Please forward to your education, science/environmental and business reporters: Top 10 green things attendees can do on St. Patrick's Day at Engineering Unplugged - without food coloring:

1. Gain half those pesky CEUs needed to renew a PE license in 2010.
   
   
2. Be automatically eligible to participate in incredible tours to NASA's soon-to-be-decommissioned wind tunnel and maybe pick up some new material on "breaking wind."
   
   
3. Enjoy a guest lecturer who lists on his biography a testimonial from a man who said, "I'd trample my grandma to hear Draves speak."
   
   
4. Avoid co-workers you don't like and elevate your knowledge and expertise through tours, demonstrations and case studies.
   
   
5. Use the educational tracks at the conference to prepare yourself for changes in building practices and have a legitimate excuse to miss work for a full day.
   
   
6. Learn from cutting-edge experts from LEED, ASHRAE and more, and find out what these important-sounding acronyms really mean.
   
   
7. Discover how to identify areas of unknown energy loss and waste in your facility that go beyond just closing the windows.
   
   
8. Find out how to make fuel out of pond scum.
   
   
9. Meet other like-minded individuals to expand your networking opportunities and business potential, or at least get a good golf foursome together.
   
   
10. Apply your new knowledge to expand the level of products and services your offer without having someone shove corned beef and cabbage in front of you.
    
    

THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF FUN AT THE ENGINEERING UNPLUGGED EVENT – JOIN US!

Please forward to your traffic reporter: Top 10 green things you can do while stuck in Hampton Roads traffic:

1. Walk up to the guy in front of you and begin an interesting, innovative lecture on the positives of recycling.
   
   
2. Lay on your horn and scream out the window "Your emissions are killing me!" See if it helps get things moving.
   
   
3. Ask the person driving the vegetable oil-powered Mercedes if the smell makes her crave French fries. Then offer her French fries.
   
   
4. Hide under the open car windows of smokers. When they toss their cigarette butts out the window, throw them back.
   
   
5. Plow into a Yukon and see if it's true that they "react" like a tank.
   
   
6. Collect road kill for tonight's dinner. After all, it's recyclable.
   
   
7. Harness a team of trusty street rats to the car. Explain to curious passer-bys that you're just taking sustainable living to an awesome new level.
   
   
8. Ask the person next to you if this is the line for cheap gas.
   
   
9. Walk around asking hybrid car owners just how silent is their silent running.
   
   
10. Turn the car off, get out and push. You'll get there faster anyway.
    
    

GET INTO THE FAST LANE WITH ENGINEERING UNPLUGGED!

ENGINEERING UNPLUGGED
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - St. Patrick's Day 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Ted Constant Convocation Center Old Dominion University,
Norfolk Campus

Join us!