Building the Sustainability Pathway! 
 
EarthShift Newsletter
 
October 2009
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Advance your LCA knowledge...Coming up this Fall
ReCiPe method class
Applied LCA in SimaPro
Parameters
Recycling
Impact Assessment Methods
Intro to LCA in SimaPro
 
SPimaPro LCA software

Drill down and get to the source with SimaPro
  • Transparent Unit Process Data
  • Process, Input/Output and Hybrid LCA's
  • Complete Networks
  • Hotspot Analysis
Custom Tool Development
Get your own tool with:
  • Easy to use & Simplified Interface
  • Comprehensive Data & Calculation ability
  • ISO Compliant Reporting Features
 
 
We will be at the Greenbuild Conference in Phoenix, AZ 
this Nov. 10-12.
 
Will you? 
Or would you like to be?
We have some free one day passes to give away.
Let us know... 
 
Quick Links
Do you know your Carbon Footprint?  In this day, just because you're not aware of how green your product is, doesn't mean your competitor isn't.

Our society is making demands on companies to show their plans for environmental and social responsibility. Results are influencing the decisions of suppliers, consumers, and stakeholders. 
EarthShift can help you identify the true benefits of sustainability, mapping the social, economic and environmental issues of relevance to you.  If you don't have a sustainability plan, don't you think it's time you got started on one? Don't get left behind.

Do you know the true benefit of sustainability to your company? You should!  Give us a call.
 
 
New Seminar- LCA for Decision Makers

Do you need to make some sustainability choices for your company, but aren't sure how to implement the LCA process in to those decisions.  We will teach you how to use Life Cycle Assessments to promote the "green" growth of your company.  This seminar is a great start to putting your company on it's path to sustainability.
Contact us to schedule a seminar for your company! 
And for those of you who made it to the LCA IX conference, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.  There was a lot of interest in our presentations, and we wanted to provide you with the link to our papers.  Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments!
fall leaves Special ReCiPe class- only $75
October 21
 This October 21st EarthShift is offering a special opportunity for you to learn about the latest Impact Assessment Method, ReCiPe, for the low price of $75.00.  This one and half hour online class will give an overview of the method and describe some of the latest fate models used in the method. ReCiPe was released this year and is a joint collaboration of RIVM, CML, Pre Consultants, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen and CE Delft.  

You can download and learn more about this new method at http://www.lcia-recipe.net/.  
fall leaves Applied LCA in SimaPro
October 13 & 20 
This online class will introduce students to SimaPro and the ISO 14040 and 14044 LCA methodology. It provides an overall framework for understanding what is involved and how to interpret the results.
fall leaves Parameters
October 15 
This course will teach you how to best use parameters in your LCA study. It will start with a basic review for those who have not yet used parameters in SimaPro, and then move on to non-linear modeling, linking to Excel data, and SQL queries.
fall leaves Recycling in SimaPro
Novemer 3 & 4 
5 hr course providing details of the various recycling methods and how to model them in SimaPro.
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fall leaves Impact Assessment Methods
November 4 
Learn about the different impact assessment methods in SimaPro and how to choose the best one for your study.
 

fall leaves Intro to LCA in Simapro
November 17 & 18 
2 Day in-depth introduction to building a Life Cycle Assessment in the SimaPro software 

We appreciate all your hard work towards building sustainable practices.
As a team we can acheive great things! 

Contact Us! 

 802 434 3326
EarthShift LLC.
830 Taft Rd.
Huntington, Vermont 05462

Thank You!

The EarthShift crew