http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/forum/events-amp-meetups GoGreenNation.org Forums Forum: Events & Meetups - Recent Topics en-US Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:17:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/search.php http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/topic/please-rsvp-for-feb-3-green-drinks-at-prairie-creek-lodge#post-31 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:11:10 +0000 Trish Riley 31@http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/ <p>Our next meeting will be a fund raiser sponsored by Alachua Conservation Trust for the first annual Gainesville Environmental Film and Arts Festival at the lovely Prairie Creek Lodge (please see Upcoming Events for directions and details). ACT will arrange for hors d'oeuvres and drinks, and provide live music courtesy of the popular local ensemble, Weeds of Eden. There will be a bonfire outside, weather permitting, and ACT will show slides of the beautiful natural resources ACT and our environmental film festival seek to protect. We'll offer a few door prizes and we also plan to screen a short film on Florida's waterways provided by local award-winning film producer Wes Skiles. This will be just a sip of what we plan to offer at the Film Festival, and we hope it will inspire you - and everyone you know - to chip in to help make our Film Festival a success.</p> <p>We're requesting a minimum donation of $10 to attend the party and partake the refreshments, but we do hope you'll consider making a more substantial donation to the Film Festival. Please bring your checkbooks. And if you know of any sustainable businesses, organizations, or individuals who'd like to support the environmental film festival, please bring them along, too. You can view the film festival brochure with details on sponsorship opportunities under the Film Festival at Featured Links. We've got a poster in the works, and any Major Sponsors who sign up by Jan. 27 will have their logo displayed on this beautiful promotional piece that will be posted across town through the end of March. Please pass this information along to anyone or businesses you think might like to be part of this exciting event. </p> <p>RSVPs appreciated via email, phone, or forum </p> http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/topic/gainesville-environmental-film-arts-festival#post-30 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:02:19 +0000 Trish Riley 30@http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/ <p>Hello, Gainesville Greenies! </p> <p>Our group has spawned an exciting event - the first-ever Gainesville Environmental Film and Arts Festival! At our Green Drinks meeting in August, Shirley Lasseter, Cinema Director of the Hippodrome Theatre, and Nick Williams, Executive Director of Florida Defenders of the Environment, and I met and hatched a plan to create an environmental film festival to bring the wealth of enviro news to our town... and beyond. We have been working ceaselessly ever since to make this a reality, and we need your help! </p> <p>The Festival is scheduled for March 19 - 28 and will include five major environmental films, arts presentations, nature outings and an environmental fair where your organization or business can display your projects and talk with attendees who'd like to get involved. </p> <p>This is a great chance to let our community know more about the environmental challenges facing our world, and how we can all help to create a more sustainable future. </p> <p>Join us at our first informational meeting Jan. 12, 5-7 at the Hipp:http://www.gogreennation.org/2010/01/environmental-film-and-arts-festival-info-meeting/</p> <p>Plan to attend our Green Drinks Film Festival Fundraiser, sponsored by Alachua Conservation trust Feb. 3, and bring your friends: <a href="http://www.gogreennation.org/2010/01/green-drinks-f…ndraiser-feb-3/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gogreennation.org/2010/01/green-drinks-f…ndraiser-feb-3/</a></p> <p>Let us know how your organization or business can help make this festival a success!</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> trish* </p> http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/topic/green-drinks-hosts-white-house-green-jobs-forum#post-27 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:07:23 +0000 Trish Riley 27@http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/ <p>Green Drinks Gainesville will be hosting a White House Community Jobs Forum at our next meeting, Jan. 6, 6-8-&gt; p.m. at Lux Bar, 211 W. University Ave. in Gainesville.</p> <p>These Jobs Forums are being held around the country and we'll provide local feedback for the president to consider. There are six questions about which sectors of the economy are working, expanding, hiring and which aren't; what are local opportunities for job growth; what are local obstacles; etc. If this interests you, please come prepared with your comments - or share them with us here online before Jan. 6 - particularly about green jobs.</p> <p>Our meeting will be sponsored by Project Nepal, a foundation that provides educational materials to students in Nepal. Edmund and Sargit Kellerman will provide Indian and Malaysian dinner of Murktha and Chana Curry with basmati rice and amazing Malaysian tea for a suggested donation of $7 to $10. Cash bar.</p> <p>Mr. Kellerman will tell us about Project Nepal, and Steve Nichtenberg of Lux will tell us about his erforts to create a sustainable business. Afterward, we'll convene the White House Community Jobs Forum for those who'd like to contribute.</p> <p>Please plan to attend! </p> http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/topic/us-green-building-council-heart-of-florida-chapter-annual-membership-social#post-24 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:51:29 +0000 jasonfults 24@http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/ <p>Weds, November 18, 2009 5-7pm<br /> Hilton Garden Inn 4075 SW 33rd Place, Gainesville, 32608</p> <p>The USGBC Heart of Florida Chapter's mission is to promote the design, construction and operation of buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live, learn, work and play. Join us at our annual membership social and learn more about what this ambitious organization has in store for 2010. At this event we’ll be introducing our new Board of Directors and giving a review of the highlights of the 2009 GreenBuild Expo and Conference (<a href="http://www.greenbuildexpo.org/Home.aspx)" rel="nofollow">http://www.greenbuildexpo.org/Home.aspx)</a>! </p> <p>Admission is $10 for members, $20 for non-members, and $5 for<br /> students, and includes dinner. For more information, visit our website (<a href="http://www.usgbcheartfl.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.usgbcheartfl.org/</a>) or contact us at <a href="mailto:info@usgbcheartfl.org">info@usgbcheartfl.org</a> or 352-318-0060. </p> http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/topic/carpool-to-green-drinks-in-haile-plantation#post-23 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:42:17 +0000 Trish Riley 23@http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/ <p>Would you like to drive or ride to our Green Drinks in Haile Plantation on Nov. 4? Please post notes here to match up for carpooling. I'll be happy to provide a lift to three people in my car.... I'll be leaving Gainesville about 5:30 p.m. </p> http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/topic/carpool-to-see-jerry-brunetti-in-mayo-oct-24#post-22 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:55:22 +0000 Trish Riley 22@http://www.gogreennation.org/forums/ <p>Would anyone like to share a ride to Mayo to see Food and Farm as Medicine expert Jerry Brunetti on Saturday? The event runs 9 - 4 with a farm tour 4 - 5 p.m., so we'd have to leave Gainesville at about 7 a.m.</p> <p>More info on the event: <a href="http://www.gogreennation.org/2009/10/3596/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gogreennation.org/2009/10/3596/</a> </p>