{"id":1270,"date":"2009-03-01T00:21:30","date_gmt":"2009-03-01T00:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2009-03-01T00:21:30","modified_gmt":"2009-03-01T00:21:30","slug":"jump-on-the-green-bandwagon-attend-greener-by-design-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/jump-on-the-green-bandwagon-attend-greener-by-design-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Jump on the Green Bandwagon &#8211; Attend Greener by Design 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/hdr_gbd2009.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1271\" style=\"margin: 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/files\/2009\/03\/hdr_gbd2009-300x51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/hdr_gbd2009-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/hdr_gbd2009.jpg 785w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The question for businesses used to be &#8220;Can we afford to go green?&#8221;\u00a0 Now it is &#8221; Can we afford NOT to go green?&#8221;\u00a0 The upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/greenerdesign.com\/greenerbydesign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greener by Design 2009 <\/a>conference, to be held May 19-20 in San Francisco will focus on helping industries learn to cut costs, create efficiency, and move towards <a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/2008\/10\/28\/sustainability-reports-who-reads-them-and-why\/\">sustainability <\/a>through a series of focused hands-on innovation sessions, small-group consultative sessions, and\u00a0demonstrations of new materials and tools.<\/p>\n<p>Keynote speakers are from <a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/2009\/02\/28\/home-depot-and-petco-targeted-for-terracycles-newest-recycling-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terracycle <\/a>and McDonough partners, and corporate\u00a0attendees include Microsoft, Walmart, HP, BP, 3M, Dell, Dupont, and General Motors.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the early bird discount deadline is past &#8211; and the conference now costs $1999.\u00a0 The good news is that if your company registers 3 people, the 4th is free!<\/p>\n<p>Last years conference was rated very highly &#8211; and this looks like a MUST ATTEND for any business wanting to harness some of the green economic momentum that is gathering daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The question for businesses used to be &#8220;Can we afford to go green?&#8221;  Now it is &#8221; Can we afford NOT to go green?&#8221;  The upcoming Greener by Design 2009 conference, to be held May 19-20 in San Francisco will focus on helping industries learn to cut costs, create efficiency, and move towards sustainability through a series of focused hands-on innovation sessions, small-group 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