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Education for a greener tomorrow

Being green in Milwaukee is an expectation for the future of businesses.  This expectation can be furthered through exploring the discoveries at the 9th Annual Green Energy Summit & Exposition held March 7 to 9 at the Frontier Airlines Center.

The summit explored the interrelationship of energy and water (commonly called the energy-water nexus) thus adding to the theme: Clean, Green, and Blue.  

The organization’s primary mission is motivation and education of professionals, investors and entrepreneurs for opportunities in clean energy and education of workers in transition and students for future work force.  

Students were eligible to register for free for the 3 day event, which would have given them full access to explore the possibilities of making a greener tomorrow.

Around the outer layers of the exposition, vendors and companies educated the audience on how they have changed their companies and/or schools using sustainable energy.  

No matter what booth to which you directed yourself at the Green Energy Summit, someone was ready to inform you how their program and school would make a difference for you and the world.  

Other vendors fascinated the crowd with animal displays, such as snakes that would coil around your neck.  Boswell Books’ booth offered a selection of books focusing on green initiatives and green living.   

Actor, entrepreneur and green/clean energy activist Ed Begley, Jr. participated in a panel and discussed his book “Guide to Sustainable Living.”  This book made for great reading for anyone new to going green, and provided many ideas on how to conserve, produce, and manage an eco-conscious daily life.  

Mr. Begley Jr. stated “its great having money and not needing it” during his discussion titled Live Simply So That Others Can Simply Live.

He expressed how he has applied green living and clean energy to his own life through the use of solar energy and other   

Throughout the three days of the Green Energy Summit, there was daily panel discussion on numerous topics.  

CEO’s of companies, actors, teachers, activists for the environment joined together to explore and discuss how we can save money in our daily lives.

Also advance planning, increasing awareness of the impact of our consumer choices, and making decisions that minimize environmental impact.  

Clay Nesler, VP of Global Energy, stated “Imagine a future where the price of electricity is based on the weather”.   

By educating ourselves as consumers, we can discover resources available now as well as new and coming advancements that can improve both our daily lives and the condition of the earth that sustains us.  

No matter what day of the summit attended, you would have stepped out with a variety of useful information to apply to your work, school, or home life.

The future of the summit will have a new face as of next year.  Starting in 2013, it will be known as the Sustainability Summit.

The name change signifies the growth and evolution of the summit over the last decade to include a more global perspective towards clean energy and green living.

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