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Improve your industrial competitiveness through better materials use. Participants will learn how to identify process losses and potential efficiency improvements in packaging, industrial parts and facilities cleaning, fluids purification, water use minimization and purification, and construction activities. Specific topics include best practices and technologies to improve performance through waste minimization, pollution prevention, recycling, green process development, activity based cost accounting, and improving the value of by-products.

Please plan to join us at the Naturally Illinois Expo 2010. Experience fifty exhibits, demonstrations, and hands-on activities of interest to the public, teachers, and students of all levels. Interact with scientists who work on cutting-edge research and solutions to water, energy, ecosystem, mineral resource, natural hazard, climate, and technology issues.

New exhibits for 2010 include

• Turtles of Illinois

• Backyard Diversity--Insects of Illinois and Beyond

• Microcritters: Dead and Alive

• Biofuels--From Waste to Biodiesel

• Building a Sustainable System in Haiti with Jatropha curcas

• Research Off the Grid

• Get to the Core: Steamy Swamps and Ice Age Glaciers

Favorites returning include

• Kids Fossil Dig

• Fun with Water Chemistry

• Mud to Parks

• Build Illinois

The second annual Naturally Illinois Expo is an exciting opportunity to learn about science and the natural resources of Illinois through the work of the INRS State Scientific Surveys. INRS gives Illinois citizens, business, and decision-makers objective, timely, relevant science and solutions necessary to manage our resources, environment, and economy wisely. Our scientists work to support and balance economic development and natural resource sustainability for Illinois and beyond. Come see how we can work together to improve life in Illinois today and into the future.

The Expo is free and open to the public. It's a great school field trip destination. Groups, please contact Eric Plankell in advance at 217-265-8029 or expo@inrs.illinois.edu.

March 12-13, 2010

Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Saturday 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Natural Resources Building (just west of the Stock Pavillion), 615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61820

Start your day with a run at 9am on Saturday! For race information or to register, go to www.inrs.illinois.edu/expo/5krun.shtml or call 217-244-2179

For updates to the conference visit the Web site.

World Biofuels Markets is the leading industry networking event where, each year, the leaders of the biofuels world convene to meet new customers, suppliers and partners and help drive innovation and business. Over 4500 high calibre executives from 78 countries have attended WBM to date.

PJR Chicago Offices - Main Auditorium

10275 West Higgins Road

Chicago, IL 60018

7:30 am - 5:00 pm R2 Training Syllabus:

* Learn 5 simple steps to R2 certification

* Learn key requirements of the R2 standard

* Evaluate the differences between the e-Stewards initiative & R2 certification

* Understand registrar requirements regarding upgrading your existing ISO 9001 or ISO 14001 certification to R2 What should be included in a Focus Materials Plan

* What should an R2 policy address

* What level of internal training is required

* What is expected of the established EHSMS

* How to select and evaluate downstream vendors

* Learn what qualifications an R2 internal auditor must possess

* Framework for effective compliance evaluations

* Understand the EPA's role, the Basel Convention, and Basel Action Network (BAN)

* This training will fulfill your knowledge base requirements for R2 for internal auditors

You can register via phone or email (make sure to include your name, company name, address, phone number, and email)

Ever wonder how to use and benefit from web-based social networking, material trading, and environmental measurement tools? If so, plan on joining us on March 23 for NERC's Spring '10 Workshop to learn what these tools are, how to use them, and how to use the opportunities they provide for marketing your operations.

Improve your industrial competitiveness through better materials use. Participants will learn how to identify process losses and potential efficiency improvements in packaging, industrial parts and facilities cleaning, fluids purification, water use minimization and purification, and construction activities. Specific topics include best practices and technologies to improve performance through waste minimization, pollution prevention, recycling, green process development, activity based cost accounting, and improving the value of by-products.

DuPage County high schools will show their "green" or "sustainable" building design projects to the public at the 4th Annual Sustainable Design Challenge for high school students. There will be amazing models of their designs along with posters explaining their research and the design elements that make their building "green." The students have been guided by their teachers to incorporate design strategies from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program to both reduce environmental impact and provide occupants with a healthy, productive space. Begins 8:30 A.M. - 2 P.M. Public viewing of entries will be from 9 - 11:30 A.M.

Save money and improve your organization's environmental performance through green business practices. Specific topics include: greening the office, green purchasing, activity based cost accounting, greening the supply chain, recycling, and green cleaning/janitorial practices. Energy efficiency opportunities associated with common office functions, such as heating/air conditioning, electronic devices, appliances, and lighting will also be covered.

Have you heard the buzz about "Green Buildings"? Would you like to know what it's all about, and perhaps, lead your school in the charge to be more environmentally-friendly? We can show you what is so exciting about this NEW technology and how you can help your school to operate with the highest efficiency in energy, water and natural resource usage. See how an attractive, healthy environment can be provided for working, learning and playing while also helping your school's bottom line. 6.0 CPDU's can be earned. Click the link below to register!

The 2010 Conference will build on the success of the 2009 event in Washington, D.C., which brought together nearly 3,000 labor, environmental and business advocates to share ideas and strategies for building a new, green economy.

Now in its third year, BIOMASS unites current and future producers of biomass-derived power, fuels and chemicals with waste generators, energy crop growers, municipal leaders, utility executives, technology providers, equipment manufacturers, project developers, investors, and policy makers.

At BIOMASS, future and existing biofuels and biomass power producers will have an opportunity to network with waste generators and other industry suppliers and technology providers. They will rub elbows with utility executives, researchers, policy makers, investors, project developers and, of course, farmers, the original bioenergy pioneers and current purveyors of dedicated energy crops and ag residues.

Following an immensely successful event in 2009, with over 1,000 attendees and a sold out trade show in Portland, Oregon, BBI International is adding a new layer of value to BIOMASS in 2010 with an unprecedented effort to reach out to waste generators--eager new players in today's biomass utilization movement.

The 2010 BIOMASS program will include more than 90 speakers, including 72 technical presentations on topics ranging from anaerobic digestion and gasification to pyrolysis and combined heat and power (see Agenda), most within the structured framework of six customized tracks:

• Crop Residues
• Dedicated Energy Crops
• Forest & Wood Processing Residues
• Livestock and Poultry Wastes
• MSW, Urban Wastes & Landfill Gas
• Food Processing Residues

Time: 8am to 1pm

Drop-off location: 3202 Apollo Drive, Champaign (News Gazette Distribution Center)

CleanMed is the premier conference on environmental sustainability for the health care sector. The conference attracts leaders and key decision makers from across the industry, convening health care professionals, university researchers, designers of professional buildings, and vendors of cleaner and safer products and services.

The conference aims to:

• Accelerate the development, use, and diffusion of environmentally preferable and occupationally safer products and practices in health care.
• Provide examples of best practices in environmentally preferable purchasing in health care and group purchasing organizations.
• Showcase environmentally sustainable design and construction practices in health care.
• Analyze and evaluate alternatives to medical waste incineration.

Through cutting edge case studies and discussion panels, the Sustainable Manufacturing Summit showcases the manufacturers leading the transition to sustainable and profitable manufacturing and offers the latest innovations in green products and services. This third annual event offers business executives of all levels practical advice and benchmarks for their own sustainability initiatives and the opportunity to understand the future direction of climate response.

Save money and improve your organization's environmental performance through green business practices. Specific topics include: greening the office, green purchasing, activity based cost accounting, greening the supply chain, recycling, and green cleaning/janitorial practices. Energy efficiency opportunities associated with common office functions, such as heating/air conditioning, electronic devices, appliances, and lighting will also be covered.

The conference will feature speakers on the latest industry developments in recycling, education/sustainability and technical tracks. Attendee, exhibitor, and call for speaker information can be found at http://illinoisjointconference.com. For sponsorship opportunities, call 708-358-0050.

Teacher, let's be kids again. We'll splash around in the water, but no one will get mad at us! Register for our educational (and delightful!) watershed workshop; we'll hop on the bus, pull up our boots, step - gently - into the river, and learn about the quality of the waters of our own streams. We'll conduct water tests, and we'll identify benthic macroinvertebrates - those interesting bottom-dwelling mussels, crayfish, etc., that serve as indicators of water quality. We will even climb to the rooftops to learn - up close and personal. We will spend the first day in the classroom building watershed models and more, to learn what we (and our students) can do to protect our watersheds and keep them clean. Day two is filled with visits to several watersheds and storm water management solution sites. Jump into this class with both feet! Earn 15.0 CPDU's or 1 Graduate Credit. Learn more or register at the Web site below.

Let us immerse you in trash - well, in the problems, concerns and solutions that surround the "stuff" we make and buy and use and throw away, day in and day out! We'll travel by bus to explore landfills, recycling centers and other sites, to help us understand the many processes that deal with all this garbage. And we'll take time each day to experiment, build, discuss and digest where we have been and why. Lots of fun; lots of learning; lots of resources! Earn 17 CPDU's or 3 Graduate Credits. Learn more or register at the Web site below.

Time: 8am to 1pm

Drop-off location: 3202 Apollo Drive, Champaign (News Gazette Distribution Center)

Organizations throughout Michigan are transforming the way they do business, with a focus on sustainability and the use of less-toxic materials and processes. The goal of this event, initiated by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm, is to promote green chemistry and protect Michigan's environment and public health while catalyzing our economy.

The Michigan Green Chemistry Roundtable recently released a Call for Presentations and invites business leaders, engineers, chemists, researchers, teachers, policymakers, and anyone else interested in moving green chemistry forward in Michigan to participate in this conference. The deadline for submitting the Call for Presentations speaker form is April 16, 2010.

The DNRE is committed to conserve, manage, protect, and promote accessible use and enjoyment of the state's environmental, natural resource, and related economic interests for current and future generations.

Organizations throughout Michigan are transforming the way they do business, with a focus on sustainability and the use of less-toxic materials and processes. The goal of this event, initiated by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm, is to promote green chemistry and protect Michigan's environment and public health while catalyzing our economy.

The Michigan Green Chemistry Roundtable recently released a Call for Presentations and invites business leaders, engineers, chemists, researchers, teachers, policymakers, and anyone else interested in moving green chemistry forward in Michigan to participate in this conference. The deadline for submitting the Call for Presentations speaker form is April 16, 2010.

Focus areas include collection, hauling, processing and disposal of waste; materials recycling; municipal recycling programs including blue box programs, MRFs, scrap metals, C&D, wood, plastic, paper, auto, tires, fiber and more.

Time: 8am to 1pm

Drop-off location: 3202 Apollo Drive, Champaign (News Gazette Distribution Center)

ACI (Affordable Comfort, Inc.) is a non-profit organization, founded on an assembly of people who gathered in Pittsburgh, PA in 1986. They had a common interest in sharing what they understood about making homes energy efficient, comfortable, and affordable, without risk to the residents and building structure. This approach to weatherizing, remodeling, or building came to be known as "House as a System."

ACI offers a Webcast training on a wide array of home building topics. To see a list of upcoming topics and dates, visit their Web site.

• How new and proposed regulations will affect your site
• How to classify hazardous waste using information you won't find the regulations
• Exemptions and exclusions that can save you money

Who should attend? Anyone who wants to go beyond the basic RCRA requirements, while meeting the annual training requirement.

For course topics, locations, class fee, and schedule visit the Web site listed below.

The American Chemical Society's webcast Courses provide the same high-quality instruction you expect from ACS, but without the added expense and frustration of travel. The course catalog covers a wide variety of topics and skill levels. A complete list of webcast courses can be found by visiting the Web site.

You will learn:

• How to package, mark, and label hazardous materials
• How to choose the correct DOT shipping name
• How to complete shipping papers
• How to load, unload, and placard properly
• Your responsibilities to ensure hazardous material security
• Recent changes in the regulations

Who must attend? Personnel responsible for the safe shipment of hazardous materials, including anyone who fills packages, marks or labels containers, completes or signs shipping papers, loads or uloads vehicles, or operates vehicles used to transport hazardous materials.

This course meets DOT requirements for initial and recurrent training.

For course topics, locations, class fee, and schedule visit the Web site listed below.

You will learn:

• How to determine which of your wastes are hazardous waste
• Status of the new shop towel rule
• How to manage universal waste and used oil
• How to store hazardous waste at satellite and accumulation points
• How to select the right container for your waste and ensure that it is properly makred, labeled, and sealed
• How to complete the hazardous waste manifest
• How to prepare for and respond to emergencies

Who must attend? Annual training is required (40 CFR 265.16) for all personnel who handle hazardous waste. And if you sign a hazardous waste manifes, you also are required to have DOT training.

For course topics, locations, class fee, and schedule visit the Web site listed below.

MREA offers workshops that cover a variety of topics in renewable energy. Come learn from experts in the field about subjects including:

• wind systems
• PV-photovoltaics (solar electric)
• solar thermal systems for domestic hot water and space heating
• photovoltaic, wind and solar thermal site assessor training and certification.
• women only workshops
• biodiesel and veggie oil for diesel vehicles and space heating
• window quilts
• masonry heaters
• energy efficient and alternative construction; women's construction. straw bale, superinsulation techniques, passive solar design, timber framing

The Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations has developed an online eLearning system for Hazardous Materials (HM) training. It will teach the fundamental requirements for preparing HM for transportation as well as the basic requirements for transporting HM on public highways.

This type of training allows you to learn from the comfort of your home or place of work, you can learn at your own pace, it is available 24 hours a day from your computer, and it saves on time, travel, and lodging.

There are 9 modules that comprise the HM E-Learning training, and they do not need to be taken in any specific order. The 9 modules are: Introduction; HAZMAT Table; Shipping Papers; Marking and Labeling; >Placarding; Packaging; Security; Training; and Transportation by Highway.

You will learn:

• How to safely prepare dangerous goods for air and water transportation
• How to avoid expensive fines from the FAA and Coast Guard
• How to comply with DOT requirements for international shipments
• Essential steps for compliance with IATA and IMO regulations
• What's new in the 2008 IATA DGR and IMDG code

Who should attend? Anyone involved with classifying, packaging, labeling, marking, or completing shipping papers for air or vessel trapnsportation of dangerous goods.

This course meets your IATA and IMO initial and recurrent training requirements.

For course topics, locations, class fee, and schedule visit the Web site listed below.