Posts Tagged ‘ green cities florida ’

2nd Green Cities Florida Tweetup May 14th

May 13th, 2009 | By derekgordon | Category: What's News

Mills 50, Green Cities Florida and The Dandelion Communitea Café invite you to join us for a fun evening of networking at the Dandelion Communitea Café at in the Thornton Park neighborhood!
If you represent or have been looking to connect with the growing ‘green’ business and government community in Central Florida, join us for the second Green [...]



Taylor Huff tells us what to expect at Green Cities Florida

May 13th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Video, What's News

Taylor Huff gave us some inside information about the topics covered at Green Cities Florida. Experts in sustainability, land use planning, green building, and clean technology will be on hand to give high-energy presentations, hold round table discussions, and help individual business [...]



Green Cities Florida Tweetsdown to conference

May 11th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Florida, What's News

Thanks to Doterati.com & the Orlando Brewing for a successful Tweetup leading up to Green Cities Florida.
On Wednesday night, the toast of the Twitter and Doterati communities came out to tweet about the upcoming Green Cities event. Everyone came out for an excellent selection of organic brews with dynamic names such as: Pompous Ass IPA, [...]



APA Approves More Green Cities Florida Courses for Credits.

May 7th, 2009 | By derekgordon | Category: What's News

Need more incentive to attend Green Cities Florida? Get a load of this: The American Planning Association has approved 17 of the Green Cities Florida courses for AICP CMs (the Continuing Education designation for Planners) for a total of 20.5 hrs of credits. Here is a list of those courses:

Achieving Climate Neutrality: The [...]



Tweet us for conference pass giveaways

Apr 22nd, 2009 | By admin | Category: Florida Conference

@greencitiesnews, the tweet behind the page you are now viewing, invites you to follow us on twitter for a chance to win 2 passes to Green Cities Florida or a 2-nite hotel stay at the 1-Palm certified Omni hotel in Orlando!
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Fort Lauderdale to Receive $2 Million Grant for Energy Efficiency

Apr 10th, 2009 | By derekgordon | Category: Florida, What's News

The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program (by way of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) will provide over 3 billion dollars to projects in US territories, which reduce total energy and promote energy efficiency. The city of Fort Lauderdale will be receiving $2 Million to put towards energy efficiency and conservation projects.
This grant [...]



Podcast: Gil Friend Interview

Mar 27th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Florida Conference, Green Cities Podcast, What's News

In this interview from March 25, Kimberly Miller speaks with Gil Friend, who will be speaking at the Green Cities Conference taking place May 19-21 in Orlando, FL. Gil Friend discusses his inspiration for founding Natural Logic, the urgent need to act on climate change and how his [...]

 
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Diverse Participants for Green Cities Florida

Mar 17th, 2009 | By ashleysue | Category: Florida, Florida Conference

Green Cities Florida is your chance to learn more about sustainable solutions for communities, business, and government. The Green Cities global movement proves a world-wide interest in making urban design and the overall global economy a more ethical, humane, healthy, efficient, and environmentally responsible platform for living.
Current registrants comprise a significant cross-section of our [...]



Dallas Sustainable Block initiative to be unveiled at Green Cities

Mar 16th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Florida Conference

Urban Re:Vision will be speaking at Green Cities Florida to share the story of how a crumbling parking lot in downtown Dallas is being transformed into the nations first fully sustainable inner-city square block.
Potential requirements, barriers, and changes will be examined in an effort to pave the way for other cities to adopt the Dallas approach. [...]



California University Sets Stage for Zero Waste with Plan Green Conference

Feb 23rd, 2009 | By ashleysue | Category: Northern California

The University of California at Davis, in preparation for their commitment to become a zero waste college by 2020, provided the venue for the first annual Plan Green Conference on February 18, 2009.  The Plan Green Conference focuses on providing the tools and information for planning sustainable events from small-scale meetings and banquets to conferences [...]