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Green Purchasing Webinar

Date: June 28, 2012 - June 28, 2012

Location: Online

Register Now for an exciting webinar on Green Purchasing!  

Thursday, June 28th from 2:00 - 3:15pm EST
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/561950697

Please join us to learn more about the Federal Green Challenge (FGC) (www.epa.gov/fgc) and Green Purchasing  on Thursday, June 28! This webinar will focus on reducing the environmental impact of your facility's purchasing practices, while still achieving your agency's mission. The FGC targets environmentally preferable purchasing, as well reducing the environmental impact of meetings.  This session will feature expert speakers from the General Services Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency. There will be a question and answer session following each presentation.

Speakers:

Wendi Shafir is an environmental engineer working to green the hospitality sector (hotels, venues, and meeting planning services) as well as federal travel and meetings.  She worked with the meeting industry to develop the ASTM Green Meeting Standards as well as with GSA to incorporate sustainability into government meeting and travel acquisition regs and guidance. She will introduce EPA Region 9's Green Meeting policy, briefly discussing both the policy and its implementation.

Dana Arnold directs the Program Analysis Division in the General Service Administration's Office of Acquisition Management, which has the lead on sustainable purchasing issues. Prior to joining GSA in September of 2010, Ms. Arnold was the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, where she managed OFEE's green purchasing, waste prevention, and recycling program areas. Ms. Arnold will talk about green purchasing and will demo the Green Products Compilation, a tool designed to facilitate the procurement of green/sustainable products and services for Federal agencies.

If you registered for our previous sessions in 2012 on electronics, or baseline and goal setting, you do not need to register again. Your registration is still valid, and you will receive an event reminder. Registration Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/561950697

An archive of past webinars is available at http://www.epa.gov/fgc/web-academy.html

The Federal Green Challenge is an effort to get Federal facilities and offices across the country to reduce their environmental impact by targeting waste, electronics, purchasing, energy, water, and transportation. Participants choose at least two of the target areas, set a goal for each selection, and try to improve their performance by at least 5% a year. To learn more about how to join, visit us at www.epa.gov/fgc