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Location    First Methodist Church
1376 Olive St. Eugene, OR
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

NEDCO, Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation, is extending the application deadline for their Main Street Downtown Springfield Business Incubator.
 
This is an opportunity for businesses in transition-to-storefront operation, to partner with and acquire support for success. Being a green and sustainable business venture is a desired asset for the program.
 

We love to see our members in the news -- though these two articles are from April, BRIA is a recent member of GreenLane.  Check them out:

Eugene Solar & Green Homes Tour
October 3, 2010 - 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Registration & Kickoff: Eugene Water & Electric Board 500 East 4th Avenue
Cost: $5 suggested donation per group

Plastic bottles (PET #1) are one of the biggest environmental disasters today. In the United States alone, 230 bottles per person go to landfill per year. That is enough crushed bottles to fill the Rose Bowl Stadium in California every two weeks.

Natural Choice Directory in partnership with the Helios Network is sending out this
 
10.10.10 Call To ACTION
 
To Local BUSINESS People: a Global GREEN EVENT

City Council Approves Community Climate and Energy Action Plan.
The innovative plan has already received accolades from two national organizations

An increasing amount of evidence tells us that the earth's climate is warming and that greenhouse gas emissions and rising fossil fuel prices will have a profound impact on our lives.  Eugene is joining a growing list of forward-thinking cities around the world that are addressing these climate change and energy challenges by planning with vision and creativity.

I was so delighted to see the article in the Register Guard about Julie and Charlie Tilt's fabulous business: Hummingbird Wholesale.

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/business/25044594-41/humm...

Become a online member of Sustainable Industries and have access to some great business guides. www.sustainableindustries.com/resources. There is the new Green Office Guide 2010, Clean Energy Handbook for Business 2009, Plants at Work 2009 and more. Very useful info here! In PDF format, so you don't have to send off for a paper document.

“Spend less. Look Better. Help the Planet!” on Wednesday March 10^th. At this event you will hear from keynote speaker Deb Koehler regarding Xerox’s accomplishments with sustainability since 1969 leading up to what Xerox is doing to help businesses of all sizes accomplish today.