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News from the Lane Community College Business Development Center
For release after October 1, 2008
TURN CLIMATE RISKS INTO BOTTOM LINE RESULTS
EUGENE OR - The University of Oregon and the LCC Business Development Center's Sustainable Business Management program are joining together to offer the Climate Masters at Work Program for Business and Nonprofit Leaders in the Lane County area. The program is 20 hours of low-cost training in exchange for 20 hours of internal cost-savings work. Take action to save money by reducing your business’s carbon footprint in a class that will more than pay for itself in savings. The training will provide: Practical strategies for lowering expenses and reducing emissions through efficiency in facilities, packaging, materials selection, transportation and more; Financing leads for money saving resources; Keys to developing a greenhouse gas emissions inventory and action plan; Support with implementation; Intern assistance from trained LCC Energy Management students; and Climate change basics. Plus five months of follow up with LCC’s Business Development Center, including an implementation focused class each month and one-on-one advising. The program meets Tuesdays, October 7th - December 9th, 11 am - 1 pm.and follow up through June 2009 with the LCC Business Development Center. Program is held at the Eugene Chamber of Commerce, Sony Room and the cost is $150 and a commitment to take steps to reduce emissions in your workplace. Apply online at www.climateleadership.org
( http://www.climateleadership.org/ ).
Sponsored by: Meyer Fund for Sustainability in Education, Eugene Water and Electric Board, Environmental Protection Agency, City of Eugene, Eugene Chamber of Commerce, Springfield Chamber of Commerce, Oasis, Lane Community College Business Development Center. This is a research project of the University of Oregon Climate Leadership Initiative to identify successful strategies to reduce business greenhouse gas emissions.
For more information and registration: climlead@uoregon.edu, (541) 346-0786
http://climlead.uoregon.edu/programs/businessclimatemaster.html
This program is a partnership with LCC’s Sustainable Business Management program
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Contact: Shirl Meads, tel. (541) 463-4622, fax (541) 687-0627, e-mail meadss@lanecc.edu.
