Green Business

Green Business: The Next Generation
An Earth Day Forum at Franklin Pierce
Rindge, NH

Tuesday April 21, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Pierce Hall, Campus Center

Keynote speaker: Dave Lunati, VP for Marketing, Monadnock Paper, Bennington NH
12:30-1:30
Tentative title: Business and Sustainability: Navigating through the Eco-noise

Panel discussion: New ideas, new incentives to “green” your business!
1:30-3:00

• Matt Renda, Concept Communications,  Nashua, NH.

Green Marketing, good for the environment. Good for business? Driving responsible response.

• Paul Lockwood, NH Dept. of Environmental Services.

Assistance Programs for Environmentally-friendly business practices

• Deb Buxton, New England Forest Products, Greenfield, N.H. 

Connecting the Dots..Asking the Next Question- What exactly is Good Forestry, and Why Should We Care?

• John Kondos, Solar Source/Home-Efficiency Resources, Chesterfield, NH

 Energy Conservation, Solar Energy: Saving Money and CO2

Exhibitors: Products and information to help you “green” your business

1. Green Energy Options, Keene NH
2. Zehn Naturals
3. Tracie’s Farm, Community Supported Agriculture, Fitzwilliam NH
4. Public Service of NH
5. Monadnock Paper, Bennington NH
6. Vermont Wood Studios
7. Mechanical Innovations, Inc.
8. Solar Source/Home-Efficiency Resources
9. New England Forest Products, Greenfield NH
10. Students in Free Enterprise
11. Southwest Region Planning Commission
12. Rindge Chamber of Commerce
13. ECO Club of Franklin Pierce
14. Franklin Pierce MBA program in Sustainability and Community
15. Shaklee Distributors, Rindge, NH

Free and open to the public.  Seating is limited, so please call 899-4322 to reserve a place – reservations not required, but helpful! 

Lunch: $10 

Sponsored by: Franklin Pierce University, Rindge Chamber of Commerce, Public Service of New Hampshire, Southwest Region Planning Commission

For more information, go to http://www.franklinpierce.edu/about/news/pr_20090327earth.htm, or contact: Catherine Owen Koning, 899-4322, koningc@franklinpierce.edu

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Detailed schedule: 
11-11:30        Registration, exhibitors
11:30-12:15   Lunch, visit exhibitors tables
12:15-12:30  Welcome; Climate neutrality commitment and University goals
12:30-1:30    Keynote speaker: Dave Lunati, Monadnock Paper
1:30-3:00      Panel discussion with questions from audience

All events will occur in Pierce Hall, which is part of the campus center