For more information, click on the event of interest:

Stop by the Fox Center Information Table during lunch.  Here you will find information dedicated to that day’s topic.

We’ll have articles, suggested reading, stats, etc. for people to take.

Duke Smart Home Tour

When: Tuesday, November 3rd - 6-8pm

Where: Meet in Fox Center, walk to Central Campus

The Home Depot Smart Home at Duke University has earned a Platinum rating in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) from the United States Green Building Council USGBC. LEED Platinum is widely considered to be the highest possible achievement in green building. LEED is an opportunity for all team members on a building project to unite around the common goal of building in a more sustainable way. Duke Smart Home is a premier example of focusing team effort on sustainable building techniques. Duke Smart Home achieved its Platinum rating by focusing on 6 categories: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy & Atmosphere, Indoor Environmental Quality, Materials & Resources, and Innovation & Design Process. Green features include: a vegetated roof, cisterns to collect rainwater for irrigation, and photovoltaic panels for energy generation.

Tour and learn about the World's first LEED platinum certified residence hall right here on Duke's campus. If you're interested in going on the tour, please email matt.kaufmann@duke.edu.

Space is limited to the first 20 respondents.

To view pictures of the Duke Smart Home, click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/DukeSmartHome.

Carbon Markets Office Hours with Alan Abramson

When: Wednesday, November 4th, 11:00am-12:00noon
Where: Seminar Room A

A 1980 graduate of Duke University, Alan’s 28 year finance career included both sales and trading at firms such as Salomon Brothers and Bear Stearns. He spent his last 21 years as a Managing Director at RBS Greenwich Capital, and from 2003 to 2008 headed up their Government Sponsored Enterprise trading desk. Alan received his Duke Environmental Leadership-Masters in Environmental Management degree in May of 2009. He currently holds the position of Visiting Carbon Markets Fellow at the Nicholas Institute, where he advises policymakers on a range of carbon market design considerations.

Come and learn about what will become the world’s largest commodity market from an expert in markets and thought leader in carbon market design.

All week!  Monday through Friday
Where: East Mallway Recycling Bins

Your Section Reps will be providing you with more information. Compete against other sections to be the greenest. Daily updates of each section's progress will be announced.  Trees will be bought in honor of the section that collects the most recyclables!

When:  Friday, November 6th,  5:30-8:30pm
Where: Millennium Hotel

The Duke MBA Net Impact Club and the Health Care Club will be sponsoring this Fuqua Friday. The theme will be "Healthy Environment, Healthy Living, & Healthy Communities." Local organizations affiliated with Green Plus will be showcasing their work to promote healthy communities and sustainable environments and there will be various activities centered around how to live healthier lives. All Fuqua students, partners, and family members are welcome!

Food and beverages provided:

    5:30-6:00 Punch

    6:00-7:30 Open Bar

    7:30-on Cash Bar

Just a few of the fabulous things you can expect:

• Massage therapists
• Personal trainers
• Yoga and zumba classes onsite
• Green Plus affiliated local organizations
• PLUS a Raffle - 5-class yoga package (valued at $65) and a t-shirt (valued at $20) donated by Blue Point Yoga

And more….Come dressed comfortably to participate

Event is co-sponsored by the Duke MBA Health Care Club!

Green Week "So Fresh and So Clean" T-Shirts will be on sale!

When: Monday 11/02 through Friday 11/06 during LUNCH TIME
Where: The Fox Center @ the Green Week Information Table

Please buy a t-shirt and support Green Week and environmental sustainability.  Shirts will cost $13 each - The are American Apparel (made from organic cotton and sweatshop free) and are printed with water-based inks. Also, for each shirt purchased, we will plant a tree!

When: Wednesday, November 4, 2009

             Reception at 5:15, Talk at 6:0pm

Where:  Love Auditorium, Levine Science Research Center, on the Duke campus.

Topic:  "Profitable Solutions for Climate, Oil and Proliferation"

Details: Physicist Amory Lovins, an internationally respected expert on advanced energy and resource efficiency who was named one of Time magazine's "Heroes for the Planet," will give the first Duke Environment and Society Lecture on Wed., Nov. 4.   Lovins, chairman and chief scientist at the Rocky Mountain Institute in Colorado, will discuss "Profitable Solutions for Climate, Oil and Proliferation" beginning at 6 p.m. in Love Auditorium, Levine Science Research Center, on the Duke campus. The talk and a 5:15 p.m. reception are free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Nicholas School of the Environment, the lecture is part of an ongoing new series instituted by Dean Bill Chameides to bring major players to Duke who are helping build a sustainable future.

For more information: http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/deanseries. The lecture and Q&A also will be streamed live to the Web. There will be an opportunity to ask questions via e-mail and Twitter.

The Future of Capitalism
"Building a Sustainable Energy Future: Market Approaches to Choices and Trade-offs"

When:  Thursday, November 5th, 4:00-6:00pm

Where: Geneen Auditorium

Fuqua and McKinsey are collaborating on a four-part series called The Future of Capitalism, to be hosted at Fuqua and shared with The McKinsey Quarterly’s 2 million online subscribers. This joint endeavor combines Fuqua’s ability to engage diverse experts in frank dialogue with McKinsey’s impact and industry reach, to shed new light on some of the most important questions of our time.  The series will consist of four forums on broad topics: energy, the financial system, globalization and business education. 

The inaugural session features a remarkable panel of experts and leaders, including:

• Tom Albanese, CEO, Rio Tinto
• Aubrey McClendon, CEO, Chesapeake Energy
• George McLendon, Chairman, PTP Energy and Dean, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University
• Scott Nyquist, Managing Director of McKinsey’s Energy Practice
• Bill Timmerman, CEO, SCANA Energy
  

The timing of this inaugural forum capitalizes on the confluence of the speakers’ availability. We hope that as many Fuqua students, faculty, and staff as possible will attend; but we also note that many classes will be in session at that time and, as always, those are top priority.

The second forum on the financial system is set for Saturday, February 27; details to follow.

When: Friday, November 6th, 8:30am - 3:30pm

Where:  The Von Cannon Rooms at the Bryan Center at Duke University

Details:  We are pleased to announce that the Duke Student SAF Chapter is holding our 3rd annual Forestry Symposium. This year the theme is:  "Seeds of Change: A Renewed Perspective on Forest Policy"

With the uncertain economy, new political administration, and environmental markets, many factors are changing the way we manage forests today. Three panels with speakers from different perspectives will delve deeper into these changes, opportunities, and challenges. This event is relevant to all Nicholas School students (not just the foresters!) as we will be discussing policy, economics, and broader forest ecosystem services.

The event is free and open to the public but registration is required.  Learn more and register at www.duke.edu/web/forestry. A free lunch will be provided.

Schedule of Events:

8:30-9:00 Registration/Breakfast

9:00-10:30 Reinventing Forestry Panel
Moderator: Judson Edeburn, Duke Forest Manager
Al Sample, Pinchot Institute
Amanda Cundiff, US Forest Service
David Halley, True North Forestry

10:45-12:15 Forest Policy in a New Political Arena
Moderator: Coleman Doggett, Duke Professor and
former NC Forester
Erica Rhoad, SAF Policy Director
Will McDow, Environmental Defense Fund
Mark Megalos, NC State Forestry Extension

1:15- 2:45 Forestry in Emerging Carbon Markets
Moderator: Jeffrey Vincent, Korstian Professor of
Forest Economics and Management
Roger Sedjo, Resources for the Future
Clark Binkley, International Forestry Investment Group
Murali Kanakasabai, Vice President & Senior Economist
for Climate Change Exchange

3:00-3:30 Keynote: Michael T. Goergen, SAF Executive Vice-President and CEO

For any further questions, please contact Christine Cadigan at christine.cadigan@duke.edu.