Events

The Fourth of July is a time to get together with friends and family, to celebrate American history, and to eat BBQ in the summer fun.  Traditional 4th of July celebrations can create a lot of pollution.  It's easy to replace some old habits with new ones for this year's Independence Day.

Greener Grilling: On the Fourth of July alone, an estimated 60 million barbecues light up nationwide, consuming enough energy to power 20,000 households for an entire year. But who says you need to give up your hot dogs and steak in order to be an environmentalist? Buy a natural gas or infrared grill instead of dirty-burning charcoal. Avoid chrome-coated aluminum grills and instead opt for steel or cast iron (my favorite). Also, go with a smaller grill, as they take less energy to heat up.... read more

My Boston neighborhood’s spring festival celebrates the victory of a Green vision of the future over a vision of doom. In 1972 local activists defeated plans for an elevated highway that would have decimated the community. Instead of six lanes bisecting the neighborhood, we now have the Southwest Corridor Park: a five-mile long greenspace with a new subway line, community gardens, and a bike path to downtown. The Wake Up the Earth! festival affirms this victory every year, beginning with a parade of latino dance troupes, ironic New Orleans brass bands, Zairean drum corps, and more, winding through city streets then entering the park to join the festival. Now in it’s 33rd year, Wake Up the Earth! has solar-powered music stages, face painting for the kids, and booths and tables hawking food, politics, and everything organic. The community, the park, and the festival are real-time examples of urban sustainability, founded on the activists’ vision of the kind of place they wanted to live in.... read more

Our friends at the Environmental Business Cluster of San Jose, California are having some great events coming up over the next few months.  Check them out!

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02.28.2012 | EBC Cleantech Mixer
6:00pm – 8:00pm | @ Environmental Business Cluster, San Jose

Cost: Free

http://ebcmixerfeb.eventbrite.com/
Join us at the EBC for a happy hour mixer with your fellow cleantech enthusiasts. Meet EBC companies, network with other startups from around the Silicon Valley and mingle at our incubator. We'd love to meet you!

02.29.2012 | Visualize Your Prototype - Autodesk Workshop
9:00am – 4:00pm | @ Environmental Business Cluster, San Jose

Cost: Free

http://www.environmentalcluster.org/events/ev_2012Q1-VYP.html
The EBC and Autodesk invite entrepreneurs to a hands-on, two and a half hour workshop and an Open Lab (one-on-one help) to assist cleantech startups in getting your clean technology to market faster with a Digital Prototype. This Instructor led training, by a certified Autodesk Professional will cover how to: 1) Get a fast start in designing your product with your AutoCAD Inventor Professional software, 2)Easily create a photo-realistic rendering of your CAD model in Autodesk Showcase to help you market your product, 3)Learn Tips and Tricks from an expert in developing a Digital Prototype.

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Check out Planet Green Recycle's FREE e-Waste recycling event THIS WEEKEND in Valencia, CA!  All raised funds will go towards Sunshine Learning Centers!  Here's the Facebook event.    If you live in the area, definitely stop by and get rid of some old electronics!... read more

Silicon Valley's Environmental Business Cluster is holding a Corporate Cash for Cleantech event on September 29, 2011.    The event consists of an an industry panel focusing on big corporations seeking information on cleantech.  The discussions will include panelists from Chevron, EFT Energy, and more.  

"Our panel discussions are candid, interactive and informal," explains the Environmental Business Cluster. "We want you to walk away with the real story behind how things work so you can make it happen yourself."... read more