UMaine Holding Public Business and Sustainability Workshop April 29

Contact: Terry Porter, 581-1990; George Manlove, 581-3756

ORONO — The Maine Business School and UMaine Campus Sustainability Alliance are teaming up for a half-day public workshop starting at 8 a.m. on April 29 at the Foster Student Innovation Center to explore “greening” and sustainability in business and the emerging green job market.

Workshop co-organizer Terry Porter, assistant professor of management in the College of Business, Public Policy and Health, says the panel and discussion to follow individual presentations will be of particular interest to students considering the job market in Maine and elsewhere.

Speakers will share their experiences and insights into what’s ahead, “sort of a business and sustainability state of the state update” on how business and the job market are changing to accommodate environmentally sustainable policies and practices, she says.

Coffee and pastries will be served from 8-8:30 a.m., followed by a presentations and a question and answer session until 10 a.m. Panelists include Jen Richards and Frank Brooks from WBRC Architects in Bangor, designers of the new UMaine Student Recreation and Fitness Center, and other green buildings, and Jon Sorenson of Green Energy Solutions in Portland.

At 10 a.m., those who wish to will walk to the former dairy store behind Hitchner Hall to participate in a service-learning activity: spending an hour or two helping students and others with the conversion of the building to a new on-campus thrift store.

The event is free. For further information, Porter can be reached at 581-1990.