2009 Workshops
The Living Green Expo features workshops on a wide range of topics, emphasizing specific actions individuals and households can take to live "greener" lives.
 Download presentations: Many presenters have shared resources from their sessions. Click on workshop titles to read a workshop description and download materials. Contact Britt Carlson for further assistance.
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location W1 Shrink Your Transportation Carbon Footprint
Location W2 An Eat-local Lifestyle: Real Stories from Real People
Location W3 Residential Building Codes for Green Homes
Location W4 Designing and Remodeling a Nontoxic Basement
Location W5 How to Start a Community Garden
Location W6 Healthy and Sustainable Seafood
Location W7 Organic Lawn and Landscape Care
Location W8 Solar Electricity
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Location W1 Competitive Commuting: The Fun of a Bicycle Commuting League
Location W2 How Nature Nurtures Your Child
Location W3 Maintaining a Pest-Free Home with Nontoxic Products
Location W4 Home Energy Efficiency: Advanced Techniques
Location W5 Communities Cutting Carbon
Location W6 Backyard Chickens and Livestock
Location W7 Cold Frames and Greenhouses: Getting a Jump on the Season
Location W8 Environmentally Safe Painting and Decorating
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location W1 How to Choose a Greener Car
Location W2 Clean, Green, and Just: Opportunties in the New Green Economy
Location W3 Worm Bin Mania: Reduce Your Waste with Vermiculture!
Location W4 Prefab Architecture and Green Design
Location W5 Sustainability 101: Everything You Wanted to Know to Save $ and the Earth
Location W6 Sustainable, Local, and Organic Food on a Budget
Location W7 RoofBloom: Green Roofs in Your Own Backyard
Location W8 High-efficiency Furnace Systems
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Location W1 Septic Systems: The Sustainable Onsite Waste Water Treatment Option
Location W2 Black and Brown Faces in America's Wild Places
Location W3 Low-tech Strategies to Save Energy with the Sun
Location W4 How to Build and Remodel Green with MN GreenStar and LEED for Homes
Location W5 Youth Environmental Movement: YEA MN
Location W6 Home Canning and Freezing
Location W7 Stormwater as an Asset: Rain Harvesting Tips for Homeowners
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location W1 Do-it-yourself Home Energy Savings
Location W2 Lake-friendly Ways to Manage Your Lakeshore
Location W3 Electronics Recycling and How to Buy a Green PC
Location W4 Fueling the Midwest in a Carbon-constrained World
Location W5 Greening Your Business
Location W6 Benefits of a Plant-based Diet
Location W7 Healthy Yards, Healthy Lives
Location W8 Solar Thermal Water Heating
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Location W1 Winter Bike Commuting
Location W2 Green Travel in Minnesota
Location W3 Small Wind Turbines: Benefits and Income
Location W4 Energy Transition: Moving to a Carbon-free Future
Location W5 Ways to Empower Sustainability in You and Your Community
Location W6 Seed Saving from Your Own Garden
Location W7 Rain gardens: Benefits, Design, and Installation
Location W8 Pervious Concrete: The Water-Friendly Pavement
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location W1 Solar Power 101: Discover How Solar Can Work for You
Location W2 Sustainable Hunting and Angling Choices
Location W3 But I Already Recycle!
Location W4 Small Is the New Green
Location W5 Alternative and Accessible Community Gardening Techniques
Location W6 Rediscover Traditional Foods
Location W7 Composting 101
Location W8 Aerated Autoclaved Concrete
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Location W1 The Federal Energy Stimulus and You
Location W2 Working Green in Minnesota: A Green Career Panel
Location W3 Green & Gorgeous: Tips for Choosing and Using Natural Beauty Products
Location W4 Reclaimed Building Materials: Cost-Effective, Cool, and Sustainable
Location W5 How to Green Events Large and Small
Location W6 Myths and Truths about Plastics and Other Common Household Items
Location W7 Porous Paving Options
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2009 Expo
2009 workshops coordinated by Do it Green! Minnesota.
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