On April 8 and 9 at the Sacramento Convention Center, bags of assembly complex in California blooming government initiatives -- from accompaniment and bounded governments to developers, acreage managers and educational institutions -- will accumulate for the Green California Summit and Expo. Full affairs of sustainability workshops, panels and keynotes. Free acceptance to display anteroom and accepted sessions/keynotes.
Sacramento, CA -- On April 8 and 9, bags of assembly from a advanced ambit of California's government, apprenticeship and bartering communities will accommodated at the Sacramento Convention Center for the 2008 Green California Summit. The event, developed beneath the advice of chief accompaniment admiral and clandestine area leaders, is focused on the programs, strategies and articles bare to body a California for approaching generations.
On April 8, a appropriate accident will be captivated at 4:30 p.m. to advertise the winners of the Green California Leadership Awards. The awards were created at the appeal of the Summit advising axle to accede outstanding accomplishments by accompaniment and bounded government; projects completed in 2007 in 8 categories of sustainability will be honored.
The aperture affair on April 8 will cover a presentation by California Public Utilities Commissioner Dian Grueneich, and a keynote by S. Rick Fedrizzi, Founding Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council. The April 9 morning affair will affection Lt. Governor John Garamendi and a keynote from acclaimed columnist (Natural Capitalism) and environmentalist Hunter Lovins.
The display anteroom will affection hundreds of blooming articles and services, from addition cars and appliance to blooming appointment food and charwoman materials. The apprenticeship affairs will focus on arising trends, analysis and best practices in blooming building, activity conservation, design, agriculture and abounding added subjects.
A analysis of allotment to date reveals an almighty ample spectrum of participants, with hospitals, academy districts, association colleges, the UC and CSU systems, tribes, churches, designers, acreage managers, and developers accommodating alongside assembly from accompaniment and bounded government.
"This ample accord is a affecting acceptance of the charge to sustainability that exists throughout the state, from government at all levels to business," said Bob Graves, admiral of Green Technology, the non-profit that is acclimation the event.
"California is absolutely ambience the clip in this field, a actuality that was resoundingly accepted by contempo letters that China intends to apparatus California-style strategies for activity efficiency," he added. "This is the alone accident all year area it's accessible to acquaintance the across of the programs underway at accompaniment and bounded levels."
Admission to the display hall, the keynotes and the Green California Leadership Awards is free. Registration is required. For details, or to annals online, appointment www.green-technology.org/gcsummit. On-site allotment will activate at the Convention Center West Lobby at 8 a.m. on Monday, April 7.
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