PV Design Workshop

High Sun Engineering, the West Coast's leading solar engineering firm, presents an intensive 3-day solar workshop for design professionals on the skills needed to produce high quality PV system designs, feasibility reports, drawings and specifications that are currently in high demand by architectural design teams, engineering firms, developers, and discerning property owners.

Register at www.sunengineer.com. Call Christina Manansala at 707 869 9391 for more information.

Start date:	September 14, 2009
End date:	September 16, 2009
Cost:	$985 gen, $835 stud
Location:	San Francisco, CA

Green Griz Game

The UM Sustainability Center has teamed up with Dining Services, UM Recycling and the Athletic Department to put on a Green basketball game on February 21 at 4:30pm. Volunteers are needed to help out with composting, recycling and educational outreach.
Please contact Jessie Davie at ASUM.Sustain@mso.umt.edu if you can help out!
Come cheer for the Griz and the GREEN.

Mayor's Panel on Sustainability

On Thursday, March 19th a panel will be held featuring Mayor Engen, Former Missoula Mayor Kadas and Former Bozeman Mayor Kirchhoff. This free meeting will allow audience members to hear the opinion of current and past office holders as well as allow for community participation.

Please join us from 5:30-7:00 pm at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts Mezzanine Room (i.e. Missoula Children's Theater). Free

Towards A Green Economy Lecture-April 8th

Described by The New York Times as the "Paul Revere of globalization's woes," Dr. Kevin Danaher's analytical expertise, sense of humor and blunt eloquence make him an exceptionally dynamic speaker.

Since co-founding Global Exchange in 1988, Dr. Danaher has spoken at hundreds of universities and for community organizations throughout the U.S. Please join us as we welcome him Wednesday, April 8th to the North Underground Lecture Hall. The lecture will begin at 7 pm.

HERS Training in Butte

NCAT (National Center for Appropriate Technology) is conducting a workshop April 13-17 in Butte. The workshop incorporates information about how the Energy Star Homes Program is operated both national and locally. This training is to prepare participant's for the tests necessary to become a certified HERS (Home Energy Rater), an Energy Star Homes Northwest Energy Star Verifier, and an Energy Star Homes Northwest Performance Tester. The cost is $1200 for the week and $1100 if payment is received by March 15.

For more information or to register, please contact Dale Horton at daleh@ncat.org or 494-8653. Additional information is posted outside the Applied Computing and Electronics Dept, past the registration desk and down the hall to the left, on the East Campus.

20th Annual Big Sky Career Fair

20th Annual Big Sky Career Fair

2/25/2009 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

The University of Montana - University Center Ballroom

Join us for the 20th Annual Big Sky Career Fair. This is an excellent opportunity to meet with recruiters to find out about full time, internship and summer employment. Learn what to expect and how you can best prepare. Career fairs are a valuable opportunity. This career fair is open to all students and best of all, it's FREE!

Check out more information at
www.umt.edu/career/bscf/bigsky.htm

Construction Workshop

MUD will be be hosting a Cold Frames construction workshop Saturday, February 14th. It will take place from 1-2:30 pm at 839 Turner St. The workshop will cost $10 for MUD members and $20 for non-members. All money collected will benefit MUD and assist in continuing to provide workshops in the Missoula area.

Cold frames are inexpensive, easy to build, and can provide you with fresh produce all winter. Participants will have the chance to take home one of the cold-frames built during this workshop.

Please register for this event ahead of time with kara[at]mudproject.org or call 721-7513. Visit www.mudproject.org for more info.

UM Environmental Action Community

On Wednesday February 11th, the UM Environmental Action Community will meet at 7pm in 202 Rankin Hall. The agenda for this meeting includes: planning campus sustainability projects and recruiting new leaders for the future.

For more info, contact belinda.hays[at]umontana.edu

UM Recycling Committee

For those students interested in promoting recycling on the UM Missoula campuses please consider attending the UM Recycling Committee meetings. They are held at the Environmental Studies conference room in Rankin Hall, the second Wednesday of every month from 12 noon until 2 pm.

All are welcome and should you have any questions please visit the EVST office in Rankin Room 106A.