WEBINAR: It's Easy Being Green!

September 29, 2009
2 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. EST
Price: $30 members
$45 non-members
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It really IS easy being Green! The Greening industry has exploded in the last few years in both the public and private sectors.  Park patrons are more aware of their individual environmental footprints as well as the environmental footprints of their local and national government agencies. The current economy is making it even tougher for parks to operate facilities and to provide programming to their communities; learn how comprehensive energy management programs can help to decrease operating costs as well as decrease green house gas emissions

As the owner and manager of over 7500 acres of parkland throughout the City of Chicago, the Chicago Park District has always been green. However, as green becomes a more complex adjective to apply to a municipal agency, we have had to look further into the qualifications and definition of what green is. We set out to review what green best management practices we were implementing and what practices we could improve upon. Our Greening Initiatives program includes daily landscape and facility management operations, capital projects, staff and patron education as well as administrative efforts.

Join NRPA and Ellen Sargent (LEED AP, Deputy Director of the Office of Green Initiatives, Chicago Park District) and take your agency to new heights in environmental leadership.

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