This is Green Week. Are you bored and think there isn't anything new to learn here. Flipping thru the TV Channels and nothing on TV. How about some interesting webcasts on your computer?
I just discovered an interesting web site that will have a whole day of webcasts (April 22, 2009) on a variety of topics related to Green Week. Here are some of the topics...
8-8:45am PST Donald S. Simon of Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean, LLP - "Governmental Incentives and Mandates: Regulatory Future for Green Building" 9-9:45am Barry Hooper of the Department of the Environment, City & County of San Francisco - "Building and Operating Green in 2009 - Challenges and Successes in San Francisco" 10-10:45am Mitchell Joachim of Columbia University and Terreform 1 - "The Carborexic City" 11-11:45am George Elvin of Ball State University and Green Technology Forum - "Nanotechnology for Green Building" 12-12:45pm Peter Yost of Building Green LLC - "Sustainability Requires Durability" 1-1:45pm Kevin O'Donnell of WD Partners - "The Environmental Impact of Building & How the Design Community Can Change That" 2-2:45pm Jon Alexander of Sunshine Construction - "Practical Steps for Deep Green Remodeling" 3-3:45pm Eric Corey Freed of Organic Architect - "The Myth of Sisyphus: A Roadmap to Greening Our Buildings" 4-4:45pm Ralph DiNola of Green Building Services, Inc - "LEED for Historic Projects: Greening our Architectural Heritage" http://www.brighttalk.com/summit/greenweek
... for free registration.
The site also has some other interesting Channels - tomorrow (April 21) is Water Management. They also have Channels for Green IT, Security, Grren Building and more.
The list of summits is here:
http://www.brighttalk.com/summits
Hey is this week like St. Patty's Day all week? Do I need to wear green? Drink green beer?