12 Noon to 2:00pm

Educating the Community and its governing bodies about the benefits of sustainable development(LID) celebrating success and innovation to encourage others to develop and build in a sustainable fashion. Disclaimer The Sustainable Development Task Force of Snohomish County do not represent or endorse the views, accuracy or reliability of any statements on this blog.

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Plan to bring your lunch, or purchase something from the PUD Deli
The Brown Bag Series is presented by
FREE- Noon-time program
Keith R. Hughes has been involved in the Construction and Remodeling industry for 35 years, with both residential and small commercial projects, and is now the owner of West Seattle Natural Energy, LLC.
Topics to be discussed:
Wind industry, new technology, what businesses and others in the State have been doing and are planning for 2010.
Plus Answer Your Questions!
12:30 Invocation-Pastor Ken CollinsSnohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon
Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream owner Barry Bettinger
Darigold Vice President of Consumer Products Division Brian Linney
Snohomish County PUD Commissioner District 3 Toni Olson
Puget Sound Partnership Linda Lyshall
Sustainable Development Taskforce of Snohomish County Dena Peel

1:30-2:30 Live Music by "May Palmer Queen of Ivory Soul" click here to see the Queen of Ivory Soul's website
2:00-4:00 Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream Tours ( allow 30-minutes)
1:30-4:00 Networking –Relaxing-Ice Cream Treats
Ongoing Demonstrations: Pervious concrete, worm-bin How-to’s;* mini-dog training show;* solar
Visit exhibit booths
· Sustainable Development Taskforce of Snohomish County- www.sustainablesnohomishcounty.org
· Washington State University Extension Rain Garden Coalition
· Tree Frog Enterprises
· Puget Sound Partnership http://www.psp.wa.gov/
· Edmonds Community College
· Built Green www.usgbc.org
· Department of Ecology www.ecy.wa.gov
· Snohomish County PUD www.snopud.com
· Cedar Grove Compost www.cedar-grove.com
· Bonneville Environmental Foundation www.B-E-F.org.
*See how easy turning your food scraps into the best of all plant foods can be! We’ll bed and feed a worm-bin every half-hour and cover all sorts of fun facts about compost. Kids’ activities too.
* Dogs can be very disruptive to the landscaped yard-learn some tips on how to train Fido to minimize damage.

| What | Washington |
|---|---|
| When | July 23, 2009 07:30 AM July 23, 2009 12:00 PM July 23, 2009 from 07:30 am to 12:00 pm |
| Where | PUD Electric Building Headquarters,2320 California Street, Everett, WA |
| Contact Name | Angie Morgan |
| Contact Email | angie@cascadiagbc.org |
| Contact Phone | (206) 223-2028 |
A step-by-step process for managing the construction of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System projects from preconstruction to documentation. Designed for construction managers, general contractors, subcontractors, construction companies, and builders, this training will get you and your company ready to implement LEED on your next project, including preparation of the LEED documentation required from contractors. At this training, you will:
Understand why LEED is such a big deal in the construction marketplace
Learn the 17 points in the LEED system that every contractor should know
Understand the complete management process for constructing a LEED project from preconstruction through documentation
Practice planning and documenting key LEED Credit items
Master "difficult" points that present a challenge on LEED project
$150 Cascadia Members
$175 non-members
$200 Cascadia Members
$225 non-members
Thanks to our sponsor!

The next session of the Spring series is next Wednesday, June 3rd, 12 noon, at Mukilteo City Hall
It is not enough for cities to encourage sustainable and green development through its regulations they must also lead the way by example. The City of Mukilteo has done that with the construction of its new city hall, expected to receive a LEED’S Gold level certification. Hear a description of the process behind the decision to build a green city hall and take a tour of the city hall that highlights its green features. Also hear about the Snohomish County Sustainable Development Task Force efforts to facilitate adoption of sustainable development strategies and the construction of green building projects throughout Snohomish County.
Please RSVP to Stan May at stan.may@bhcconsultants.com. RSVPs are not required to attend or to buy a lunch. RSVPs are used to estimate the number of lunches to order.
Please RSVP before 9:00 am Monday morning each week.
APA-subsidized lunches are $5 (still cheap!)

