To learn more, please visit HERE.

Sustainable buildings are a cornerstone of community resilience at scale. This full-day virtual forum will center on community adaptability, recovery, and elevating equity.   

Please register and learn more, please visit HERE.

In the run up to California Clean Air Day, join GreenBiz for a conversation about some of the available and affordable solutions that are delivering a real lasting impact in California’s fight against air pollution and climate change. 

Certain regions in the United States, particularly in California, continue to face an air pollution crisis. Fighting air pollution, and the many health issues caused by it, means accelerating the phase out of fossil fuels. And doing so could save millions of lives and billions of dollars.

In this one-hour webcast, Neste US President Jeremy Baines, California Air Resources Board Executive Officer Richard Corey, City of Oakland Climate Group Supervisor Shayna H. Hirshfield-Gold and GreenBiz Sr. Transportation Writer & Analyst Katie Fehrenbacher, will explore how advanced biofuels and the circular economy are measurably helping in our collective fight against air pollution and climate change. Importantly, it will provide solutions that any forward-thinking business or city can choose to use right now.

To register and learn more, please visit HERE.

The fall 2020 election will be critically important and unique in so many ways, especially given the current COVID-19 pandemic. The election will determine important races, from the U.S. President, to the U.S. Senate, to all of Congress. For Coloradans, most of the state legislature will be on the ballot, as well as at least 11 state amendments and propositions.

Join us for a virtual moderated discussion with a diverse panel of experts who will delve into these races and ballot measures. We’ll get to the heart of what Coloradans are most concerned about and how the issues are likely to influence their votes for major candidates. We’ll discuss the implications of selected ballot measures and their likelihood of being passed. We’ll also discuss levels of confidence in Colorado’s mail-in ballot process in light of the national dialogue around mail-in voting. The discussion will conclude with a Q&A segment.

Moderated by Dean and Distinguished Professor Paul Teske. Panelists announced soon.

This event will be recorded for those who are unable to attend.   

To register and learn more, please visit HERE.

Recent news on ocean pollution and climate change has led consumers to become more aware of packaging choices, including whether the brands they support align with their desire to reduce packaging waste. The packaging industry has taken notice, prioritizing sustainable packaging solutions to promote circular solutions.

As this shift to sustainability becomes more permanent, brands and converters are looking to develop relationships with industry partners who can help provide cost-effective, sustainable solutions that don’t compromise performance or quality. 

In this webcast, Sun Chemical will share how partnering across the supply chain can help lead to sustainable innovations and drive wider adoption throughout the industry, creating climate solutions while helping to achieve corporate sustainability goals.

To register, please visit HERE.

Women in Green is a worldwide leadership platform creating space for women who are shifting the narrative on empowerment, access and impact.

The vision of Women in Green is to celebrate female leaders in sustainability who are at the top of their field, fueling ambitious young women, and catalyzing change.

This year, USGBC is celebrating local, regional, and national women leaders that we consider to be "sheroes". Defined by Sheroes United as "a female hero; a woman that displays strong heroic traits under tremendous pressure and is triumphant over her circumstances."

Join the USGBC Mountain Region on October 12th for a virtual Women in Green panel discussion, featuring three of the Mountain Region’s 2020 Sheroes. Be inspired by these extraordinary female leaders, connect with your fellow women in green, and share your experiences during small group discussions on timely topics.

Panelists:

Sonrisa Lucero is a Coloradan influencing sustainability and energy policy at the local level. She is the Sustainability Strategist supporting Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and helps to establish sustainability as a core business value for the City. Lucero was also deployed to work at Denver’s COVID Emergency Women’s and Transgender Shelter and sees sustainability as a method for helping all people, especially the most vulnerable.

Sandra Bernal is a social science researcher, lecturer and instructional specialist at the University of Arizona. Recently, she was named Hispanic Serving Institutions Fellow at the university. Her research focuses on health and how it relates to buildings, cultural implications within sustainability, and online education, among other fields. She reminds us that the basic principle of buildings and spaces is to protect and serve as a shield to safeguard all equally.

Amber Bieg has been working with companies and communities on sustainability-focused solutions for nearly 20 years. She has co-founded three ventures, Fabripod, LLC, a modern-design home furnishing manufacturer, California Cloth, a sustainable textile line, and Open Tree Map, an open source project. She has an MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School and a BA in International Studies with a focus on Economic Development and Women’s Studies from the University of Oregon.

Moderator:

Aimée Christensen is Founder & Board Chair of the Sun Valley Institute, a Center for Resilience, and CEO of Christensen Global Strategies, developing solutions for a resilient world. She has twenty-five years’ experience in policy, law, investment, philanthropy and business including with Google, the World Bank, Baker & McKenzie, and the U.S. Department of Energy.

To register and learn more, please visit HERE.

As global apparel consumption continues to rise—an expected increase of 60% by 2030—that growth could have a dangerous impact on the environment. Currently, 87% of textiles are landfilled or incinerated and 10% of GHG emissions come from fashion industry. As Earth’s resources become more and more constrained, the global fashion industry is looking toward innovative materials and strategies to reduce its environmental impact and carbon footprint. But bringing consumers and others in the apparel industry value chain along on the sustainability journey can be a challenge.

To register, please visit HERE.

Join Cornerstone for an update on near-term risks and long-term opportunities as the coronavirus pandemic persists in creating upheaval. Cornerstone Managing Director Alison Smith will moderate a Q&A session with CEO Erika Karp and CIO Craig Metrick, based on questions submitted by attendees. The discussion will focus on impacts to the economy and capital markets, and the role of environmental, social and governance analysis in crafting resilient portfolios.

To learn more and register, please visit HERE.

Renewable energy deployments are on the rise. The U.S. alone is expected to add 132 to 157GW of new renewable energy capacity in the next five years. How and where that renewable energy is deployed can drive radically different outcomes — with the potential to maximize positive impact for a range of stakeholders or limit benefits to just a few. 

Traditionally, renewable energy procurement and project selection focuses on financial and logistical criteria (e.g. price, risk, volume, location, timing). These are essential criteria but they do not provide a comprehensive view of everything that matters. Some renewable energy projects displace more fossil fuels than others, some are built at the cost of critical habitat for plants and animals, and others share jobs and infrastructure benefits with the local community. By incorporating additional social and environmental criteria (e.g. additionality, land use, emission avoidance, job creation) into the renewable energy procurement process, buyers can conduct a holistic evaluation of projects and better identify the ‘best’ renewable energy projects.

To register, please visit HERE and check out the event page!

Can We Transform the Built Environment from a Carbon Emitter into a Carbon Sink?

Dr. Srubar’s presentation will emphasize the AEC industry’s vital obligation and opportunities to address the climate crisis. More specifically, he will illustrate the importance of understanding, quantifying, and reducing embodied carbon in construction. In addition to discussing the of structural building materials, including concrete and steel, his presentation will highlight the promise and potential of rapidly renewable carbon-sequestering biomaterials and demonstrate how simple design decisions can not only reduce embodied carbon in buildings but also transform buildings from carbon emitters into carbon sinks.
Dr. Wil Srubar is an associate professor of architectural engineering and materials science at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he leads the Living Materials Laboratory. Dr. Srubar’s academic research integrates synthetic biology, polymer science, and cement chemistry to create biomimetic and living material technologies for the built environment. His past and current work includes investigations related to cement chemistry, carbon sequestration, and rapidly renewable carbon-storing materials beyond mass timber (e.g., hempcrete, bioaerogels, natural fiber composites). A pioneer in the field of Engineered Living Materials, Dr. Srubar's latest work explores concepts related to “algae architecture” and the feasibility and scalability of “growing” building materials with negative carbon footprints using photosynthetic microorganisms. His work is supported by the US National Science Foundation, ARPA-E, and DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office and has appeared in The New York Times, The Conversation, and The Huffington Post. Dr. Srubar is also Co-Founder of Minus Materials, a construction biomaterials technology company, and Co-Founder and Managing Director of Aureus Earth, Inc. He is also co-founder, co-chairman, and Director of Global Hubs of the Embodied Carbon Network (now CLF Community), a 2000+ member organization of industry professionals dedicated to understanding, quantifying, and reducing embodied carbon in the construction industry. Dr. Srubar holds a PhD from Stanford University, as well as BS and MS degrees from Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin, respectively.

Event website: https://www.meetup.com/Metro-Denver-CRES/events/273464671/

To register, please visit HERE.

Join your fellow Women in Green for down-to-earth conversations on thought-provoking topics.

The human need for connection is being felt on a level like no other time in recent history. But just because we can’t meet for coffee right now doesn’t mean we can’t get together virtually! Join this women-focused event for an hour of candid conversations and community connections, hosted by the Women in Green (WIG) Accountability Working Group.

In our first Coffee Talks session, our conversation will be based off the TedTalk entitled “Why we have too few women leaders” by Sheryl Sandberg. We ask that attendees watch this 15 minute video in advance of the event and come ready for a robust discussion with other Women in Green from around the U.S.

Fortune Magazine recently reported that "Just 13 of the world's 500 largest companies are run by women, one fewer than last year. For the first time since 2014, no business on the list is run by a woman of color."

Concerned by this? So are we. Let’s talk about it.

To register and learn more, please visit HERE.

Experts are predicting an increase in situations of bullying over the coming months. Our mission at Bullying Recovery Resource Center is to defend bullied children and help rebuild lives. Our vision is that all Colorado families experiencing bullying are empowered through education and advocacy to defend their children where the bullying occurs. We are committed to building a community of support to help families rebuild and recover together. 

BRRC is also on a mission to build a community of Upstanders! These are people - like you! - who speak or act in support of an individual or cause, particularly someone who intervenes on behalf of a person being attacked or bullied. On Friday, October 16th from Noon to 1:00 pm we are hosting our first annual fundraiser. When you support BRRC you directly impact families in the community who need immediate support. 

The event will feature a little magic, featuring our good friend Scotty Wiese, some amazing stories of resilience, and our vision for the upcoming year. 

Please click here to RSVP to this free event. Thank you for being an Upstander! Please share with friends, family, and colleagues who share your passion for stopping bullying and helping families recover! 

To learn more, please visit HERE.

More critical than ever, this virtual summit brings the full leadership eco-system together to discuss how healthy, accessible spaces have been redefined post-COVID19.  

To learn more and register, please visit the event page!

It is that time of year again, not pumpkin spice time, Prevent & Prevail's Annual Poker Tournament Fundraiser! This year will look a little different as we have gone virtual. You can still sit at a table with your friends, chat, and read those poker faces via our live video platform. There will still be a live dealer at your table to coach you through tough hands and handle all of the hard math for you. Your first drink is still on us, once you register we will make sure to get you your gift bag of goodies (while supplies last), including the most important ingredient of the suggested signature cocktail. All without leaving your house or risking any viral contagions. 

Mental health is more important now than ever before. Since 2017, this community has helped Prevent & Prevail to distribute $60,000 in grants. Thank you doesn't cover the gratitude I have for all you have done and continue to do to support this non-profit, started as a way to honor my brother, Michael. I will be sad not to see you in person - but this event is still an opportunity for us to come together, have fun, and support mental health. We received more grant requests this year than in any year prior. I know there is a lot going on in everyone's lives, but I hope you can and will join us on October 23, 2020, at 6:30 PM. 

To learn more and register, please visit HERE.

TrashBlitz Denver will launch on October 25th, 2020 with an opening ceremony at 10 am MST via Inland Ocean Coalition's Facebook Live and will continue until the closing ceremony at 2 pm MST via Inland Ocean Coalition's Facebook Live on October 31st, 2020. 

The goal of this event is to get Coloradans to go out to randomly generated, predetermined locations in Denver and collect data on plastic pollution (type, material, and brand) through the TrashBlitz Web App to help generate a relevant action plan for Colorado. The findings, which are designed to be open source, will help show a clear and immediate need to push for policy change that centers around source reduction. The event will span one week and will be held from October 25th to October 31st.

How does it work?
The TrashBlitz App makes it easy to catalogue your trash data as you’re collecting it, measuring material, item, quantity, and brand. As a web based app, simply launch it through your web browser and start collecting data as you clean up. Participants will be asked to choose one or multiple randomly generated, predetermined cleanup locations after registering. Locations outside of the provided list can not be included in Trashblitz Denver.

An option for everyone:
If you aren't comfortable going out for a cleanup, you can still contribute by doing an at home audit, where you will collect information about the items in your home that will be thrown away. Participants are invited to choose either the cleanup option or the home audit, or both!