The Environmental Institute promotes environmental awareness through events such as seminars, Earth Day/GIS Day observances, and environmental outreach projects. Upcoming opportunities are listed below.

This section also contains listings of relevant conferences, meetings, and seminars of local, regional, and national interest.

Natural Gas Vehicles Workshop

Please register to attend a FREE Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) workshop to be held at the Civic Center in Thomasville, Alabama on August 20th.

Learn how CNG can be used in your fleet as a reliable and economical transportation fuel. If you are fuming over the high cost of your current fuel you owe it to yourself to spend the morning in Thomasville as a guest of the Clarke-Mobile Counties Gas District to learn from the pros about compressed natural gas as a transportation fuel.

Listen and learn all about CNG from the “basics” through the Federal Incentives available for CNG. The speakers will be: Stephe Yborra- Director of Market Analysis, Education & Communications at the NGVAmerica/Clean Vehicle Education Foundation: Steve Bouchillon – Director of Operations for Phoenix Energy Corporation: and, Mark Bentley – Executive Director, Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition.

The objective of the workshop is to provide you with an overview of CNG so that you will have the information needed to make informed decisions in your organization.

Be sure to register for this FREE workshop here

SAVE THE DATE: Southeast Stormwater Institute

October 14-16, 2008, Savannah, GA The Southeast Stormwater Institute at the Coastal Georgia Center is an intensive, interactive three-day learning experience specifically designed to help public and private sector stormwater professionals develop or improve municipal stormwater programs, particularly NPDES Phase II permit programs; strengthen stormwater design, construction, and maintenance skills for innovative practices in coastal and non-coastal settings; and understand and apply volume reduction criteria, green infrastructure credits, and the new Georgia Coastal Stormwater Supplement.

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Wetlands 2008: Wetlands and Global Climate Change

September 15-19, 2008, Portland, OR. The overall goal of this conference is to help wetland professionals in the public and private sectors 1) gain a better understanding of the challenges created by climate change and 2) identify discrete activities and actions to take to reduce and mitigate impacts on wetlands and water resources as well as communities. The conference will also address ongoing changes and challenges in wetlands and water resources management.

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WEFTEC.08 Conference

October 18-22, 2008, Chicago, IL.

The 81st Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference is the largest conference of its kind in North America and offers water quality professionals from around the world water quality education and training. Learn from your peers about the latest practices, technologies, solutions and regulations in the water quality field. Earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by participating in workshops and earn Professional Development Hours (PDHs) by attending technical sessions. For more information, visit www.weftec.org

FLOW 2008: Interdisciplinary Solutions to Instream Flow Problems

October 7-9, 2008, San Antonio, TX.

Sponsored by the Instream Flow Council, the conference will provide opportunities to learn about creative, interdisciplinary tools and approaches to instream flow problem-solving, explore the latest developments in instream flow science, policy and public dialogue and build collaborative decision-making skills through an interactive session with Professor Larry Susskind of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation. For more information, visit www.instreamflowcouncil.org/