Sustainability Symposium and Expo
We have Caterpillar speaking about how Sustainability Drives Innovation, Onslow County Tourism Authority’s experience with Business Opportunities for Tourism, and Top Of The Hill (TOPO) Brewery and Distillery, the largest craft brewery Bar in North Carolina and the only one of only six breweries in the world with three platinum medals from the World Beer Championships. TOPO is the only Green+ Certified distillery in the country.
The Symposium also has 12 Breakout sessions with four tracks: Sustainable Development, Entrepreneurial Opportunities, Innovation, and Renewable Energy.
1. Sustainable Development addresses regional studies done for the Cape Fear Region, the Greenways and Blue ways plan for Brunswick county, and Brunswick Forest will share who is interested in quality of place living.
2. Entrepreneurial Opportunities for starting a recycling businesses funding and resources available, on how to do business with the federal government, and how local food systems work in the Cape fear Region.
3. Innovation includes crowd funding, new business in our area, landscaping best practices for residential and golfing communities, and LEED and Energy Star certifications for the operation and redesign of a business facility.
4. Renewable Energy will share how Cygnus is using solar in their day-to-day operation, how Waste Industries converts to waste-to-energy using landfills and DENR on anaerobic digesters creating energy from animal waste, and the state of renewable energy in North Carolina as it relates to solar wind, biomass, and in transportation.
Date and Time
Friday Sep 11, 2015
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM EDT
September 11, 2015
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location
Brunswick Community College
Leland Center
Contact Information
Marilyn Graham
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