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Apologies for Cross-Postings Gunter Pauli to Keynote CRRA Conference 8/8/06 in San Jose, CA Catch the excitement of internationally-known, environmental innovator Gunter Pauli. Gunter Pauli will engage attendees with his keynote presentation on ?Adding Value to the Bottom Line and Eliminating Air, Water and Land Emissions.? He is the founder and leader of the Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives. ZERI has demonstrated in projects around the world over the past 10 years how we can do so much more with what nature provides, by applying the laws of nature and a systems approach to solving problems. Gunter Pauli will be speaking on Tuesday, August 8, 2006. CRRA will also host a Sustainable Business Workshop as part of this Conference, that will include presentations from Zero Waste and Sustainable Business leaders in CA about their programs, and also a special workshop led by Gunter Pauli on case studies and the basic principles of ZERI (see http://www.zeri.org/index.cfm?id=science). This year's CRRA Conference Title is "Innovate: Think Outside the Triangle." Be reinvigorated and inspired by this years? INNOVATIVE conference sessions and workshops. Topics include cutting-edge, ?outside the triangle? programs and policy, ways to boost diversion in private industry, challenges and solutions affecting diversion in the public sector, progressive case studies, and stimulating programs implemented statewide. The Exhibit Hall will also be open on Tuesday, August 8 from 10:00am - 5:00pm. There will be an outstanding lineup of vendors, meet and greet opportunities, hot topic roundtables sponsored by CRRA technical councils, time to talk one-on-one with speakers from Monday?s sessions and to view model Environmental Programs and a prized selection of Environmental Films plus a Cyber Café too! the date The 2006 CRRA Conference will be held at the Fairmont in downtown San Jose on August 6-9, 2006. With the meteoric growth of the computer industry, Silicon Valley has become one of the world?s busiest hubs, and the capital of this high-tech mecca is San Jose. CRRA has a reserved a room block of specially priced rooms for conference attendees at the Fairmont San Jose. Be sure to mention the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) to get your special room rate. Attendees are encouraged to book reservations no later than July 17th, 2006. CRRA receives discounts on the hotel conference facilities by reserving room blocks; these discounts are passed through in the conference registration rates; therefore it is very important to CRRA that attendees stay at the conference hotel to ensure that CRRA doesn?t face costly attrition penalties. Want to share a room? See below for details on SpaceShare. FOR MORE INFO AND TO REGISTER, VISIT WWW.CRRA.COM Full Registration $400 Member $575 Non-Member Full Registration after 6/15/06 $460 Member $650 Non-Member Sunday Only $50 Monday Only $295 Member $450 Non-Member Tuesday Only $100 Wednesday Only $100 Carbon Dioxide Emissions Offset* $5 (Optional) Add to your registration fee. Pre registration ends July 21, 2006. After 7/21/06 all registrations must be placed on site and an on-site registration fee of $50 will be added to ALL of the above prices. Conference Greening Practices *Carbon Dioxide Emissions Offset: This year, CRRA will be partnering with DriveNeutral to offer an option to offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions related to your attendance at the CRRA conference. The $5 offset option will cover your travel to/from the conference and the electricity used for conference activities. DriveNeutral will use the collected fees to purchase carbon credits from the Chicago Climate Exchange. Remember to include the $5 offset in your registration fees. With your contribution, we can achieve a carbon neutral conference! SpaceShare: www.spaceshare.com/travel/crra Does your car have two people and four seats? Are you taking the train alone while a fellow conference attendee rides a few cars behind you? CRRA is offering attendees an easy way to travel together, meet friends, network and save resources. Use the CRRA SpaceShare website to: ? Find people to carpool with ? Find a hotel roommate ? Share a flight, train ride or taxi Visit www.crra.com for more information on these options and help ?green? this year?s conference. Gary Liss 916-652-7850 Fax: 916-652-0485 www.garyliss.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GreenYes" group. To post to this group, send email to GreenYes@no.address To unsubscribe from this group, send email to GreenYes-unsubscribe@no.address For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/GreenYes -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- |
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