Worldwide Green Events
"The Bigger Buzz"
Here you can find a list of worldwide green events. For additional green events with an African focus visit our African Green Events Notice Board. Browse the board or add your African green event. No costs are involved and event listings are free. If you would like to receive news of upcoming green events on an on-going basis then you can do so by subscribing to our quarterly newsletter (see left panel).
GENERAL
- Going Green - African Green Events Notice Board
- A community notice board of upcoming green events with an African focus. Browse the board or add your African green event. No costs are involved - event listings are free.
- Solar Living Institute - Sustainable Living Through Environmental Education
- California, USA: Ongoing workshops and courses covering a wide range of ineresting green topics
- go green expo: green - environmentally - eco-friendly friendly products & services
- USA: Various cities and times in 2009 e.g. New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Atlanta...
- Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Conferences and Exhibitions
- Accelerating the transition to a sustainable, low carbon society requires good communication and collaboration between governments, banks, investors, power producers and consultants. GreenPower provide targeted business-to-business events that facilitate networking, sales and innovation.
- The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy
- The Ashden Awards reward outstanding, inspirational and innovative local sustainable energy schemes that both protect the environment, tackle climate change and make real improvements to people's quality of life.
- Zerofootprint: Green Events
- People all over the globe are taking part in events that are changing our world. Find out about what's on down the street and around the world and join in on the fun. Or add your own event to the list and let everyone know what you're doing for the planet.
- Sasol SciFest
- Annual national festival of science, engineering and technology - popular lectures, interactive exhibitions, workshops, an interschool mathematics relay, educational theatre, field trips, a soap box derby, laser show, high school quizzes, the SciKidz Experience, Science Olympics, science shows, Sunset Shows, tours and even a FilmFest. Attendance now exceeds 40 000 visitors.
- ESI - Power Events
- Power events in Africa
- European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) Events
- Overview of past and upcoming events
- Reisepavillon
- At Reisepavillon, the fair for alternative travel, 300 operators from 30 countries show sustainable ways to the pleasures of travel. Reisepavillon is the showcase for a different kind of travel business, one that can make almost every holiday wish come true.
- Solar Energy International Workshops
- SEI give workshops in California, USA. Topics range from photovoltaic design and installation, wind power, micro hydro to sustainable home design and natural building workshops. They also give rural development workshops that include appropriate technology for the developing world and community development. Some courses are also available ONLINE.
JULY 2010
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7-11 June 2010 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA: This course will review the economics and policy issues regarding global climate change, and will survey the energy technology options for mitigating climate change.
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7-11 June 2010 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA: This course covers the science, technology, and policy aspects of carbon capture and storage (CCS). It provides in-depth understanding of CCS's role in the climate change mitigation portfolio, the technical approaches to CO2 capture, the science behind geological storage, site selection and risk evaluation, and the role of policy in establishing a market and business opportunities for CCS
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7-11 June 2010 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA: To have a measurable impact on energy security, greenhouse gas emissions, and alleviate the food-fuel competition, biofuel production must use renewable cellulosic biomass as feedstock. This biofuels course will examine state of the art technologies aiming at cost effective biomass conversion along with economics, environmental impact, and policy issues.
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13-15 July 2010 - San Francisco, USA: North America's Premier Exhibition and Conference for the Solar Industry
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21-23 July 2010 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: The primary objective of Enviro 2010 is to assemble the leaders of the Australian environment industry, business and policy makers to facilitate cross-fertilisation and networking opportunities. The breadth and diversity of contributors is expected to cover all aspects of sustainability.
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27-28 July 2010 - CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, Gauteng: Join South Africa’s leading water sector decision makers as they engage with each other and with global and national thought leaders and policy makers on Sustainable Water Resource solutions for South Africa.
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27-30 July 2010 - Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC, USA: HydroVision International will be the year’s largest gathering of hydro professionals worldwide. In 2008, more than 2,500 hydro professionals from 58 countries gathered in Sacramento, California, USA for the HydroVision Conference.
AUGUST 2010
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2-6 August 2010 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA: Science targeting efficient utilization of solar energy is inherently interdisciplinary, involving biology, inorganic and organic synthesis, solid state chemistry and physics, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics and mechanism, and theoretical and computational chemistry/biology. In addition, it involves concepts of homogeneous and interfacial science between solids, liquids, and gases. The course will focus on the science needed from these disciplines to develop the fundamental enabling science that will contribute to, and ultimately lead to a solution of delivering clean energy to society, in the form of chemical fuels, produced from the sun.
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12 August 2010 - Houston, Texas, USA: The Oxford Princeton Programme - As biofuels continue to have a larger impact on today’s fuel supply, this one-day workshop explores the role that biofuels, and particularly ethanol, play in the energy marketplace. This course examines the industry at all points throughout the supply chain, allowing course participants to better understand how biofuels are created, marketed, distributed and utilized within the fuel supply.
SEPTEMBER 2010
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5-11 September 2010 - Stockholm, Sweden: The theme for 2010 will be global water quality challenges. Different aspects of water quality will be taken up during the week, including how to prevent, wisely use and abate water pollution.
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8-10 September 2010 - Portland, OR, USA: Organised by The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
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12-16 September 2010 - Montreal, Canada: This congress, the premier international multi-energy forum with exhibitors from the field, is an opportunity for participants to better understand energy issues and solutions from a global perspective. It brings together more than 2,500 top world leaders in the field of energy, coming from industry, governments, and international organizations, as well as the media, universities and energy industry associations.
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13-17 September 2010 - Munich, Germany: World's Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Management
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14-17 September 2010 - Fremantle, Australia: Our Generation: How does it measure up?
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23-24 September 2010 - Chicago, USA: The Alternative Energy & Building Efficiency Conference & Exhibition Chicago features industry-leading companies from the Alternative Energy and the Energy Efficiency Building industries.
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23-26 September 2010 - Istanbul Expo Centre, Istanbul, Turkey: RENEX is the No.1 International exhibition in Turkey uniting all renewable energy ranges, energy efficiency, waste, water treatment, environment and fluid control technologies. Turkey has a huge potential for renewable energies as in Turkey the instalment of a new law favouring renewable energy and energy productivity is expected the coming year.
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25-30 September 2010 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: World Renewable Energy Congress XI and Exhibition 2010 - TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT: Green Buildings and Renewable Energy Options
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28 September-1 October 2010 - Graz, Austria: International Conference on Solar Heating, Cooling and Buildings
OCTOBER 2010
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5-6 October 2010 - The Roosevelt Hotle Madison @ 45th St, New York, NY: Gas and Electric Business Understanding provides a comprehensive overview of both the natural gas and electric industries. The seminar focuses not only on the fundamentals, but also explores the important strategic issues that are at the heart of today's complex energy marketplace. The course blends lecture and interactive individual and group exercises and market simulations to provide a valuable and memorable learning experience.
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6-8 October 2010 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: WSI organisers will consider all topics related to innovations in water conservation, including: * conservation and incentive programme management * drought-management planning * alternate sources * rainwater/greywater/stormwater harvesting * sustainable construction and development * high-efficiency fixtures and appliances * policy development/public outreach * landscapes and outdoor water use * marketing conservation programmes *education (youth and adult) *water-loss management
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7-9 October 2010 - Bombay Exhibition Centre, Bombay, India
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27-29 October 2010 - Expo Centre & Mart, Greter Noida New Delhi, India: The Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC) 2010 comprises multiple events: a global ministerial-level meeting, a trade show and a business conference; and official side events. DIREC 2010 will bring together the Industry, the Financiers, the Policy-makers, the Scientists, the Decision-makers, the Buyers and Sellers in a bid to develop and drive new initiatives, provide insights, showcase sustainable product development and green business opportunities, and facilitate interaction between entities from all over the world and India, in order to elicit practical applications that are most relevant Globally at this juncture.
NOVEMBER 2010
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2-4 November 2010 - Marina Bay Sands Resort, Singapore: POWER-GEN Asia is the premier conference and exhibition dedicated to the power generation and transmission and distribution industries. Attracting 6,000 delegates and attendees from over 50 countries from across South East Asia and around the world, it is the leading industry event to meet and network with senior executive and industry leaders.
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8-11 November 2010 - Venice, Italy: Third International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste
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9-10 November 2010 - Hartford, CT, USA: The 2nd Annual Alternative Energy & Building Efficiency Conference & Exhibition East will feature even more industry-leading companies from the Alternative Energy and the Energy Efficient Building industries.
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22-24 November 2010 - Kalmar, Sweden: Conference on Natural Sciences and Environmental Technologies for Waste and Wastewater Treatment, Remediation, Emissions Related to Climate, Environmental and Economic Effects
OCTOBER 2011
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2-7 October 2011 - Ticino, Switzerland
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