Learn about your options for turning sunlight into electricity. You can power your home or business, and get credit for putting your extra power into the grid.

Free 3-hour workshop about the environmental and economic benefits of reusable transport packaging.

THE FORECASTLE FESTIVAL is where the Midwest connects™. Founded in Louisville, KY, the annual gathering is equal parts Music, Art, and Activism. A symposium for musicians, artists, and environmentalists, Forecastle connects the progressive Midwest. The 2009 fest is expected to draw 10,000 patrons to the Louisville Waterfront ~ part of a scenic, $60 million dollar riverfront investment which draws 1.5 million visitors a year. With national headliners and expanded line-ups, the festival will provide an unforgettable experience for all Forecastle travelers, converging in Louisville from the Midwest and beyond.

July 10th - 12th
The Riverfront Belvedere
Louisville, Ky 40202

Essential for anyone seeking a new career in the solar industry, this one-day course gives you a clear understanding of the solar industry, including insight into available technologies, its economic size and potential, policy and regulatory drivers, career paths, and training resources. You develop an awareness of where you want to be within the industry and how to take the next steps toward that goal. Develop your career strategy in California's exploding solar industry and be a part of the emerging green economy.

Learn to understand the forms of business communication used in the United States and how they relate to your own business practices. Learn how to successfully interview for a job, set up meetings, give effective and convincing presentations, and how to network—how to develop valuable business contacts, job leads, and friendships. Study how Americans communicate with their colleagues and learn to express your ideas in the same way. By the end of this interactive workshop, you gain the confidence to bring your business expertise to today's ever-changing business opportunities.

Find research career opportunities in government agencies, nonprofit groups and private firms, on levels that range from local to international. Your research can combine interviews, polls, readings, observations, workshops, and websites. You are encouraged to personalize your approach and merge findings with others in the form of a group report. You learn to build skills and communicate findings with the intention of building a foundation on which to pursue sustained research.

This event will bring together top market analysts, utilities, PV equipment suppliers, experts in project finance, PV integrators and developers to describe the new reality in the U.S. PV Market and make clear where the important new opportunities exist.

Essential for anyone seeking a new career in the solar industry, this one-day course gives you a clear understanding of the solar industry, including insight into available technologies, its economic size and potential, policy and regulatory drivers, career paths, and training resources. You develop an awareness of where you want to be within the industry and how to take the next steps toward that goal. Develop your career strategy in California's exploding solar industry and be a part of the emerging green economy.

Solar System Hands-on Training for Maintenance and Design will be held at the Audubon Center at Debs Park, located at 4700 N. Griffin Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90031. The class will run from 9am to 3pm with a half hour lunch break so please bring your lunch to eat at the site.

The class will take place on the third Saturday of every month. All class dates for 2009: July 18, August 15, September 19, October 17, November 21, and December 19.

The University of British Columbia (UBC) and the University of Washington (UW) are pleased to present the second annual Summer Institute in Sustainability (SIS). This one-week intensive professional development program explores how to move the sustainability agenda in your organization to a whole new level.

Pharmaceutical companies are discovering that going green is not just for altruistic reasons, but that going green actually has benefits to the bottom line. The Green Pharma Summit offers cutting edge case studies from large & small Pharma, EPA, FDA, Academia and more. The premier event for pharmaceutical executives working to advance their corporate sustainability efforts through the application of environmentally sound initiatives throughout the entire product life cycle.