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The conference is designed for municipalities, academia, schools and hospitals (MASH sector) in order to accelerate learning about the importance of sustainable purchasing choices. The conference will provide tools and information to help reduce environmental impacts, electricity consumption, and will highlight how to include sustainability in procurement

Conference Date:  Wednesday, October 3^rd, 2012 – 8:30 – 3:30pm

Conference Location: Student Union Building (SUB), Dalhousie University, 6136 University Avenue, Halifax. NS.. McIness Room for main conference session and trade show, Room 307 and 224/226 for breakout.

Participant Registration: Free for participants!  Refreshments and lunch are provided.  It is easy to register.  Just email rethink@dal.ca your name, organization, email, role, and phone number to register.

Participant Target Audience: MASH Sector Purchasers, Sustainability and Facilities Management staff, government representatives, businesses. Two or more from an organization are welcome so they can participate in all workshops. Attendance Target: 70-90

Sierra Youth Coalition, in partnership with the University of Toronto Mississauga, wants to invite you to the 14th National Sustainable Campuses Conference being held from Thursday, October 11th to Sunday, October 14th 2012 in Mississauga, Ontario. For more information visit http://syc-cjs.org/sustainable-campuses

ACT Canada, in collaboration with UBC recently completed a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) benchmarking survey. Priority needs identified include an information portal, alliance list-serve, webinars, continued information sharing, and a post-secondary focus at the TDM Summit. Read the full report.  Post secondary Alliance TDM Benchmarking summary report Dec 2007 distibuted