February Event: GreenLane Presents Ron Kilcoyne, General Manager for Lane Transit District
Boulevard Grill
2123 Franklin Blvd
Eugene, OR
$12 for lunch
Vegetarian Option Available
Vegan Option Available Upon Request
Ronald Kilcoyne is the Lane Transit District’s new general manager and he would like to introduce himself to our GreenLane members. LTD is in its 41st year of operation, and Mr. Kilcoyne is the District’s fifth general manager. He replaced Mark Pangborn, who retired on June 30, 2011, after serving as director of administrative services, assistant general manager, and general manager during his 29 years at the District.
Mr. Kilcoyne left the Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to return to the west coast and lead LTD. With 31 years of experience in transit, Mr. Kilcoyne brings strong leadership and vision to LTD. For the past seven years, Ron has served as the CEO/general manager at Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority, and has been active in the American Public Transit Association (APTA), serving on a variety of committees and as a member of the APTA Board of Directors. Prior to starting in Bridgeport, Ron spent 10 years as the transportation manager at the City of Santa Clarita. He began his career with AC Transit in Oakland, CA. 
Mr. Kilcoyne has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of San Francisco and has participated in various transit leadership programs, including the Transit Management Effectiveness Program at the University of California and the ENO Foundation International Transit Study Program. LTD Board President Mike Eyster noted, “The Board feels strongly that Ron Kilcoyne has what it takes to continue the great transit tradition LTD has built over the past 41 years. Ron’s leadership ability and understanding of transit’s role will allow LTD to effectively engage the public and work collaboratively with our jurisdictional partners in the coming years.”
GreenLane Annual Meeting and Election: Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Lunch is $12 (includes gratuity)
Vegetarian option available.
Vegan option available upon request. Please let server know at time of payment.
Our Annual Meeting is for GreenLane members only. The purpose of this meeting is to elect incoming board members, take care of any GreenLane business at hand and share the current work of the organization. There will also be an opportunity to hear about our active committees and sign up! This is a great opportunity for members to get involved and participate in the future success of our organization!
Kristena Cox, current Chair of GreenLane will give a progress report along with goals for 2012.
Again, this meeting is for GreenLane members only. If you are wanting to attend a luncheon to see what GreenLane is about, please come to our February meeting. Our monthly luncheons are always on the first Wednesday of the month at Boulevard Grill. February's speaker: LTD's General Manager.
Please read this important announcement about elections for our Annual Meeting.
Waste Free Holidays Event!
5th Street Public Market
Eugene, Oregon
Free Holidays Event!
The holidays were made for togetherness and giving. This does not necessarily require purchase of new stuff. In fact, the more you avoid new purchases the more likely you are to engage in the season’s joyful togetherness. As a child, Kelly Bell, of the Lane County Master Recycler Program, recalls creating homemade gift wrap using paint, paper grocery sacks and stamps made from a potato (cut a potato in half and carve a shape on the flat side). As an adult Bell usually leaves the paper sacks whole and decorates them for use as gift bags in the same way.
This year Bell found a pattern and instructions online for making beautiful flowers from old calendars and other used paper.
"I am using the paper flowers as gift bows to decorate packages," Bell said. "It’s very enjoyable and satisfying to make something so easy, yet beautiful, out of objects that no longer serve their original purpose."
So called scrap crafts are fun and inventive and they don’t require any shopping!
"We have snowflakes made from 6-pack rings, a delightful wreath made from old greeting cards, and a garland of stars made from non recyclable plastic packaging," Bell said.
Lane County’s Less Is Best website has instructions for fun holiday activities to do with family or friends, such as gift boxes made from last year’s greeting cards and snowflake decorations, using recycled materials. Go to: www.lanecounty.org/lessisbest. A quick online search will yield many more ideas.
"The blogger who posted the paper flower pattern I am now using stated that she originally found the idea in a library book years ago," Bell said.
If you visit the Eugene Public Library this season be sure to check out a display in the children’s literature section devoted to holiday recycled crafts ideas. The volunteers at The Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts (MECCA) can help you with ideas and instructions as well.
Teachers of any grade that would like to lead a craft project in a classroom-type setting can obtain scrap materials for free at MECCA. MECCA maintains an entire room devoted to free materials for teachers.
Many lovely gifts can be remade, repurposed or reassigned. For example: If your garden is quite prolific and you need to thin out the vegetation, why not repot extra plants to give as gifts to others with less of a green thumb?
Bell combined the extra vegetation with scrap fabric to create herb bombs for her son’s room.
"I hid the mint, lavender and rosemary bombs among the dirty laundry," she said. "I even embroidered the name of the herb on each little pillow."
Bell’s son got the mint hint and Bell, the mom, got to enter a better smelling environment. Win-win!
Each year at this time Master Recyclers invite community members to celebrate the season of giving by reducing, reusing and recycling waste that is typically generated at the holidays. The Waste Free Holidays Campaign will highlight one theme per week through the first week of January. Go to: www.lanecounty.org/lessisbest to view all eight Waste Free Holiday themes plus tips and resources you can use to help create a waste free and truly enjoyable season. More will be added as the season progresses so check back often for inspiration and announcements of waste free events in our area.
Amber Fossen Public Information Officer Lane County Government 125 E. Eighth Ave. Eugene, Oregon 97401 541.682.3718 541.359.9143 (cell)
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Lane County Government provides for the safety and security of Lane County’s more than 348,000 community members through public safety, public works, human services, elections, vital records and other systems Waste Free Holidays Campaign If you are not the crafty sort or, you simply wish to have your packages wrapped for you, please visit MECCA’s Artful ReUse Wrapping Station from noon to 5p.m., Saturday, December 17 at 5th Street Public Market. Look for them on the fountain level. No set fee for wrapping and materials, although donations would be greatly appreciated!
GreenLane Presents: December Networking Luncheon-Join Us for a Fun Filled Networking Event!
2123 Franklin Blvd., Eugene, OR
$12 for Buffet Lunch, Vegetarian Options Available. Vegan Upon Request
GreenLane members join us as we focus our December meeting on networking with other GreenLane members and guest. Here is your opportunity to get to know your fellow GreenLaners.
We will also spend a few minutes discussing our upcoming Annual Meeting in January where we will vote in our new board. If you are considering running for the board, please notify us so we may put you on the ballot. All members in good standing who have been a member for at least twelve months and attend regular meetings are eligible to run for the board. There will be five board positions available for the 2012-2014 term.
People, Planet, Profit & Pints! You're Invited to the GreenLane Quad at Ninkasi -11/10/11
1/2 price pints for GreenLane Members & Guests
GreenLane Presents: Ninkasi Brewing Company, Co-Founder Nikos Ridge at Our November GreenLane Luncheon
Lunch is $12.
Vegetarian Options Available.
Vegan Options Upon Request.
GreenLane welcomes Nikos Ridge, co-founder and CEO of Ninkasi Brewing Company. As a member of GreenLane, Nikos will be updating us on Ninkasi's most recent strides in sustainable business practices including various projects Ninkasi is involved with. Dont miss this great event! And join us the following week for a GreenLane meet and greet mixer at Ninkasi's Tasting Room on November 10th. You can find more info on our Events page. 1/2 price Ninkasi pints for GreenLane members and guests.
Nikos was born and raised in Eugene, OR and after graduating from South Eugene High School moved to the east coast for college, receiving his degree in economics from NYU. Between work and school he spent 6 years on the east coast before returning to the Pacific NW. His work experience prior to Ninkasi was primarily in the financial industry and on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, where he worked cumulatively for about three years, both during school as well as full time. Realizing after a time that long term he wanted live in Oregon, Nikos moved back to Eugene in 2003, and started talking to his business partner Jamie in 2005. Ninkasi was officially founded in late 2005 and sold its first keg in the summer of 2006. Since its inception Ninkasi has been one of the fastest growing craft breweries in the United States, and is on track to sell 60,000 bbl’s in 2011 (a bbl is equivalent to 2 kegs of volume), and currently has 56 employees. Nikos is the president and CEO of Ninkasi, and leads the senior management team at the brewery. He loves the Pacific NW and loves living in Eugene, enjoying the great quality of life that is available in our area.
***GreenLane guests, we welcome you to attend our luncheons twice before becoming a member. Get to know us, become a member and help us support sustainability in our business community!
You're Invited! GreenLane Mixer @ University of Oregon-October 13, 2011
University of Oregon, Lundquist College of Business
Lillis Business Complex, 4th Story
Center for Sustainable Business Practices
Eugene, OR
Free to Members & Guests
RSVP requested
Hosted by UO Center for Sustainable Business Practices, Net Impact and GreenLane
GreenLane members & guests: You are invited to attend a get together with University of Oregon faculty, students and guests. Drinks & Appetizers will be provided.
Please RSVP NOW.
Sponsored by:
University of Oregon Center for Sustainable Business Practices
Mountain Rose Herbs
Justin Schmick, LEED AP, Windermere Commercial Real Estate
Ninkasi Brewing Company
Springfield Chamber of Commerce
GreenLane Presents Tom Osdoba, Director of the Center for Sustainable Business Practices, University of Oreogn & UO Chapter of Net Impact
$12 per peson for Lunch.
Vegetarian options available.
Vegan option avaialble upon request. (Please notify server your vegan request when purchasing lunch.)
Tom Osdoba is a social entrepreneur and strategic advisor to help communities become more sustainable. He is the Managing Director of the Center for Sustainable Business Practices at the University of Oregon College of Business,and a consultant to numerous organizations that are advancing sustainability in North America. He holds a M.A. degree in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. in Economics from St. John’s University.
Tom has held senior leadership roles in two of North America’s leading cities on sustainability. As Sustainable Economic Development Manager for Portland, he created a framework for a sustainable regional economy, launched acollaborative, multi-sector sustainability institute, and created innovative clean energy investment strategies. As Sustainability Director for Vancouver, he led initiatives for climate protection, green building and development, economic development strategy, and purchasing, including award-winning initiatives for neighborhood-scale clean energy systems, and community engagement on energy and climate change. He also created the Canada Carbon Trust, a collaborative, business-led initiative to mobilize and accelerate investments to reduce carbon emissions across all economic sectors.Also speaking for Net Impact will be, Cassidy Williams, a second-year graduate student at the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon. She is pursuing her MBA with an emphasis in Sustainable Business Practices. She is also the President of the UO Net Impact chapter and the Graduate Teaching Fellow for Tom Osdoba at the University of Oregon's Center for Sustainable Business Practices.
Rootstalk Festival: A Celebration of Plants, People & Planet- Hosted by Mt. Rose Herbs
Join us for this three day festival celebrating plants, people, and planet! Enjoy over 70 classes, workshops, and walks covering home herbalism, DIY sustainability, urban farming, field botany, fermentation techniques, wilderness skills, and more from the country’s most beloved experts and teachers. Then as the moon glows, stomp your feet to folk-infused concerts all weekend long. 
35 Celebrated Teachers
70 Classes, Workshops, & Walks
3 Nights of Music
Fireside Folklore
Moonlight Masquerade Ball
Crafter's Bazaar
Organic Food Court
Oregon Micro-Brew Biergartens
Free Tea Pavilion
300 Lush Forested Acres
Canoeing on Pagoda Pond
Solar Heated Pool, Archery Range,
Hiking Trails, and more!
Learn Wilderness Skills! 
Brave the Botanical Adventures!
Discover DIY Sustainability!
Support Cascadia Wildlands!
Mountain Rose Herbs will donate all profits raised to Cascadia Wildlands.
GreenLane Presents: "Green Leasing" by Justin Schmick, Leed AP, Commercial Broker at Windermere R.E. and Carolyn Stein of Bring's Re:Think Program-Getting More Out of Your Business with Less!
GreenLane has RELOCATED!
Our meetings are now held at
Boulevard Grill (used to be Black Angus Restaurant way back when)
2123 Franklin Blvd.
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Lunch is $12 per person. Vegetarian option available. Vegan option available upon request. Please notify server when you pay for lunch that you request a vegan plate.
Presentation: Join us for a conversation about the latest trend in commercial leasing. The concept of "green leasing" is a natural extension of the green building movement which strives to provide healthy living and working spaces with an emphasis on energy efficiency, waste reduction and resource friendly building materials. This is a great opportunity for businesses to learn how to implement 'green' features in their commercial spaces.
Justin Schmick has been in real estate since 1999. As a Commercial Broker, Justin represents investors and businesses in the sale and leasing of commercial real estate. His knowledge of the local real estate markets and the depth of his professional network allows him to offer his clients a full range of commercial real estate services. in particular he works with retail, office, industrial, multifamily and raw land. Over his career, Justin has successfully completed over 300 real estate transactions. 
For his personal life, Justin is married to his wife, Kristena and has three dogs. He prefers spending his free time in nature. He is an avid cyclist & mountain biker and also enjoys jogging, surfing, hiking, skiing and golfing.
Justin did his graduate work at the University of Denver through their Executive Masters Program in Real Estate and Construction Management. He completed his undergraduate degree at Marylhurst University and earned a B.S. in Business Management with an emphasis on Real Estate. Justin is also a LEED Accredited Professional and has completed all of the course work required to earn the prestigious C.C.I.M. designation.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT PRESENTER: Carolyn Stein, Director of Bring's Re:Think Program
Want to learn how your business can reduce waste and save on energy costs but not sure who can help you? Carolyn can! Carolyn is the Director of Re:Think, a free program for businesses to get assistance in learning ways to cut waste and save energy. Many businesses have been through this program and are ecstatic with what they have learned and what they are saving but making a few small changes in their business practices. Learn how you can become one of the many businesses who are now "RE:THINK CERTIFIED!"
