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Greetings!
July went by fast for WasteCap Nebraska with meetings about our three-day Sustainability Summit, getting the WasteFinder App ready to go, and participating in a CFL swap here in Lincoln, we have been keeping busy! Here is an update on our programs, some information about our Sustainability Summit, new member biographies and some news about our members!
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WasteCap News - WasteCap Nebraska Sustainable Business Summit
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Bob Willard, a leading expert on quantifying and selling the business value of corporate sustainability strategies, will have practical advice, tools and resources to offer participants at the 2011 WasteCap Nebraska Sustainability Summit, to be held October 12-14, with events in both Lincoln and Omaha.
Executive Director Carrie Hakenkamp says, "When we first contacted Bob for The Sustainable Business Awards Luncheon, we didn't realize we were headed towards planning our first three-day Summit. Bob is committed to sustainability; he wanted to make sure that his trip from Canada to Nebraska was going to generate measurable impact. So, in order to get the most out of his visit, we began sketching out a plan."
The itinerary is up on our website.
Registration is open now!
Read more by clicking here.
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WasteCap News - Program Updates
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View our program updates for the month of July by clicking here.
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WasteCap News - New & Renewing Members
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Please welcome each new company, as they will all be excellent additions to WasteCap Nebraska. The new members include, Sandquist Construction, Regan Smith and Barb Thompson
Read each new members bio and to see a list of the members who renewed in July, click here. |
WasteCap News - WasteFinder Green App Arrives in September
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As many of you know we are launching a new Waste Assessment App. Our WasteFinder Green App will
allow your business to track your waste right on your Android phone or tablet, enabline your company to have
true "Waste Management from Your Pocket."
WasteFinder has been specifically developed with the WasteCap Nebraska member company in mind. Many
of you participated in our survey we sent out last April when we first started to design a Waste Assessment app
based on our ten years of on-site experience in conducting Waste Assessment surveys. We truly value every
respondent's input and built your ideas and suggestions in the WasteFinder Green App "from the ground up."
To read the full article and see your member discount click here.
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WasteCap News - WasteCap Staff Participates in Lincoln Light Bulb Swap
| | On Saturday, July 16, WasteCap employee Chant� Bauer participated in the Lincoln Light Bulb Swap. The purpose of this event was to replace incandescent light bulbs with more energy efficient Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs). The Lincoln Energy Challenge, part of Cleaner Greener Lincoln, organized this event. Federal stimulus dollars paid for the distributed CFLs, allowing participating apartment tenants to receive the CFLs at no cost. A combination of citizen volunteers, landlords, city employees, and AmeriCorps volunteers braved the high temperatures and blazing sun to make this event happen.
To read the full article click here.
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WasteCap News - Climate Scientist James Hansen's Presentation at Creighton University
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WasteCap staff received a delightful treat on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Julie Diegel and Chant� Bauer attended a presentation by climatologist James Hansen at Creighton University in Omaha. His talk was entitled "Halting Human-Made Climate Change: The Case for Young People and Nature". Even though this session was open to the public as part of the summer meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), it was poorly publicized. In fact, Julie and Chant� made the decision to attend the talk on a last-minute whim after learning about it from coworker John Atkeison. It ended up being a great decision and an eye-opening experience.
To read the full article click here.
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Ray Anderson, Interface Chairman and Sustainability Leader, Dies at 77
| | The City of Lincoln, Lancaster County and the Lincoln Metropolitan Planning Organization are in the process of updating the Comprehensive Plan and the Long Range Transportation Plan out to the year 2040.
Read the full article by going to our website or clicking here.
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LPlan 2040 is available online now
| | The City of Lincoln, Lancaster County and the Lincoln Metropolitan Planning Organization are in the process of updating the Comprehensive Plan and the Long Range Transportation Plan out to the year 2040.
Read the full article by going to our website or clicking here.
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Green Pug Recycles
| | Check out this video of a cute pug recycling. If a dog can do it, why can't we?
 | | GREEN PUG RECYCLES! and changes lightbulb, carpools... |
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| Events | | August
2011 Air Update Workshops
Ogallala
August 11, 2011 10:00am - 4:00 pm (MDT)
For more info and to register click here
Lincoln August 17, 2011 9:00am - 3:00pm
For more info and to register click here
Lighting Improvements Provide Easy Energy Savings - NBDC Green Summer Webinar Series
August 31, 2011 for more info click here.
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