EVENTS & REMINDERS
Find more events on Green Star's web calendar. Green Star Members -- look for a second dues reminder via email if you have not paid dues yet. Green Star Education Series: February is Active Transportation Month Each free event will be held from noon to 1pm at the People Mover Building, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 3600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Anchorage.
February 10 -- People Mover Services Sandy Clark, with the Share-A-Ride program, and Jesse Ferman, with People Mover, will discuss the variety of programs People Mover offers to help users of public transportation. These programs help improve Anchorage's air quality, reduce traffic congestion plus it allows commuters to arrive at work less stressed while saving money. Discussion topics include: - People Mover - Friendly, courteous and professional bus operators serve the greater Anchorage and Eagle River areas with fully accessible buses. Learn more about the BusTracker, bike racks, travel training
- Eagle River Connection - Commuting between Eagle River and Anchorage
- Carpools and Vanpools - Pooling is earth friendly and also friendly to your pocket.
February 17 -- Anchorage Bike Plan Lori Schanche, Non-Motorized Transportation Coordinator with the Municipality's Department of Public Works, will discuss the short- and long-term projects for better biking. According to the 2025 Long-Range Transportation Plan, projects will include bike lanes, shoulders, separated paths, bicycle boulevards as identified in the Anchorage Bicycle Plan. The plan identifies projects that are on core/collision routes, part of the bicycle system or separated pathway and Trail-to-Trail projects. Alaska Forum on the Environment -- February 7 - 11
This annual event will be held at the Dena'ina Center. For 2011, AFE offers more than 80 technical breakout sessions featuring climate change, energy environmental regulations, cleanup and remediation, fish & wildlife, solid waste, and special programs for Alaskan youth. Keynote events and speakers focus on Alaska talent. Fran Ulmer, Chancellor at the University of Alaska Anchorage, is the latest keynote speaker to be announced. She will provide the noon keynote presentation on February 10. Check AFE's website for more information.
REAP Forum: Southcentral Energy Options -- February 9
6-8pm, Anchorage Museum, FREE Alaskans have tough choices to make about our future energy sources. A dam on the Susitna River? Geothermal from Mt Spurr? A natural gas line or electrical intertie from the North Slope? How do we choose the one that makes sense for us individually and collectively, and influence the public and private decision makers? Come to REAP's FREE forum where energy consultant Mark Foster will take a look at those choices, the numbers behind them, and engage the audience to vote on the energy sources they believe provide the best choice in the long run. Mark will review the underlying assumptions that drive the economic analysis of these choices (like the expected cost of oil and natural gas in the years to come), then he'll poll the audience for what they think those costs will be in the future. Those numbers will be plugged into a simplified Railbelt Energy Economic Model, and we'll look at the results! More info online at www.REalaska.org or (907) 929-7770. Forum hosted by Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP). Winter Bike Fest 2011 -- February 13 & 17
Bicycle Commuters of Anchorage (BCA) are making it fun, easy, and delicious to get into winter biking this year. On Sunday, February 13, BCA will lead a casual Winter City 50K ride that starts at Cafe Amsterdam and culminates at Moose's Tooth. Then, on Thursday, February 17, head to the Bear Tooth Theatre for bicycling films! Find out more at BCA's website. People Mover LOVE! -- February 14 To bolster support for Anchorage's valued public transit system, the Alaska Center for the Environment (ACE) is rallying 50 Anchorage residents to ride the bus on select routes on Monday, February 14. That's right...we're going to show PeopleMover some LOVE on Valentine's Day! Riders will place their business cards or an entry card (available at the ACE office or participating businesses) in the fare box to register for the event, and will be eligible to win prizes! Visit ACE's transit page for routes and details. Best Practices in Active Transportation Partnerships: UAA Parking Services and MOA Travel Options -- February 18
At the UAA Consortium Library, Room 307, 8:30 - 10:30am. Active Transportation is the 2011 focus for the U-Med Green District, adopted by executives at their December meeting. Active Transportation holds the promise to both reduce traffic congestion in U-Med and improve public health.
SAVE THE DATE -- International Wind Diesel Workshop, March 8-11, Girdwood.
Visit www.akwidac.com for more information. Recycled Paper Shipment
Get your 100% recycled-content paper. The price is $55.00/box or $5.50/ream. Checks should be made out to "Coal Point Trading Company." Pick-up is at National Wildlife Federation or Alaska Center for the Environment. This pilot project is available due to the generosity of Coal Point Trading Company in Homer. Contact Valerie Connor at the Alaska Center for the Environment, (907)274-3632 or valerie@akcenter.org, to order paper.
Recycling & Renewables Rap BLOG
Don't forget that you have a daily online recycling resource at the Anchorage Daily News. Visit the Recycling Blog to see what's happening in the recycling world or to ask questions. | 
Share-A-Ride is pleased to inform commuters that vans are now available for new vanpool groups to begin forming immediately!
Central Recycling Services (CRS) is one of Green Star's newest applicants and one of Anchorage's biggest recycling companies. Over the past few years, CRS has ramped up its services, offering a local option for recycling construction and demolition debris. 
