Tennessee's largest sustainability event is on the grow at Lipscomb

Janel Shoun | 03/02/2009

Lipscomb University has announced the lineup for its second annual Green Business and Living Summit and Expo, Tennessee’s largest sustainability business conference and green consumer event, happening April 2-4, 2009.

Gary Hirshberg President and CE-Yo of the world’s largest manufacturer of organic yogurt, Stonyfield Farms, kicks off the 2 ½-day event with a public keynote address and a book signing on Thursday, April 2.
Joel Makower Founder of GreenerWorld Media, Inc., and the sustainability consultant the Associated Press once dubbed “the guru of green business practices" will deliver the keynote the Business Summit luncheon on Friday, April 2.

Admission to the Green Expo and the Hirshberg keynote address on April 2 is free if registered online prior to April 1.

The Green Business Summit, for sustainability-minded companies with interests in building, energy, transportation, office, electronics, waste elimination, and the environment	The Green Living Expo, this consumer-oriented show experienced more than a thousand visitors in its first year with a miscellany of green products, programs, seminars and other activities.

"The region’s most sustainable businesses are stepping up in very impressive ways,” said event director Teresa Wade. “We’re fortunate in that, even after one year, the event has become the single best place for green minded folks to be. People appreciate how we’re welcoming of all levels of green practices, whether a novice or expert in the field.”

The annual green event is the creation of Lipscomb University’s Institute of Sustainable Practice and the College of Business, conducted in alliance with state and local business leaders, to promote Tennessee as a central destination for economic growth in green practices, businesses, products, services, tourism and lifestyles.