Spring into Action – Green Your Office Equipment: Webinar

Below is the announcement of the State Electronics Challenge, which Joy Scrogum mentioned in her recent presentation on sustainable electronics . This webinar will provide an overview of the SEC, and is open to anyone, so you may be interested.  As usual, feel free to forward this to anyone else who might be interested.

 

Also, the call for papers for the special edition of Challenges related to electronics which Professor Bullock and Joy Scrogum

are guest-editing is available at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/challenges/special_issues/electronic-waste

 

, in case

you are interested. Articles are due June 1.

 

Soon Joy and her colleagues will be issuing a call for presentations for the 2013 Sustainable Electronics Initiative Symposium, scheduled for October 7, 2013 at the I-Hotel in Champaign.  That symposium will be geared toward greening electronics through education. The call for presentation should be available early next month, and I will send that to you as soon as it is. Information on the symposium should be on the SEI web site in April.

 

 

Spring into Action – Green Your Office Equipment Looking for a straightforward  approach to greening your organization’s office equipment?  The State Electronics Challenge — a free program may — be for you.  The Challenge helps public agencies, schools, colleges and universities to improve the environmental footprint of their operations and meet sustainability goals by buying green office equipment, using it efficiently and recycling it responsibly.  Organizations that sign on to the program—known as Partners—get access to free implementation tools, and support and technical assistance.  The Challenge also generates sustainability reports for each Partner that document the impacts of the program on specific indicators – material and energy conservation, greenhouse gas avoidance and solid and hazardous waste reduction.  To learn more about the State Electronics Challenge, register for an introductory webinar: March 14, 3 p.m. Eastern, 2 p.m./1 p.m Central/Noon Pacific. To register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3635301347725787392   Who’s Eligible to Join the Challenge: State & tribal agencies Cities & towns Counties K-12 Schools Colleges & universities Public utilities Public libraries To get more information about the program, visit the Challenge website at www.stateelectronicschallenge.net   . Or contact info@stateelectronicschallenge.net