Sustainability School

Longtime Forum member, Vera Struck is leading two classes in sustainability that are coming up this summer at North Shore Community College. Looks like a great opportunity to learn more, whether for your current job, new business opportunities or personal satisfaction. Classes are held at the Cummings Center in Beverly from July 11 thru August 15.

Sustainability & You: Design a Sustainable Lifestyle - Part 1

Wednesdays 3:00- 5:30 PM  

This fun, practical participative workshop will baseline your carbon and water footprint, introduce the benefits and best practices of sustainability and nurture the student toward becoming a sustainability practitioner. Geared for residents, professionals and all those interested in becoming a sustainability practitioner and engaging others to create a more sustainable world.

Register here for Sustainability and You -- http://bit.ly/ItQ9LL

Sustainable Practices for the Entrepreneur - Part 1

Wednesdays 6:30- 9:00 PM  

Learn to use sustainability frameworks to increase your small business return on investment, achieve cost savings, increase market share and successfully attain resiliency in today’s disruptive marketplace.

To register for Sustainable Practices for the Entrepreneur -- http://bit.ly/IJM9qQ

Local Weekend Highlights

Want to give your family some fun, positive insights into clean-tech at work? This weekend the North Shore offers two smart events that are totally kid-friendly!

Energy Harvest Fair will be held on Saturday October 22, 2011 (rain date October 23, 2011).  

·         Live music on the solar stage (11:00- 3:00)

·         Green Exhibitors

·         Food

·         Raffle-Win a solar powered flashlight and MORE…

·         CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES & Henna Tattoos

GREENERGY PARK:  The PV & wind turbine site adjacent to Beverly High School, corner of Sohier & Tozer Roads. (Free parking at 55 Tozer Road beside the Main Gate.)

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Sustainability Fair, October 22
Renewable Energy Technology will be the theme of North Shore Community College's (NSCC) Danvers Sustainability Fair, which will be held October 22, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at NSCC's Danvers Campus, 1 Ferncroft Road [map].

The fair, which is free and open to all, will feature tours of the college's new Health Professions and Student Services Building - the Commonwealth's first Zero Net Energy building - exhibits, environmentally sound vendors, face painting and free pumpkins (while they last) for the kids.

The fair will feature a wide variety of exhibitors and vendors including:

Kelly Sheridan & friend - face painting, sugar pumpkin giveaway
Wally's Vegetables - fruit, vegetables, fall decor gourds, eggs and honey
Mehaffey Farm - vegetables, eggs and honey
Alfalfa Farm Winery - exhibit on a sustainable farm winery business
Gloucester Dog Park - nonprofit to create a recreational area for dogs and their guardians
Quinn's Canine Café - natural and organic homemade dog treats
The Soup Guy - all natural, gluten-free soups and chili, all locally sourced
Annarosa's - European-style breads, cookies and pastries
Suz Bath and Body - handmade soaps, lotion bars, salves and balms, bath salts and hand-poured soy candles
Zumi's Espresso - fair trade products, coffee and chocolates
and lots more...