Green Expo announces speaker line up and schedule of events
Peterborough, Ont (April 13, 2011) With the Green Expo just two weeks away, Peterborough Green-Up has been busy putting the final touches on the April 30th event. With dozens of new exhibitors from across central Ontario, an interactive children’s area and delicious local food, it’s no surprise Green-Up is anticipating 2011 to be the most successful year for the show to date.
One of the key highlights of the 2011 Green Expo is a line up of topnotch speakers. The keynote address will be given by CBC’s award winning science journalist Bob McDonald at 3:00 p.m. McDonald will give an hour-long engaging presentation called “Perspectives on a Planet” which will remind us just how small our world really is and why it’s such a special place.
Dr. Rick Smith, Executive Director of Environmental Defence will be speaking at noon. Dr. Smith, co-author of the best selling book Slow Death by Rubber Duck, will be giving an enlightening talk aimed at providing insight into the dangers of common household chemicals. Titled “Protect Yourself & Your Family: Toxic Chemicals & Secret Dangers of Everyday Things,” Smith will provide easy solutions to protect yourself and your family.
“Bob and Rick are sure to both be crowd favourites,” said Adrienne Richard, Green Expo coordinator. “We are thrilled to be able to bring such wonderful speakers to Peterborough to engage and inform about important environmental topics.”
In addition to McDonald and Smith there will be a full line up of local speakers talking about a variety of relevant topics. David Whitehouse from Peterborough Utilities Group will discuss water metering in the city of Peterborough, Tina Therrien of Camel Back Construction will talk about sustainable reconstruction in Haiti and her recent visit to the country, and Stephen Collette of Your Healthy House will discuss “Healthy Renovations.”
In addition to speakers, there will also be a full slate of workshops to empower environmental learning and knowledge. Running every half hour, workshops will cover a variety of topics from local environmental experts. Topics include composting, container gardening, sourcing and preparing local, seasonal food, and water conservation.
Residents of Northumberland and Peterborough Counties and the City of Kawartha Lakes are encouraged to watch their mailbox for the full Green Expo guide being distributed via local Sun Media newspapers. The full colour guide includes an exhibitor listing, speaker bios and schedule of events for the day.
The Expo is proudly sponsored by Peterborough Utilities Group, CHEX-TV, the Peterborough Examiner, Energy 99.7, Country 105, BOB FM, Classical 103.1, Bullfrog Power and Notix Technical Solutions. The Expo is owned and operated by Peterborough Green-Up, a not-for profit registered charity. Full information on the Expo can be found at www.GreenExpo.ca
Green Expo 2011 Speaker and Workshop Schedule
Speakers
Morning
10:15 Axel Tscherniak , Executive Director of Peterborough Green-Up: Welcoming Address
10:20 Dorothy Taylor, Curve Lake First Nations: Traditional Anishinabek Water Blessing
10:30 Liz Nield, Lura Consulting: Sustainable Peterborough
11:00 Tina Therrien, Camel Back Construction: Sustainable Reconstruction in Haiti
Afternoon
12:00 Rick Smith, Environmental Defence: Protect Yourself & Your Family: Toxic Chemicals & Secret Dangers of Everyday Things
1:00 David Whitehouse, Peterborough Utilities Services Corporation: Water Metering
2:00 Greening Sacred Spaces Excellence Awards
3:00 Bob McDonald, CBC: Perspectives On A Planet
4:00 Stephen Collette, Your Healthy House: Creating Your Healthy House – Healthy Renovations
5:00 Alex Mortlock, Energy Services, Peterborough Green-Up: Energy Conservation in your home and business
Workshops
Morning
10:30 Water Conservation 101: Practical ways to save water and money at home, Mike Gibbs, Lakeland Alliance
11:30 Composting 101: The Art of Making Black Gold, Paula Anderson, Peterborough Green-Up
Afternoon
12:30 Living Water: Water as a Human Right, Cathy Mitchell, Coordinator, Greening Sacred Spaces
1:30 Container Gardening: Exploring the Balcony Salad, Jillian Bishop, Ptbo Community Garden Network
2:30 Urban Forests, Cathy Dueck, Peterborough Green-Up
4:30 Sourcing and Preparing Local, Seasonal Food – Donald Fraser, Farm to Table Catering
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Green Expo going mobile in effort to reduce environmental impact
Peterborough, Ont (April 5, 2011) In today’s age of technology and communications, smartphones are all the rage. Smartphone users can keep in touch with family and friends, stay up to date with the latest news and information and be entertained, all with a device in the palm of their hand.
The Green Expo is capitalizing on the widespread use of smartphones and is excited to announce the show will be using QR (Quick Response) technology to provide instant access to the Expo’s website, show schedule, speakers bios and more. Not only will this be a major convenience to show attendees, it will also reduce the Expo’s environmental footprint by cutting down on the number of paper copies of material handed out during the day-long event.
“We’re really excited to be able to offer this technology to people attending the Green Expo,” said Expo coordinator, Adrienne Richard. “We think this will be a huge hit among smart phone users, and we’re really thrilled to be the first large scale event in the area to make use of this technology in an effort to reduce waste.”
QR technology works on a barcode basis. Smartphone users simply find the Green Expo barcode that will placed throughout the Evinrude Centre and scan it with their phone to get access to the latest information. They will have the option to fill out a short survey, link to the Expo website, find out what time the various workshops and speaker presentations will be happening and a whole lot more.
The QR technology is made possible through a unique cross-border partnership. After hearing about the Green Expo via Twitter, California based Notix Technical Solutions wanted to be involved and came aboard as a Green Expo sponsor. Notix is responsible for the development, design and implementation of a special website for mobile phones which will be released April 30th, the day of the event.
The Expo is proudly sponsored by Peterborough Utilities Group, CHEX-TV, the Peterborough Examiner, Energy 99.7, Country 105, BOB FM, Classical 103.1, Bullfrog Power and Notix Technologies. The Expo is owned and operated by Peterborough Green-Up, a not-for profit registered charity. Full information on the Expo can be found at www.GreenExpo.ca
