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Chicago Green Business Conference

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Building an Authentic Green Business

  • Learn how to reduce your company’s footprint.
  • Network with green businesses like yours.
  • Get inspired by environmentally responsible leaders.

Something green for everyone

  • Learn how becoming climate neutral is good for your community and your
    customers.
  • Grow your green business with innovative financial models.
  • Market your business to stand out in today’s field of green, and get the
    coaching that will help you succeed in this ever-expanding marketplace.

Here’s just a sampling if what we’ve heard from the business leaders who attended in 2007:

“I can’t tell you how inspiring the last three days have been.”
—P. Baugh, Green Exchange and Baum Realty

“This was my first conference and I went away feeling excited and energized.”
—D. Kiddle

“The program was good, the speakers informative, the facility beautiful.”
—A. Delavos

“Amazing, supportive and inspiring community – it really expanded my vision.”
Eco-logic

“Attending the conference, we became even more enthused and challenged to be the difference within our business.” —P.Paris

“The conference helped me refine my next course of action in launching a new green business.” —T. Blackburn

This conference had something for everyone.

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Past Speakers

Bianca Alexander Raphael Bemporad Erin Ford
Bianca Alexander Raphael Bemporad Erin Ford
     
Jason Graham-Nye Jeff Harvey David Lubensky
Jason Graham-Nye Jeff Harvey David Lubensky
     
Chris Van Dyke Sharon Rowe Mickey Lee
Chris Van Dyke Sharon Rowe Mickey Lee
Ella Silverman Carol Moseley Braun David Kirkpatrick
Ella Silverman Carol Moseley Braun David Kirkpatrick
Mike Berkshire Rob Lederer Joyce Coffee
Michael Berkshire Rob Lederer Joyce Coffee
  Roger Post  
  Roger Post  

 

 

Past Speakers


Bianca Alexander
Exec. Prod./Host, Conscious Living TV

Raphael Bemporad
Principal/Co-founder, BBMG

Michael Berkshire
Green Projects Administrator
Department of Planning and Development

Phil Baugh
Baum Realty Group/Green Exchange

Joyce Coffee
LEED AP
Director of Policy and Research
Chicago’s Department of Environment

Hon. Richard M. Daley
Mayor, City of Chicago (invited)

Connie Evans

President/CEO, CSolutions Consulting

Erin Ford
Farmer Renewables & Energy Program Manager, Organic Valley

Jason Graham-Nye
Cofounder/CEO, gDiapers

Jeffrey P. Harvey
President/CEO, Burgerville, Inc.

Xavier Hegelsen
Cofounder/COO, BetterWorld Books

David Kirkpatrick
Managing Director/Co-founder, SJF Ventures

Rob Lederer
Founder, Management Resources

Mickey Lee
Project Manager, The Carbon Concierge

David Lubensky
President, Bagatto, Inc.

Katie McClain
Chicago City Director
Clinton Climate Initiative

Suzanne Malec-McKenna
Commissioner of the Environment,
City of Chicago

Carol Moseley Braun
Founder/CEO, Ambassador Organics

Brenda M. Palms Barber
Founder/COO, Sweet Beginnings

Roger Post
Vice President & General Manager
Christy Webber Landscaping

Sharon Rowe
Founder, EcoBags

Ella Silverman
Trust Provider Coordinator, Project Good/eBay

Sara Snow
TV Host, Discovery Health Channel

Bryan Welch
Publisher/Editorial Director,
Ogden Publications, Inc.

 

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