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2010

• February 9: Flow - We The People presents: Winter Film Series in Church Vestry. 7:00PM, Congregational Church in Exeter, 21 Front St. Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. Salina documents the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. FLOW also gives viewers a look at practical solutions to the water crisis and developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround. This event is free and open to the public.
• February 10: New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility - Corportate Social Responsibility/Sustainablity Webinar Series 2010. Creating a Culture of Values and Exceleence, Peter Cook, President, Cooke Associates. Webinars occure on the second Wednesday of the month at 12PM. To register for a webinar visit www.nhbsr.org. Webinars are free for NHBSR members and $25 for non-members.
• February 12: UNH Hosts Green Launching Pad Information Session. 1:00PM - 3:00PM, Memoral Union Building, Theatre I. The University of New Hampshire will host the first joint seminar and information session for the Green Launching Pad. The Green Launching Pad is a collaboration between UNH and the State of New Hampshire to bring new green technologies to the marketplace, help innovative clean technology companies succeed, and support the creation of “green” economy jobs in New Hampshire. Through the Green Launching Pad, companies, both established and start-ups, will receive extensive financial, operational, technical, and managerial support to launch and commercialize green energy products and services. This will include products and services to enhance energy efficiency and renewable energy. By accelerating these products and services to market, the program will help reduce energy use and carbon emissions while creating new jobs and economic opportunities in New Hampshire. For more information about the program, visit www.GreenLaunchingPad.org.
• February 12: No Impact Man - We The People presents: Winter Film Series in Church Vestry. 7:00PM, Congregational Church in Exeter, 21 Front St. Follow one Saving the world, one family at a time. Follow the Manhattan-based Beavan family as they abandon their high- consumption 5th Avenue life-style and try to live a year while making no net environmental impact. This event is free and open to the public.
• February 17: The Sustainable Learning Community - Book Reading. 7:00PM, RiverRun Books in Portsmouth, NH. Join chief sustainability office and director of the University Office of Sustainability, Tom Kelly and UNH Provost, John Aber a book reading of The Sustainable Learning Community: One University’s Journey to the Future. University of New Hampshire, home to the oldest endowed office of sustainability in the nation, has been integrating sustainability across its curriculum, operations, research, and engagement in the last 10-plus years. Edited by UNH University Professor and Provost John Aber, chief sustainability officer Tom Kelly, and former provost and current education faculty member Bruce Mallory, the book shares the perspectives of more than 60 authors from UNH and beyond on subjects ranging from curriculum to climate change to compost. This event is free and open to the public.
• February 19: Food Inc. - We The People presents: Winter Film Series in Church Vestry. 7:00PM, Congregational Church in Exeter, 21 Front St. Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on America's food industry.
  Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. This event is free and open to the public.
• February 19: Food Inc. 6:30PM - 8:00PM, Phillips Exeter Academy - Phelps Academy Center (Forum 3rd floor). This film is part of the Sustainability Documentary Series. Email sustinability@exeter.edu for more information.
• February 22: Van Jones Speaking at Phillips Exeter Academy. 6:45PM - 8:00PM, Phillips Exeter Academy, Assembly Hall. Award-winning human rights and clean energy economy pioneer Van Jones will be visiting campus for two events. Globally recognized, Jones will lead an evening talk and discussion about 'green jobs.' Jones is the author of The New York Times’ best-seller, The Green Collar Economy.
• February 23: Pecha Kucha Night. 7:00PM - 9:00PM, The Cellar, 601 Main Street, Durham, NH. Pecha Kucha is “the sound of conversation” in Japanese. Devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham in 2003, it began as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has evolved since then and has become a terrific venue for getting ideas and concepts out. Presenters each have 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to discuss. Slides are automatically timed to be exactly 20 seconds with the total time for each presenter is 6 minutes and 40 seconds. This keeps the pace fun & exciting. Learn more about the format at www.pecha-kucha.org. We’ll have time for a maximum of 10 total presenters! View the current lineup! Interested in presenting? View the presentation guidelines.
• Febrary 24: Green Entrepreneurship: Clean-Air Cool-Planet Webinar. 2:00PM - 3:00PM. The focus on an emerging green economy grows every day, but the gulf between vision and reality still looms large. How will we get there quickly enough to address the worst impacts of warming while truly creating new industries, jobs—and the educated professionals prepared to drive them forward? Find out what is being done to push the envelope in terms of real technology innovation, hear examples of how universities and businesses are positioning themselves strategically at the intersection of “research” and “development” and empowering students to do the same. Our speakers include Rafe Pomerance, Dr. Lois Peters, and John Frodyma. Rafe Pomerance is a Senior Fellow at Clean Air-Cool Planet; Mr. Pomerance oversaw CA-CP’s development of “An Energy Future Transformed: The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) – R&D Pathways to a Low-Carbon Future”. For more than a decade, Dr. Peters has focused on partnering and cooperation among and between multinational firms, entrepreneurial small firms and universities. Dr. Peters is an Associate Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lally School of Management in Technology, where she is also the Director of the Ph.D. Program. In 2009, John Frodyma left a 15-year career in Commercial Banking to join American EcoThermal Inc., a Portsmouth NH based renewable energy company focused on providing affordable geothermal heating and cooling systems to commercial and residential customers as Director of Commercial Development. Click here for more information on how to register.

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• March 4: UN Water Advisor Maude Barlow Lecture. 7:10PM - 8:00PM, Murkland Hall, Room 115. Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and chairs the board of Washington-based Food and Water Watch. She is also an executive member of the San Francisco–based International Forum on Globalization and a Councillor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. Maude is the recipient of eight honorary doctorates as well as many awards, including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (known as the “Alternative Nobel”), the Citation of Lifetime Achievement at the 2008 Canadian Environment Awards, and the 2009 Earth Day Canada Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award. In 2008/2009, she served as Senior Advisor on Water to the 63rd President of the United Nations General Assembly. She is also the best selling author or co-author of 16 books, including the international best seller "Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis" and "The Coming Battle for the Right to Water." This event is free and open to the public.
• March 9: Charting Emissions from Food Services: Clean-Air Cool Planet Webinar. 11:00AM - 12:00PM. Businesses, colleges and universities, hospitals, and municipal complexes have begun to evaluate their dining services as part of their institutional commitment to sustainability. But how do you measure the impact of dining services? What’s more important – trayless dining or low-carbon food purchasing? Organic produce or local produce? The environmental trade-offs are complex and to date, there has been no way that institutional food purchasers can quantify the impact of their decisions. But with the help of Yale University, ARAMARK, and a number of other college and university partners, CA-CP is launching the CHEFS (Charting Emissions from Food Services) calculator. Tune-in to learn more about this exciting tool and quantifying sustainable dining choices. Click here for more information on how to register.
• March 10: New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility - Corportate Social Responsibility/Sustainablity Webinar Series 2010. Aligning Retirement Plans with Company Values: How to include Socially and Environmentally Responsible Ivestment Choices in Your Company's 401(k) Plan. Michael Smith, Ivestment Advisor Represenative, Progressice Asset Management, Rob Thomas, President, Social(k). Webinars occure on the second Wednesday of the month at 12PM. To register for a webinar visit www.nhbsr.org. Webinars are free for NHBSR members and $25 for non-members.
• March 26: Coal Country. 6:30PM - 8:00PM, Phillips Exeter Academy - Phelps Academy Center (Forum 3rd floor). This film is part of the Sustainability Documentary Series. Email sustinability@exeter.edu for more information.

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• April 6: The Ghana Connection, Distinguished Scholars from the University of Ghana Visit UNH. DEVELOPING NEW CROP VARIETIES for a HUNGRY WORLD: Promises and Challenges in Ghana
  Eric Danquah2:00PM – 4:00PM MUB Theater II. Professor of Plant Molecular Genetics, University of Ghana
  Director, West African Centre for Crop Improvement Eric Yirenkyi Danquah is Professor of Plant Molecular Genetics at the Department of Crop Science, University of Ghana. He also serves as the first Director of West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), an institution established in June 2007 to train a new generation of plant breeders for the West African sub-region. He graduated, M.Phil (Plant Breeding) and Ph.D (Genetics), from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1987 and 1993 respectively. Previous positions held in the University of Ghana include Dean of International Programmes, Head of Department of Crop Science and Senior Tutor of Legon Hall, the premier Hall in the University. His research focuses on using the tools of genomics to facilitate crop improvement and involves understanding how genetic diversity in crop plants and their associated pests relate to performance. For more information contact Mary Jo Alibrio at 603-862-4356 or mj.alibrio@unh.edu.
• April 7: The Ghana Connection, Distinguished Scholars from the University of Ghana Visit UNH. MUSIC as CONCEPT , METAPHOR, and PHENOMENON: An Overview of Theory and Structural Organization of West African Drumming Willie Oscar Anku. 2:00PM – 4:00PM, Huddleston Ballroom Reception to Follow. MUSIC as CONCEPT, METAPHOR, and PHENOMENON: An Overview of Theory and Structural Organization of West African Drumming
  Willie Oscar Anku. Associate Professor of Music Former Director, School of the Performing Arts University of Ghana. Professor Anku is a musician, composer, drummer, performer, and teacher of African music and culture as well as world mu- sic. After completing his undergraduate education at the University of Ghana, he received a Masters in Music Education from the University of Montana, and an MA (Music) and Ph.D. (Ethnomusicology) from the University of Pittsburgh. He is an award- winning film music composer. His major research projects focus on structural and theoretical issues, as well as transcription and analysis, in African music. For the past ten summers, he has been Visiting Professor in African Music and Culture and World Music at California State University, San Marcos. For more information contact Mary Jo Alibrio at 603-862-4356 or mj.alibrio@unh.edu.
• April 8: The Ghana Connection, Distinguished Scholars from the University of Ghana Visit UNH. 2010 CONCEPTUALIZING WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT in WEST AFRICA. Takyiwaa Manuh Professor and Former Director, Institute of African Studies University of Ghana. 2:00 – 4:00 PM, MUB Theater II. Professor Manuh's thirty publications reflect her research interests in women's rights and empowerment issues in Ghana and Africa, African development issues, contemporary African migrations, and higher education in Africa. She was born in Kumasi, Ghana and was educated at the University of Ghana (LLB Hons), the University of Dar es Salaam (LLM) and Indiana University, Bloomington (Ph.D. Anthropology). In addition to her work at the University of Ghana, she has held a visiting appointment at Indiana University, Bloomington and has been a visiting fellow at the University of Birmingham. Since 1999, she has main- tained close working relations with the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town. For more information contact Mary Jo Alibrio at 603-862-4356 or mj.alibrio@unh.edu.
• April 14: New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility - Corportate Social Responsibility/Sustainablity Webinar Series 2010.Measure to Manage: Conducting a Greenhouse Gas Inventory. Bob Sheppard, COO and Business Program Manager, Clean Air - Cool Planet and Jennifer Andrews, Campus Program Manager, Clean Air - Cool Planet. Webinars occure on the second Wednesday of the month at 12PM. To register for a webinar visit www.nhbsr.org. Webinars are free for NHBSR members and $25 for non-members.
• April 23: New England Higher Education Sustainability Summit 2010: A Climate Change on Campus. 8:45AM - 4:15PM, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Worcester, MA. NEBHE will bring together senior leaders of higher education, business and government to consider the following agenda topics and more: College Campuses: Economic Development and Building Green, Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum, Advancing Carbon-Neutrality on Campus, Growing the Green Workforce: Higher Education and Industry Partnerships, Renewable Energy for Colleges and Universities and Preparing Transformative Leaders: Professional Degrees with a Green Streak. The registration fee is $99 per person until March 26, 2010, and $119 thereafter. Click here to register and get more information.

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• May 21: Competing in the Green Marketplace: Knowledge, Tools, and Strategies for Manufacturers & Parts Suppliers. 9:00AM - 4:00PM, Sheraton Harborside Hotel, Portsmouth, NH. ew Conference for
  Plant, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Operations, Human Resource, Purchasing, and Marketing
  Managers & Project Leaders. This Conference will help you Gauge & Ensure Life Cycle Sustainability in a Consumer & Retail Eco-Conscious Environment. You'll discuss Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and methods, and see a demo of new software to perform LCA analysis at your company. Click here for more information and learn how to register.
• May 25- 26: KIDS Consortium - Green Schools Student Summit. This summit will bring together 400 elementary and junior high school students from around the northeast, who have initiated environmental projects at their schools. They are gathering to share the results of their projects, which have been funded by "Green Schools" mini grants from KIDS Consortium. While they're here, students may also be visiting sites / projects on campus that demonstrate UNH's commitment to sustainability. The University Office of Sustainability's sponsorship of this event will make it possible for KIDS Consortium to be eligible for internal rental rates of UNH facilities. We are also helping the summit organizers connect with people on campus who may be willing to host some of the students for a tour or brief talk (Organic Garden Club, Organic Dairy, Local Harvest Initiative, Recyclemania, Student Energy Waste Watch Challenge, EcoLine Project, Compost Program, etc.)

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