety of exhibitors, children’s activities, vendors, seminars, and family-focused demonstrations, all with one purpose in mind – to help Northwest Indiana residents live a ‘greener’ life.  Other Earth Day activities include a family tent full of hands-on activities, alternative fuel vehicle displays, food, a silent auction and live music.

This Earth Day celebration is a great forum to let the public know about your organization and how it makes Northwest Indiana a nicer place to live.  So come help us enhance public awareness and encourage action and conservation for the health of ourselves and our planet, now and for the future.  We hope that you are interested in participating in this year’s event!

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WFPL-FM launches environmental reporting collaboration

Business First of Louisville - by Brent Adams
WFPL and 18 other public radio stations in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia and Tennessee will collaborate on the coverage of environmental issues, … Read More

5 ways to brush up on green dentistry

Indianapolis Star
Green dentistry is a concept near and dear to the heart of Fishers family dentist Steve Green — and it’s not just because of his last name. Green is one of the few Indiana dentists who belong to the Eco-Dentistry Association, a Berkeley, Calif.-based national organization of dentists striving to make their practices more environmentally friendly. Read More

Momentum vital to transit plan

Indianapolis Star, by Jason Thomas
Involvement of business ‘heavy hitters’ could help make proposal a reality
A light rail system whizzes along a Downtown corridor. In its path pop up modern buildings as pedestrians stroll along bustling streets.
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Green Fest Indy – 2010. Survey Results Show Indianapolis is Interested in Eco-Friendly Issues

Indianapolis Star by Tina Jesson
Indianapolis, IN – February 2, 2010 – In a nation concerned with environmental sustainability, Green Fest Indy – 2010 recently surveyed over 200 participants to better understand the community’s interest in eco-friendly issues. Read More

City joins EPA climate initiative. Aims to cut power use 10%, harness alternative energy

The Journal Gazette By Benjamin Lanka
Fort Wayne wants to shrink its energy consumption by 10 percent and create alternative heat for its sewer plant to reduce the city government’s carbon footprint.  Read More