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Entrepreneurs, Energy and Environment – Training Session Archive

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Introduction Course:

• 00: Welcome to the Entrepreneurs, Energy and Environment Program

Environment Courses:

• Environmental Business Opportunities and Challenges
• Policy
• Sustainability: Efficiency in Business
• Showcasing Innovation: Creating Business Opportunities

Energy Courses:

• Understanding the Basics
• Policy
• Renewable: Creating Business Opportunities
• Showcasing Innovation: Creating Business Opportunities

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E3 Training 101: Environmental Business Opportunities and Challenges

Session Date: June 4, 2010
Greening your business provides opportunities to improve your bottom line while making a difference. In this webinar, you will:
   • Understand the basics of sustainability
   • Discover opportunities to increase profitability
   • Learn a pathway to implement a sustainability program and leverage resources to get     there.
Course Instructor: Beverly Alkire, Founder and Chief Environmental Officer, Green Consultants
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E3 Training 110: Green Opportunities with the GSA

Session Date: January 27, 2011

The General Services Administration (GSA) plays an instrumental role in greening the federal government’s supply chain. Find out how to keep your business on the leading edge of finding opportunities and ensuring compliance with new sustainability standards in federal procurement.

Course Instructor: Christy Jackiewicz, GSA Office of Small Business Utilization

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E3 Training 112: Creating and Maintaining Sustainability Standards in Your Business

Session Date: August 9, 2011

Find out how sustainability can fit into your business and on the many benefits of going green.

Course Instructor: Tara Lynn Gray, President of MannaClean

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E3 115: Leadership and Innovation – The EPA’s Small Business Opportunities and Sustainability Initiatives

Session Date: March 23, 2011

The EPA’s sustainability initiatives help the federal government “buy green,” and in doing so, uses the federal government’s enormous buying power to stimulate market demand for green products and services.

Join us to learn about the opportunities for small businesses in:

• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) • The EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program • How federal green buying requirements create opportunities both in procurement and the consumer marketplace.

Course Instructor: Jeanette Brown, Director, EPA Office of Small Business Programs

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E3 116 – Leadership and Innovation: The SBA’s Green Procurement Programs

Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 2pm ET / 11am PT

The Small Business Administration (SBA) promotes small business innovation as a key factor in greening the federal government’s supply chain. Through the recently implemented GreenGov Supply Chain Partnership, small businesses are finding new ways to become more efficient and helping federal agencies improve their standards.

Presented by: Major L. Clark III, Assistant Chief Counsel for Procurement Policy in the Office of Advocacy of the SBA

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E3 Training 120 Nuclear’s Good Story: A Novel Presentation on Nuclear Energy and How it Benefits You

Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 2pm ET / 11am PT

A Good Read: Nuclear is Safe, Affordable, Clean and Reliable.
The Next Chapter: Helping Others Better Understand Nuclear.

Presented by: Ann Day Becker, Communications Manager, Entergy Nuclear

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E3 Training 125: Energy Trends – 2012 and Beyond

Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 2pm ET / 11am PT

This webinar presents a comprehensive overview of the current state of energy and provides timely insights into future energy concerns and issues.

Presented by: Alison Williams, Senior Energy Analyst, Bloomberg Government

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E3 Training 130: Creating a Business Value and Culture of Sustainability

Session Date: June 24, 2010
This session covers:
   • Framework for Innovation, Integration & Implementation of Sustainability
   • Strategic Sustainability Planning Overview:
          - Greenhouse Gas and Carbon Footprint
          - Energy & Water Conservation
          - Transportation & Mobility
          - Engagement of Stakeholders
          - Green Procurement Requirements & Opportunities
Course Instructor: Nancy Goshow, Senior Managing Partner, Goshow Architects, LLP

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E3 Training 135 Emergency Preparedness for Nuclear in the US

Thursday, November 16, 2011 at 3pm ET / 12pm PT

Lessons learned from Fukushima and Katrina.
Overview of Basic Nuclear Safety in US plants.

Presented by: Kimberly Cook, General Manager, Plant Operations, Waterford 3

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E3 Training 136 – Understanding Electricity: What Women Know and Need to Know

Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 2pm ET / 11am PT

This webinar examines the findings of national research on women and electricity across all sectors of generation methods, including nuclear, renewables and fossil fuels.

Presented by: Kelle Barfield, Vice President of Energy Advocacy, Entergy Corp.

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E3 Training 137 – Innovation in the Energy Sector

Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 2pm ET / 11am PT

This presentation focuses on an overview of innovative practices across the generating sector; with technology examples from nuclear and others.

Presented by: John Mahoney, PMP, Entergy Nuclear

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E3 Training 138 – Understanding Energy: What Women Need to Know About Nuclear Safety

Session Date: December 15, 2011

This is a presentation touching on safety measures provided for the public and also focusing on increasing awareness among women about nuclear issues.

Course Instructor: Natalie Wood, Design Engineering, Waterford 3

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E3 143: Sustainability and Your Company: From the Inside Out

Session Date: November 16th, 2010
Course topics include:
    • Why promote sustainability among employees, customers and served communities?
    • Tools to increase your firm’s sustainability and use it to your best advantage
    • Adopt green marketing practices to drive customers in the door

Course Instructor: David Burd, Vice President for Business Development/In-House Counsel, Earth Aid, Inc.
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Session Date: September 21, 2010
This course covers:
    • Dimensions of the Energy Problem: Health, Climate, Growth, Security, War
    • The Political Dynamics: Stalemate Happens When Each Interest Demands its Own
       Solution
    • The Systemic Approach: When all else fails, try a common solution
    • The Emerging Coalition: A left-right, business-environmental approach
    • How WIPP members can advance and profit from a bipartisan solution

Course Instructor: Bill Shireman, President and CEO, Future 500
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Additional Resources

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EPA Presentation to the SBA – Implementing the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act

Federal Stormwater Association Addresses the EPA’s New Stormwater Permitting Policies – Memorandum and Guidance

New White House Energy and Climate Change Newsletter: Recently, the White House launched the Energy and Climate Agenda – a weekly newsletter that highlights the great work happening around the Administration on energy, climate and environment issues. If you are interested in receiving this information, please sign up here.

National Ground Water Association (NGWA) presents: “Women in the Geosciences Webinar”
October 14, 2010 at 12pm ET/9am PT
For more information and to register, click here.

Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill:
    • WIPP Offers Information on Ways to Assist
    • From BP: Kent Wells and Relief Well Team – Relief Well Operations Overview –
    6/27/10

Martha Johnson’s (U.S. General Services Administration) address to the U.S. Green Building Council – 5/18/10

Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment (WCEE): “Greening the Federal House” Presentations – 5/24/10

    • “Integrated Infrastructure: Optimizing Existing Infrastructure; Building New Regenerative Systems” – Edward A. Clerico, President of Alliance Environmental, LLC

    • “Beyond the Water-Energy Nexus” – John Simpson, Sustainable Design Engineer at
    GSA’s Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings