cocktail-conferences
Event
- Title:
- Green Enterprise Toronto: Supporting green entrepreneurship
- Date:
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12 March 2009 18:00 h - 20:00 h - Venue:
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’s Restaurant - Montreal
- Speaker:
- Chris Lowry - GET network director
- Summary:
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Please RSVP - See below for instructions
6pm to 6:45,: cocktail and networking,
6:45pm to 7pm : presentation of the Ethipedia,
7pm to 8pm: conference and questions
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Green Enterprise Toronto is the Toronto network (328 member companies) of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). BALLE is a growing network of sustainable businesses committed to building local economies and transforming the community economic development field. BALLE is comprised of more than 60 local networks of independent businesses in a variety of locales across the US and Canada, and represents more than 20,000 entrepreneurs. Chris will give an overview of the mission of the Toronto network, and its work to support green entrepreneurship and regional economic resilience.
- Biography:
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Chris Lowry (Network Director, Green Enterprise Toronto (GET)), M.Ed. is an entrepreneur who has founded and managed both independent media production businesses and non-profit organizations. As a specialist in education and communications he has won many awards for his films and social marketing work, including the Peter F. Drucker Award for Canadian Non-Profit Innovation.
He was a co-founder of Street Kids International (SKI), was senior editor of The Journal of Wild Culture, and has also worked with agencies such as MSF/Doctors Without Borders (Canada) promoting the use of nature-based expressive arts with children as a mode of social and environmental regeneration for war-affected communities.
He has been active in the bioregional movement since 1987. Chris recently served on the faculty of the Institute Without Boundaries, an interdisciplinary graduate program on sustainable design at George Brown City College School of Design. - Partners:
- This event is brought to you in cooperation with Equiterre
- Category:
- Cocktail Conferences
Venue
- Venue:
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’s Restaurant - Website
- Adress:
- 1384 Sherbrooke West
- ZIP:
- H3G 2T9
- City:
- Montreal
- Province:
- QC
- Country:
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Description
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’s is located at 1384 Sherbrooke West (corner of Crescent street), metro Guy-Concordia or Peel.
Please enter the restaurant by the door located at the right of the Museum's main entrance.
Restaurant is on the 2nd floor, Room for conference is "Le Collectionneur".
Entry Fee
- non cataléthique member: 5$ per person
- cataléthique member: Free
Please RSVP
We are expecting significant interest for this conference. As the room size limits our conference to 80 people, we strongly encourage you to reserve your spot. You can do so by registering for the conference on Catalethique’s web site (to create a profil click here) or by sending an email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Thank you for your collaboration.
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