ABOUT GS11
There is a growing realisation in boardrooms across many sectors that the current rise in energy and commodity prices may not be a short term trend. A growing number of economists and investors are seeing it as the early stages of a long term rise in resource prices that will disrupt many sectors of the economy and re-define business models. What Jeremy Grantham, Chief Investment Officer at GMO a $150bn global investment management fund, calls 'The Great Paradigm Shift'.
Green Strategy 2011(GS11) will convene the leading minds to look at how companies should draw up strategies in response to an era of rising resource prices. We have big ambitions for what it will achieve, through a combination of the following;

BASELondon returns on the 22 June 2011 and this year will take place in the grounds of the HAC in the City of London.

With a clear focus on the commercial opportunity, BASELondon unites City Hall and local government with the private sector companies vying to be part of London’s low carbon urban transformation.

With a potent mix of high quality content, exhibition space and networking activities, BASELondon will bring together organisations seeking to capitalise on the renewal of London’s infrastructure.

Building Magazine - Sustainability Awards 2010 shortlist announced
 
http://www.building.co.uk/events/building-events/sustainability-awards-2...

 
 
Sustainable Innovation 2010

Creating Breakthroughs: Green growth, Eco-innovation, Entrepreneurship and Jobs 
Part of the 'Towards Sustainable Product Design' series of conferences 

The Green Business Awards - Extended Deadline, 30 June 2010

Entering the Green Business Awards is easy:

Futuresource (pronounced Future Resource) is an international conference and trade fair, bringing together like-minded waste, environment and sustainability industry professionals from across Europe every year.  Futuresource is a joint event from the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) and the Environmental Services Association (ESA) and provides a forum for debating key issues, discussing best practice and sharing expertise and solutions.
 
Entrance to the trade fair is free and the conference is available on a per day fee.

Wrap - Logistics implementation workshop
Effective use of logistics in construction
 
27 May 10 27/5/2010 27/5/2010
Reading   
 
Reading Town Hall & Museum

BASELondon is a new one day event to be held at the brand new Capital Suite at ExCeL, on 27th May 2010. It will be opened by mayor Boris Johnson. It is about all matters relating to sustainability in London and how this affects its competitive position as an attractor to business. It will also be a showcase for what London has achieved and what it aims to achieve in the future. 

NISP Celebrating Five Years of Success

The EU Sustainable Energy Week 22-26 March 2010

Base  - where business meets sustainability

The biggest event in the world for sustainable design, construction and the built environment, Ecobuild has doubled in size every year since its launch in 2005.

Ecobuild strives to reflect the preoccupations of the sector it serves – championing the emerging green construction movement at its start, engaging and encouraging debate and discussion, and now, in the current economic climate, seeking out and highlighting the continuing opportunities for sustainable construction.

 
The Top 50 Sustainability Books
 

Sustainable Events - January, February, March 2010
 
January 27, 28, 29  - South Africa

The new report from Constructing Excellence, published on 14 October 2010, entitled Never Waste a Good Crisis is available for download.

The Third Annual Sustainability Summit
 
 

February 25th 2010

• The Radisson Portman Square Hotel, London

The Positive Soundscapes Project is hosting a Symposium on Applied Soundscapes at the University of Salford on 17 September 2009.  The day is a broad celebration of what's been achieved by three EPSRC-funded initiatives that came out of a sand pit workshop three years ago: the Noise Futures network, Positive Soundscapes and ISRIE (Instrument for Soundscape Recognition, Identification and Evaluation). 

Designing Sustainable Cities
Book Launch
15th September 2009
6–9pm