Sustainability Conferences: Ecobuild Fall and AEC-ST Fall

- Ecobuild Fall - Sustainable, Green and High-Performance Solutions for the Built Environment
- AEC-ST Fall – Science & Technology for Architecture, Engineering & Construction

December 8-11, 2008 - Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC

Join AEC professionals from the private and public sector who design, construct, manage facilities, and specify building products. Ecobuild Fall’s conference and exhibit explores the breadth of green building, sustainable design, renewable energy, environmental planning processes and information collaboration strategies for construction. Co-located events include FEDcon, FEDspec, buildingSMART alliance National Conference and more.

Global Climate Change Coalition readers are eligible for a 20% conference discount or FREE keynote and exhibit admission ($45 value). Use code GCCCF08 during checkout. Register before Oct. 31 and save up to an additional $100!

Events the week of October 26th . . .

Wednesday, October 29:
- "Sustainable Change" as Governing Framework
- Sierra Club and Beer Octoberfest!
- We Campaign: Power Vote

Thursday, October 30
- CarbonFreeDC: Energy Efficiency Workshop

Please see the calendar at www.GlobalClimateChangeCoalition.com for more details and events!

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Events the week of October 19th . . .

- Earthbeat Radio fundraiser with Dr. Helen Caldicott, Daphne Wysam, and Dr. Arjun Makhijani;
- Van Jones book signing;
- Alliance to Save Energy meeting on "Eye of the Beholder?"

Please see the calendar at www.GlobalClimateChangeCoalition.com for more details and events!

Site update . . .

This site has been updated with information about events in the Washington, DC area, a new directory of environmental and energy organizations, and climate change news. Let me invite you to contribute information on events, on organizations you want to have included in the directory, and commentary. Let me also invite you to sign up to receive email updates from the site via Feedburner.

Regarding the directory of organizations (which is admittedly incomplete), the directory includes non-profits and for-profits, fossil energy producers and fossil fuel opponents. I am sure most people reading this know that climate change represents a tremendous problem but also a significant opportunity. We know that the longer it takes to "solve" the problem, the more difficult the solution will be, the more damage we will see in areas such as storms and species extinctions, and the greater the danger that we will reach a "tipping point" at which the damage may progress much more rapidly and uncontrollably. Groups representing divergent views and interests have been included in this new directory because solutions will come more quickly if people with divergent opinions communicate with each other and work to identify areas of agreement on which they can move forward.

One more thing--what's your climate IQ? Answer the three climate questions on the site and see what others know about the present and think about the future of climate change.