Welcome to Green Lane...

We are a membership organization providing education, resources, networking, and marketing for sustainability. 

Join our community of Lane County businesses, non-profits and individuals and share sustainable ideas and practices.

Is your business in the green?

When: 
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 8:00am - 10:00am
Where: 

Alternating Tuesdays, 8-10am. 
Lane Community College Wildish Building
1445 Willamette Street, Eugene

 
Cost: 

$350
Plus a minimum 25 hours split between implementation within  your workplace and/or mentoring other businesses

 

20 hour initial training including followup sessions and individual consultations.  Take action by reducing your business's carbon footprint in a class that can more than pay for itself in savings.

Training will provide:

Better than Recycling, Material Efficiency Reduces Expenses and Greenhouse Gasses

When: 
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Where: 

Eugene Public Library, First floor Bascom-Tykeson Room

Cost: 

Free

Local business owners and community members interested in going beyond recycling will not want to miss "Reducing Environmental Impacts of Packaging and Products". This presentation and discussion focuses on the best kept secret – that materials efficiency provides some of the most cost-effective and money saving strategies for a healthy triple bottom line.

Community members are invited to attend.

BETTER THAN RECYCLING, MATERIAL EFFICIENCY REDUCES EXPENSES AND GREENHOUSE GASES

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Submitted by Lorraine on December 21, 2009 - 12:50pm
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Local business owners and community members interested in going beyond recycling will not want to miss “Reducing Environmental Impacts of Packaging and Products”. This presentation and discussion focuses on the best kept secret—that materials efficiency provides some of the most cost-effective and money saving strategies for a healthy triple bottom line.


Community members are invited to attend at:
1:30-3 p.m., Wednesday January 6, 2010

5th Annual Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show

When: 
Friday, January 22, 2010 - 5:00pm - Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 5:00pm
Where: 

At Lane County Fairgrounds, Convention Center

Cost: 

Free
Please bring canned food donations to benefit FOOD for Lane County - Help Fight Hunger!

Fri 5pm-9pm, Sat 10am-8pm and Sun 10am-5pm.

There are still spaces available in each Pavilion (Good HOME, Good LIVING, Good 2 GO, etc.), if you're interested, please contact us at 541-484-9247
 


www.EugeneHomeShow.com for further info/brochure
541-484-9247

Lane County Commissioners TrashBusters of the Year Awards

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Submitted by Lorraine on November 15, 2009 - 12:29pm
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The Lane County Commissioners Trashbuster Awards were presented to recipients on November 10th in anticipation of National America Recycles Day (November 15). Selected were local community members, organizations and businesses that put their efforts toward reducing or preventing waste in our community.

Nov 15th - America Recycles Day

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Submitted by Lorraine on November 15, 2009 - 11:57am
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Time to Re-THINK Re-CYCLING and look at Re-USE!

Today, November 15th, is America Recycles Day (ARD). ARD is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to encouraging Americans to recycle and to buy recycled products. Celebrating its 12th year, it has grown to include millions of Americans pledging to increase their recycling habits at home and work and to buy products made with recycled materials.

At NextStep, we are always llooking for ways to take recycling to the NEXT STEP - meaning, what ELSE can we do to make a difference?

NextStep Recycling receives award for Best Environmentally Friendly Business in Eugene

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Submitted by Lorraine on October 27, 2009 - 9:20am
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Eugene Weekly readers selected NextStep Recycling for Best Environmentally Friendly Business in Eugene at the Eugene Weekly Best of Eugene Awards on October 24th, 2009. Lorraine Kerwood, Executive Director of NextStep Recycling and Laurie McVicar, NextStep ReUSE Store Manager, were honored to receive the award from Mayor Kitty Piercy, and Eugene's blogger, Jaculynn Peterson, from MyEugene.org.

Going Solar on 7th with Local Business Owner & GreenLane Board Member, George Rode

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Submitted by kcox on October 22, 2009 - 2:57pm
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Local business owner, George Rode, is really excited to share his latest solar panel project at 1590 W 7th. In fact, he is so excited that he is sharing the link to his solar monitoring system so that all of us can see what going solar means in helping the environment day by day, hour by hour.

GreenLane Member "5th St Market" Promotes Global Worming!

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Submitted by kcox on October 9, 2009 - 1:38pm
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We are talking global 'worms' as in slimy, soft compost eaters, not the planet temperature...

Green Collar Job listing

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Submitted by jdaniel on September 4, 2009 - 3:16pm

Education Director

Are you looking for an opportunity to join a cutting edge environmental organization? Do you want meaningful work teaching children and adults the "Four R's"-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink?

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