Burton,
You might consider having it as an adjunct of one of the campus
sustainability conferences, such as the one at Ball State
http://www.c2e2.org/events.htm
On Wednesday, Feb 1, 2006, at 16:59 US/Pacific, Burton Hamner wrote:
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> I would like to know if anyone has plans or knows of plans to offer
> training programs for campus pollution prevention, cleaner production
> and recycling this year. I mean application to universities, colleges
> and I suppose large high schools. I have been talking with the
> University of Washington facilities folks who have a really great P2
> program and they said they would be happy to host such a program on
> campus this year if I organize it. If sufficient people register it
> would be worthwhile for me to do it.
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> We are thinking of a 4 day event that is designed for campus
> environmental coordinators and facilities staff responsible for P2 and
> waste management. The first day is an overview of the range of P2
> solutions and challenges all around campus. Second day is tours and
> demos and performance data. Third day is P2 techniques nuts-and-bolts
> including cost accounting, metrics, TQEM, green purchasing etc. The
> fourth day is organization approaches, intro to EMS concepts and
> “design your own program”. The cost would be $500 for early
> registration and $650 for last minute.
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> Making it four days makes it worthwhile for international participants
> to come. A working title is:
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> “International Training Program on Recycling and Pollution Prevention
> for Universities and Colleges”
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> We of course don’t want to compete if someone else is already planning
> to offer a training program like this. Do you know of such
> offerings? Any feedback? Do you perceive a demand or have
> suggestions for making it a success? How about donors that might
> support scholarships for participants from developing countries? Or
> co sponsor organizations? We like co-sponsors and in return for
> marketing help to get more participants they can have free sponsorship
> and some free seats.
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> It is really rather marvelous that the University is willing to host
> and teach and share so I want to explore the possibilities and make it
> a good international event. Thanks for your input.
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> Burton Hamner
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> Director, Cleaner Production International
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