January 5, 2010

January 8, 2011
Mulchfest/E-Waste Recycling
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Bowling Green Park
New York City
Rain or Shine
Bring your Christmas tree and unwanted electronics
The Downtown Connection bus will deliver you and your tree to the event for free.
Call 212-835-2789 for details or visit Downtown Alliance

January 8-15, 2011
Pennsylvania Farm Show
Farm Show Complex
Harrisburg, PA 
As always, the nearly half-million show visitors will see the best of Pennsylvania’s top industry – agriculture. The highest-quality animals will pass through show and sale rings, the state’s youth will be recognized with scholarships and awards, and long-time show supporters and sponsors will be honored. The 95th show will offer new family living classes, horse-pulling contests and educational seminars. The youth talent show returns and country music singer, Glen Shelton, will perform a concert. Other annual favorites like the butter sculpture, Sheep-to-Shawl contest, Farm Show Detectives and Celebrity Cow Milking Contest will delight show-goers, as well as the famed Food Court that offers the best Pennsylvania-produced products. Online Registration Now Open

Pennsylvania Certification Program Advisory Committee
(for Water and Wastewater System Operators)
10 a.m. 
Conference Room 105,
First Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17105.
Contact: Cheri Sansoni : (717) 772-5158, csansoni@state.pa.us.
The agenda and meeting materials will be available through the Public Participation Center on the Department’s web site at http://www.depweb.state. pa.us
(DEP Keyword: Public Participation).

 
 
Critical Success Factors for Accelerating Successful Smart Grid Pilots
Free webcast – 11 a.m.
Smart grids are at the fulcrum of the emerging low carbon economy. Not only do they help leverage distributed sources of renewable energy, but they can also help to intelligently manage energy consumption by bringing together supply and demand side solutions. Governments are showing increased support for smart grids, and utilities around the globe are testing and deploying this new technology. In fact, there are an estimated 90 smart grid pilots underway today. The World Economic Forum, together with Accenture, recently engaged more than 60 industry experts from across the smart grid value chain, to analyze the challenges and conditions for successful pilots. The highlights from this informative study will be presented in a one-hour webinar that was developed to provide utilities with a synopsis of study results that can help to ensure maximum value from smart grid pilot investments.
Click to Register

January 17-19, 2011
Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Anaheim (CA) Hilton
The conference will present mini-symposia, including one on the introduction to smart grid, and another on workforce preparedness. The Conference will be a forum for the participants to discuss state-of-the-art innovations in smart grid technologies. The Conference will feature special sessions and tutorials by international experts on smart grid applications. Conference Registration is available now via the conference website: www.isgt2011.com.
Hotel Registration: The Anaheim Hilton Hotel, the venue for this conference, is located in the heart of California’s famous Orange County, adjacent to the Anaheim Convention Center and steps from the Disneyland Resort.  This full-service, 4-Star hotel offers something for everyone. Call 1-877-776-4932 or click here to book your room today!

January 19, 2011 Pennsylvania Citizens Advisory Council
11 a.m.
Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
Confirm meeting date, time & location at: “Meeting Information” on the CAC website

January 20, 2011
Pennsylvania Climate Change Advisory Committee
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
Room 105
Rachel Carson Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
Confirm date & location at  (717) 783-8411

January 26, 2011
Seeking Profits in a Sustainability World
8:30a.m – 5 p.m.
The Chauncey Conference Center, Princeton, NJ
660 Rosedale Road, Princeton, NJ 08541 Learn how to grow your business while minimizing your carbon footprint,
Now is the time to reap the economic benefits of life sustaining green practices Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Susan Voigt, VP,Bristol-Myers Squibb
Sessions: 
Looking Forward: Learning from 10 Years of Sustainability Initiatives
Views from the Lt. Governor’s Office
Infusing the Organization with Sustainability
Enhancing Your Brand with Sustainability
Effective Methods for Financing Sustainability Initiatives
and Profiting from Them
A Case Study for Solar: a Property Owner’s Perspective
LEAN Manufacturing and Sustainable Office Processes
Public Sector Support for a Sustainable Future
Sustainability in Building Design and Operations
Sustainability and Risk Management, Legal Perspectives
The Intersection of Electric Vehicles and Smart Grid: Drivers
for Adoption and New Business Opportunities
Complementary, Sustainable Public/Private Spaces Full agenda and speakers

January 26, 2011 Environmental Funding
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
http://www.cpe.rutgers.edu/courses/current/en0502ca.html 

January 27, 2011
Legislative Hearing on Marcellus Shale Wastewater Issues
9 a.m.
Capitol’s Hearing Room 1, North Office Building
Harrisburg, PA
The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, chaired by Sen.
Mary Jo White (R-21), will hold the public hearing on Marcellus Shale natural gas
wastewater treatment issues. The committee expects to hear from Department of Environmental Protection officials, industry representatives and others on the
treatment and handling of wastewater related to Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling.  Following the hearing, testimony, transcripts and video will be posted on the Committee website at www.senatormjwhite.com.

January 27-28, 2011 

74th Annual Walk to Washington and Congressional Dinner
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel,
Washington, D.C.
Join us as the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce celebrates its 100th birthday, welcomes
a new president, and offers its members unprecedented opportunities for networking and visibility. This year, we honor our past — founding companies that have been Chamber members for ten decades, through thick and thin and the ups and downs of business cycles. We also look to the future with a revamped and more interactive dinner format, plenty of networking to help you through these tough times, and an opportunity to meet the Chamber’s new president. For more information, click here. To register, click here. 

January 29-30, 2011


Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey’s annual winter conference Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
NOFA-NJ’s winter conference is the premier gathering for the organic and sustainable food, farming and gardening community in the state. As interest in local and organic food and sustainability continues to grow, so does the conference.  Now a two-day event, this year’s conference, “Sowing New Seeds,” will offer over 40 workshops on a wide range of food, gardening, and farming-related subjects. There will be workshops for livestock producers, vegetable growers and homesteaders, as well as courses on policy issues, beginning farming, composting at home, alpacas, conserving farmland, vertical gardening, backyard chickens, community-supported agriculture, and lawn alternatives. Discounts on registration are available for those who register prior to Dec. 31 and for NOFA-NJ members. New and beginning farmers can apply for a full scholarship to this conference. Those who have been farming for 10 years or less can apply at http://nofanj.org/wcscholarship.htm.
For more information or to register, visit www.nofanj.org/winterconference.htm
or call the NOFA-NJ office at 908-371-1111, ext. 5.

February 1, 2010 (and four succeeding Tuesday nights)
 

Camden City: The Challenge of Environmental Justice
A free, five-week course sponsored by Camden County College’s
Center for Civic Leadership and Responsibility.The course will run from 6:30- 9 on 5 consecutive Tuesday evenings  
starting on February 1 at the college’s Rohrer Branch in Cherry Hill, NJ
There is no charge for attending, but registration is required and space is limited.
See brochure and registration information Here.
Week 1:  Screening and discussion of The Poet of Poverty, a film documenting the reflections of long time activist in S. Camden, Fr. Michael Doyle.
Week 2: A History of Camden with  Dr. Howard Gillette, history professor at Rutgers Camden and author of the 2006 book Camden After the Fall: Decline and Renewal in a Post Industrial City.
Week 3: The Question of Justice: An exploration of justice, particularly as exemplified in Camden. Week 4: Sustainability:  Pursuing environmental justice through an understanding of Sustainability with Sustainable Cherry Hill’s Nancy Axelrod and Lori Braunstein.
Week 5: Environmental Activism:  A discussion with guest activists about how people are responding to the environmental challenges  in Camden with guest activists.

February 8, 2011
Environmental Justice Advisory Board
8:30 a.m.
Delaware Room, 16th Floor
Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA.
To confirm dates/locations, call: Tammey Adams (717) 772-1856

February 15, 2011
Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board
9 a.m.
Room 105, Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA,
To confirm date/location, contact Michele Tate (717) 783-8727

February 15, 2011 Pennsylvania Citizens Advisory Council
11 a.m.
Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
Confirm meeting date, time & location at: “Meeting Information” on the CAC website

February 16, 2011

Pennsylvania Agricultural Advisory Board 
10 a.m.
Bimonthly meeting
Susquehanna Room A, South Central Regional Office
909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA
Please call in advance to confirm date/location
(717) 772-5972

February 17, 2011
Pennsylvania Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee
9:15 a.m.
Room 105, Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
Please confirm in advance date/location at (717) 772-3436 

February 23-24, 2011
Environmental Law and Regulation
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
http://www.cpe.rutgers.edu/courses/current/el0101ca.html 

March 10, 2011
CLEANTECH NJ 2011
Woodbridge Hilton, Iselin, NJ
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This business and investor-focused clean technology conference will bring together the clean energy business community in the greater New Jersey area. C-level executives of N.J.-based clean technology and energy companies, government policymakers and regulators, institutional and angel investors, professional services firms, thought leaders and environmental activists will have the opportunity to brainstorm and network. Attendees will have access to compelling panel discussions with prominent clean energy business and thought leaders, one-on-one meeting rooms, informal breakout sessions and a networking-focused cocktail hour.
Program. Registration. Sponsor opportunities.

March 15,  2011 
Pennsylvania Citizens Advisory Council
11 a.m.
Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
Confirm meeting date, time & location at: “Meeting Information” on the CAC website

March 17, 2011
Pennsylvania Climate Change Advisory Committee
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
Room 105
Rachel Carson Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
Confirm date & location at  (717) 783-8411

March 30, 2011  The Role of the Consultant in Environmental Litigation
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
http://www.cpe.rutgers.edu/courses/current/el0103ca.html 

March 31 – April 2, 2011
SET2011 | Exhibition and Conference
Los Angeles Convention Center
The SET2011 Convention is designed to accelerate the implementation of green/clean technologies in all market sectors. Our function is to facilitate the sale and transfer of equipment, products and services, licensing agreements, and consulting contracts. The event is a marketplace for suppliers and consumers of sustainable technologies within green building, alternative transportation, clean tech investments, and lifestyle remodeling. We will address and provide solutions to environmental problems such as water treatment, air pollution, waste handling & recycling, and renewable energy. SET2011 supports economic-based solutions to our environmental issues by providing a live “green” marketplace to promote innovative, clean and efficient technologies. Registration

April 4, 2011
Laurel Highlands Summit
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Fred Rogers Center
St. Vincent College
Latrobe, PA
The economic impact of tourism, recreation and green space will be the focus of the second Summit for the Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape Initiative. The economic benefits of trails, recreation and conservation will be the central theme; trail development and conservation will be featured topics, too. More information and signup form

April 19, 2011
Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board
9 a.m.
Room 105, Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA,
To confirm date/location, contact Michele Tate (717) 783-8727

April 19, 2011
Pennsylvania Citizens Advisory Council
11 a.m.
Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
Confirm meeting date, time & location at: “Meeting Information” on the CAC website

April 20, 2010
Pennsylvania Agricultural Advisory Board 
10 a.m.
Bimonthly meeting
Susquehanna Room A, South Central Regional Office
909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA
Please call in advance to confirm date/location
(717) 772-5972

May 3, 2011
Environmental Justice Advisory Board
8:30 a.m.
Delaware Room, 16th Floor
Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA.
To confirm dates/locations, call: Tammey Adams (717) 772-1856

May 3, 2011
Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Advisory Committee
10 a.m.
Susquehanna Room, South Central Regional Office
909 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA
Pleases confirm date/location in advance at (717) 772-5649

May 18, 2011
Pennsylvania Citizens Advisory Council
11 a.m.
Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
Confirm meeting date, time & location at: “Meeting Information” on the CAC website

May 18,  2011
Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board
9 a.m.
Room 105, Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA,
To confirm date/location, contact Michele Tate (717) 783-8727

May 18, 2011
Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board
9 a.m.
Room 105, Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA,
To confirm date/location, contact Michele Tate (717) 783-8727

May 19, 2 011
Pennsylvania Climate Change Advisory Committee
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
Room 105
Rachel Carson Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA
Confirm date & location at  (717) 783-8411

June 7, 2011
Pennsylvania Board of Coal Mine Safety
10 a.m.
Marion Center, 21 Griffith Drive,
Home, PA 15747
Please confirm in advance date/location at (724) 439-7469

June 8, 2011
Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Advisory Committee
9:30 a.m. 
10th Floor Conference Room 
Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA.
Confirm date/location by visiting http://www.depweb.state.pa.us 
(DEP keywords: ”Public Participation, Participate”)