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Saturday April 24, 2010

Beban Park Social Centre

10:00am-5:00pm

The 2010 Green Solutions Trade Show & Speakers Forum was a great success with over 800 people attending from throughout Vancouver Island. We are now busy planning our 2011 show which will be a TWO day event! Check back soon for dates and details.

2010 Exhibitors:

B. Gallant Homes- www.bgallanthomes.com – 250.714.1191
Bionest Distrbution- www.bionest.ca – 250.797.1310
Centra Windows- www.centrawindows.com – 250.756.3010
Coast Radio CKAY 91.7 FM- www.ckay.ca – 250.754.9170
Compassion Farm- www.dirkbecker.ca - 250.390.5119
Cowichan Energy Alternatives- www.cowichanenergy.org – 250.753.0255
Cowichan Bio Diesel Co-op- www.smellbetter.org
Cyber City- www.cybercityadventures.com – 250.755.1828
EB Electric Bicycles Ltd.- www.ebelectricbicycles.com – 250.760.0670
EcoSIP Industries Inc.- www.ecosipinc.com – 1.866.470.SIPS (7447)
Energy Solutions for Vancouver Island- www.esvi.ca
Green Plan- www.greenplan.ca – 250.722.3456
Island Indoor Air Quality- www.islandiaq.com -250.745.0382
Lapel Stick- www.lapelstick.com
Logomotion- www.logopromo.ca – 250.755.1820
London Drugs- www.londondrugs.com – 250.753.5566
Mid Island Co-op – www.midisland.coop - 250.753.8400
Nanaimo Recycling Exchange- www.recycling.bc.ca – 250.758.7777
Northstar Heating & Cooling- www.heatpumpinfo.ca – 250.758.0470
Planet Clean- www.planetclean.com – 250.753.0255
Qmada Eco Heating & Plumbing Inc.- www.qmada.ca – 250.797.0141
Recap Power Works- www.recappower.com – 250.218.1827
Sears- www.sears.ca – 250.756.4111
Shades of Green Clothing- 250.248.2501
Shelter Design & Draft- www.shelterdesignanddraft.com – 250.797.0311
Shore Energy Solutions Ltd.- www.shoreenergy.ca – 250.754.0698
SIP Building Systems Inc.- www.sipbc.com – 250.714.4545
Steve Marshall Ford- www.stevemarshallfordnanaimo.com – 1.888.571.0953
TerraTek Energy Solutions Inc.- www.terratek.ca – 1.877.335.1415
The Bug Factory- www.thebugfactory.ca
The Comfort Group- www.comfortgroup.ca – 250.954.3680
The Land Conservancy of BC- http://blog.conservancy.bc.ca/ - 250.479.8053
TSS Cleaning- www.tssservices.com – 250.754.9900
Urban Beet- www.urbanbeet.ca – 250.390.9722
VIU- http://www.viu.ca/facilities/campusdevelopmentsustainability.asp
Waterhaus – www.conservepump.com – 250.247.8799

2010 Seminar Schedule:

12:30 Loving Your Home Without Breaking Your Pocketbook- Ways to make your home more energy efficient. Presented by: Ian Gartshore, Energy Solutions for Vancouver Island http://www.esvi.ca/
1:30 Practical Solutions to Live More Sustainably- Changing the way I live, changes the way the world lives, which in turn changes the world! Reduce personal, financial and environmental costs through small changes in how one works, shops, eats, lives, and engages in leisure. Presented by: Dirk Becker, Compassion Farm http://www.dirkbecker.ca/
2:30 Introduction to Permaculture, by Green Plan- Consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature while yeilding an abundance of food, fiber and energy for the provision of local needs. Presented by: Brandon Bauer, Blue Raven Farm, and Javan Kerby Bernakevitch, O.U.R. Ecovillage http://www.greenplan.ca/ 250.722.3456
3:30 Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems- Learn how these systems work, what you can expect during installation, and how the Solar BC, Eco Energy, and LiveSmart BC incentive programs pertain to solar how water installation. Presented by: Scott Fleenor, TerraTek Energy Solutions Inc. http://www.terratek.ca/ 1.877.335.1415
1:00 Composting 101, the good, the bad and the smelly- Back yard composting. Also, what to expect with the new curbside composting program. Presented by: Alex King, Nanaimo Recycling Exchange http://www.recycling.bc.ca/ 250.758.7777
2:00 Renewable Technologies in your home and government incentives- An overview of how you can integrate renewable technologies, including wind and solar, to reduce your monthly expenses and how to get the government to pay for part of it. Presented by: Brian Pasquill, Recap Power Works http://www.recappower.com/ 250.218.1827
3:00 Local Solutions to Global Problems-Addressing global climate change, peak oil and fossil energy dependence on a community scale. Presented by: Brian Roberts, Cowichan Energy Alternatives & Cowichan Bio Diesel Co-op http://www.cowichanenergy.org/ http://www.smellbetter.org/ 250.597.1491
4:00 Woodrot- What is it? How to Avoid it?- Forms of wood rot, typical scenarios in buildings that develop molds and rot, treatments before and after mold, treatments before and during construction and renovation. Presented by: Larry Croome & Alex Keding SIP Building Systems, ICI Coatings http://www.sipbc.com/ 1.888.747.9276