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EcoMaterials Conference, November 2009

David Elfstrom — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:48:47 +0000

The 4th International EcoMaterials conference is in Cuba, November 24-27 2009.

The organizers of the conference, EcoSouth, provide information and small equipment for making building materials such as microconcrete roofing, puzzolanic cement, earth brick construction, and more.

Mud brick press

Talk on engineering for a changing future

David Elfstrom — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:37:22 +0000

I’ll be delivering the Friday night keynote presentation at the sold-out CIRQUE’09 conference, January 30-31 2009. CIRQUE is the annual Conference on Industry and Resources at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. This year’s theme is “Extreme Engineering”. My talk is going to be about industry and resources alright, about the permanent decline of both and what it means for civilization. Much of the talk will be drawing from Derrick Jensen’s Endgame talk on Google Video, David Holmgren’s Future Scenarios web-book, and the shock-u-mentary What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire.

Energy Matters Summit, April 20-21, 2009, Mississauga

David Elfstrom — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:27:34 +0000

Ontario’s fifth annual public sector energy management conference hosted by Peel Region will take place April 20-21 in Mississauga. Building on earlier years where strategic planning and changing mindsets were themes, this year’s focus is on implementation, primarily energy management.

Designed to foster the best practices that make today’s public agencies greener places to work and invest, Energy Matters 2009 will showcase how municipalities, school boards, universities and hospitals are measuring, analyzing and taking command of their energy consumption. This summit provides the essential knowledge and networking that benefit an organization’s bottom line.

Here is the main schedule so far:

Day One

Sustainability, Strategy and Corporate Competiveness
Climate Change, Emissions and the Cost of Carbon
Energy Markets, Outlook and the Price of Power

Day Two

Facility Management and Asset Preservation
Water Use and Waste Management
Building Materials, Architecture and Design
Green Energy and Efficient Technologies

Visit www.energymatterssummit.ca for more details and to register. Early bird registration before January 31st 2009 is $350.