upcoming EVENTS
Connect : GWA @ The Landscape Expo 2017 Wednesday , October 4-Thursday , October 5 , Long Beach , California
Region I Regional Meeting “ The Telling of Selling ” at Blithewold Gardens Friday , October 13 , 9:00 AM 3:30 PM , Boston , Massachusetts
Region I Connect Meeting GWA @ New England Grows 2017 Saturday , December 1 , Noon – 2:00PM Boston , Massachusetts
PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMAGES / PIXABAY . COM
The recent disintegration of the Larsen C ice shelf ( along the inner peninsula at far left ) created a trillion-ton iceberg and brought renewed attention to melting of polar ice .
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2018 GWA Annual Conference & Expo August 1-16 , 2018 , Chicago , Illinois
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CareerNext Summit 2018 September 15 , 2018 , Des Moines , Iowa
5 . Coca Cola intends to double the amount of recycled plastic in all of its PET bottles over the next three years : https :// cdn . theguardian . tv / mainwebsite / 2017 / 06 / 29 / 170629PlasticBottles _ desk . mp4
6 . Norway ’ s government actively searches for opportunities to purchase from vendors who manage their products responsibly : http :// www . sustainablebusiness . com / norway-pledges-buy-zero-deforestation-products /
7 . Islands present a unique opportunity to work out sustainability issues because they are a closed system of a relatively small size , population , infrastructure , etc ., making it easier to test out and scale-up potential solutions .
a . Danish island of Samso uses 100 % renewable energy for power : https :// www . ecowatch . com / samso-worlds-first-100-renewable-energy-powered-island-is-a-beaconfor-1881905310 . html
https :// understandsolar . com / can-learn-samso-100-renewable-island /
b . Hawaii has a statewide plan for sustainability that accepted input from all segments of its population . The plan could easily be used as a model for other communities : http :// www . oahumpo . org / wp-content / uploads / 2013 / 02 / Hawaii2050 _ Plan _ FINAL . pdf
Lois J . de Vries chairs the GWA Sustainability Committee and is Founding Executive Director of the Sustainable Gardening Institute and the Sustainable Gardening Library . She works and gardens in northwestern New Jersey .
Samsø , Denmark combined wind , solar , geothermal , and biofuel resources to power the entire island without using fossil fuel .
PHOTO COURTESY GUIDOK / PIXABAY . COM
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