From tvinson at uta.edu Mon Oct 11 15:33:22 2010 From: tvinson at uta.edu (Vinson, Thomas B) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:33:22 -0500 Subject: [Greendrinks] Austin Green Drinks This Fri (Oct 15) Cedar Street Message-ID: This months Green Drinks will be at Cedar Street on 208 4th Street Downtown Austin (http://cedarstreetaustin.com/) Date: Friday October 15 Time: 5:00-7:00 pm (or later) This month we are going to do some things other cities are doing at green drinks (greendrinks.org). We will have about 20 minutes of guided discussion followed by open networking and games! FREE DRINKS: A definite possibility We are working with 360 Vodka, to arrange another round of complimentary drinks. Last month they reserved 100 free drinks, and we didn't finish them...I know Austin Green Drinkers can do better! 360 Vodka emphasizes sustainability in their business model. See: http://www.vodka360.com/green.php for information on their sustainability efforts. GUIDED DISCUSSION: Austin green energy development Mitch Jacobson of the Austin Clean Energy Incubator (CEI) will lead a discussion on stimulating the Austin economy through the development of green technology. The University of Texas CEI gives young clean energy companies the resources they need to succeed and grow into self-sustaining entities that contribute jobs to Austin and intellectual capital to the world see: http://www.ati.utexas.edu/cei2.htm ABOUT GREEN DRINKS: A networking event for the environmental field Austin Green Drink Happy Hours are an informal event that happens periodically in various venues throughout Austin. They are open to those of us who work in the environmental field and/or who routinely find innovative ways to meet thec hallenges of a sustainable future. We get Architects, Activists, Permit Writers, Consultants, Industrialists, Artists, Biking Groups and lots of others that have an interest in the environmental field. Gatherings range from 10-50. If you are interested in sponsoring an event please let us know by contacting admin at zerowastenetwork.org To sign up for the list please visit: http://lists.preventpollution.org/mailman/listinfo/lists.preventpollution.org_greendrinks Thomas Vinson-Peng Sr. Program Coordinator Zero Waste Network Center for Environmental Excellence University of Texas Arlington 9390 Research Boulevard, Kaleido II Suite 300 Austin, TX 78759 www.zerowastenetwork.org http://www.uta.edu/ced/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: