Green Expo offers a range of low-cost opportunities to go green April 2-4

The Green Business & Living Expo, April 2-4 in Allen Arena, lives up to its name by offering plenty of vendors involved in the business of being green -- featuring electric cars, business consultants, building supplies and more -- as well as lots of opportunities to learn about living green, from energy saving tips to water conservation to even green pest control. Attendees will find no shortage of low-cost ways they can contribute to saving the environment, through environmental sustainability advocates and grassroots organizations.

 

Check out these top 10 reasons to attend the Green Business & Living Summit & Expo, and then click here to register for the event.

 

 

 

 

Register on-line (click here) by Wednesday, April 1, and you can attend the Expo free of charge. Those who show up at the door must pay $5. (Students can also attend the Expo free of charge, as well as hear the keynote speech on Thursday for free. See more here...)

 

The Expo runs:

 

 

 

Free reusable Kroger grocery bags and Icelandic Glacier Water will be handed out to all Expo attendees as long as supplies last. So you’ll have a bag to pile in all the free samples and information you’ll gather from the vendors and environmental organizations.

 

 

 

The Green Expo isn’t just a standard trade show. It comes with its own CoolPeopleCare Scavenger Hunt, complete with prizes. CoolPeopleCare, a social entrepreneurship advocate, invites attendees to hunt for green tips, information, and trends throughout the run of the Expo, Thursday through Saturday, April 2-4.

 

Participants collect stickers from various stations and turn in their cards to compete for a chance to win merchandise from the various vendors, including a $100 gift certificate to CoolPeopleCare's online store, which offers tons of cool stuff like the T-shirts shown here, coffee, greeting cards and inspirational books.

 

 

 

 

If you’ve been thinking about getting involved in the green movement, but just never had the chance, you can’t miss the Green Expo, where many of Nashville’s largest green grassroots organizations will be lined up and waiting for you to come sign up.

 

Lightning 100’s Team Green, CoolPeopleCare, Go Green Inc., GreenerNashville.org and TennesseeGreen.com are just a few of the organizations that have already signed up to be at the Green Expo, looking to recruit new volunteers or participants.

 

If you still feel overwhelmed, on Saturday, April 4, at 2 p.m. Team Green, CoolPeopleCare and Envolve , a green marketing agency will make a presentation -- Join the Journey -- on how to find your personal cause and contribute to the overall movement. This seminar will be held in the Hall of Fame room in Allen Arena.

 

 

5. Cool Green Stuff!

 

Ever seen an electric car? How about the latest uses for solar electricity? Seen an electric scooter that can run up to 45 miles with no gas at all? What’s a rain tube? Or an Ink Flip? That’s just a few of the products that will displayed at the Green Expo, Tennessee’s largest sustainability event. You may have read about it in the news; come out and see it in person at the Expo.

 

 

  

 

Meet the man behind the Strawberry Granola Parfait at Panera Bread. Gary Hirshberg, CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm, produces the low fat vanilla used in the Panera Parfait. He’s also been a mover and shaker in environmental and social transformation for 30 years. He’s got plenty to share about how to stir things up and save money and save the world at the same time. Hirshberg will speak at 7 p.m. in Allen Arena, on Thursday, April 2.

 

 

 

 

The Green Expo offers two free ways you can get a jump-start on finding a “green” job.

 

Saturday, April 4, 1 p.m. -- Green Jobs and Careers: How to Get One or Create One 

Lipscomb’s Institute for Sustainable Practice provides the scoop on breaking into the sustainability job market, one of the few industry areas expected to grow in the next years of economic re-building.

 

 

Thursday, April 2, 5:30 p.m. – Info Session on the Green MBA

Lipscomb University’s College of Business is hosting an information session for those interested in not only a Green MBA but also any of our specialized MBA or Masters of Accountancy programs! Invite your friends and join us at Ezell Center 363 for complete details on our Professional MBA program as well as an MBA and MAcc program. Register by clicking here.

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, April 3, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. -- The Green Business Summit

The Green Business Summit kicks off with the Thursday, April 2, talk by Gary Hirshberg and rolls into Friday offering a full day of workshops, case studies, information exchange, and peer-to-peer networking among the sustainable business community. The Summit schedule includes a network breakfast, four workshop sessionson eight topics, keynote luncheon with Joel Makower speaking on "Profiting Green Business in a Challenging Economy," Expo tour, and other network events.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sure, we all want to be “green,” but getting started can be a hassle, especially when we all lead such a busy life. The Green Business and Living Workshops, held in the Hall of Fame room in Allen Arena, make it easy for anyone to get some basic information on living a cleaner, greener life.

 

Saturday, April 4, 9:30 a.m. -- The Good, the Bad and the GREEN of Household Products

Two of Lipscomb’s sustainability graduate students will present ways to keep your dorm room or apartment clean and green.

 

 

 

Saturday, April 4, 3 p.m. -- Learn to Save your Energy (Hall of Fame Room)

Come learn how to save energy in your own life and how to motivate your friends and family to join the effort. See a new short film by Kilowatt Ours creator Jeff Barrie, and hear suggestions from experts in energy efficiency, community organizing, and persuasive communication. www.KilowattOurs.org