Richmond Green Drinks

Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Topic: Energy Recovery
5:30-7:30 pm
The Camel
1621 W Broad St   Richmond (map)

Upcoming Events
June 25th: One Planet Living: "How to Build Zero Energy/Zero Waste  
Communities That Use Only One Planet's Worth of Resources." See www.vsbn.org
  for more details.
July 17th: Eco.Office/Eco.House. Eco Office Luncheon and Exhibit  
Opening. Register for the lunch (12-2pm) at www.jrgbc.org/programs.  
RSVP for the Exhibit opening and Green Drinks (5:30-8:30) at Built  
Gallery in Oregon Hill at c...@aiaric.org. Also, pencil in the Eco  
House luncheon and exhibit (and Green Drinks) on September 18th.

*
Thanks again to all who came out last month, and especially to Blue  
Crump and the crew at Cityspace Construction. I got to chatting and  
all; after a few beers it was time to leave and didn't get a chance to  
publicly thank Cityspace. So we'll plug them again! Thank you, thank  
you, thank you, and thank you for the good work you all are doing here  
in Richmond.

*

This month's sponsor is  copeland casati media. Since 1999 they have  
been creating ethical branding, marketing, web site development and  
print advertising with a focus on community.  See what they can do for  
you at  www.copelandcasati.com. And be sure to thank Copeland and team  
at Green Drinks for their sponsorship.

*

Something New/Something Old

Not only is Copeland parting with some of her hard-earned cash but  
she's going to be helping out around the Green Drinks house to keep  
things in order. And then there's Carrie Williar, who will be helping  
to get more of you to part with a little spare change to keep our  
venue in-place and allow you to get the word out about what you're  
doing. Here's what we've been cooking up ...
To better enable our dynamic and diverse participants to interact and  
engage, we are slightly changing our email format and social program.

What’s new?  A lot, but not much. ; )
We remain committed to an informal, social, fun environment, but will  
introduce a 5 minute topic (and yes, we are timing it with a loud egg  
timer at which point the speaker is kicked unceremoniously off the  
stage!) for each meeting.  Feel free to submit your topics, news, and  
upcoming events, and we will share them with the group.  We hope that  
by presenting a topic, members can engage in conversation / debate if  
they like afterwards with each other & the speaker, or choose to  
blithely ignore the subject and instead head for the free food,  
courtesy of our very-appreciated sponsor!

Members will now receive two monthly emails:

1.  Ten days prior to the next Green Drinks, Email 1 will be sent to  
notify you of

The sponsor for the next event, including the sponsor’s logo and  
website. (to sponsor Green Drinks for the month contact Carrie Williar  
at car...@dramaticchanges.net)
The Date / Time / Place
Upcoming Events: Workshops, Open Houses, AIA Stuff… heck, invite us to  
your BBQ! (submitted by members – please email your events, no later  
than 2 weeks away, to Copeland Casati at copel...@GreenModernKits.com)
Upcoming Topic (submit your suggestions to Scott Kyle at sk...@fullscalearchitecture.com
)

2.   One week following the latest Green Drinks, Email 2 will update  
you on

The Previous Topic: Summary and relevant web links
Who was there? If you submit your card, we will include it in a pdf  
distributed with Email 2 so you can find your new friends, as well as  
see who you missed!
Photographs of the previous event
Upcoming Events for the next 2 weeks (that were not included in Email  
1) (submitted by members – please email your events to Copeland Casati atcopel...@GreenModernKits.com
)
Need Help? Got something fun? Tell the members!  We’ll include  
requests / calls to action / volunteers needed / fun non-Green Drinks  
nonprofit / community events here.
With this in mind, please consider this email your very first Email 1,  
although we've already broken the first rule about punctuality. : )

Our upcoming topic will be Energy Recovery.
Topic presentation will be strictly adhered to from 6:15- 6:20 p.m.
Got an opinion? A new cool find in this subject area? Well don’t be  
shy, share it! Feel free to send links to this subject to be included  
in the follow up Email 2 to Copeland Casati at copel...@GreenModernKits.com
.

*
What is Green Drinks? Every month people who work in building and  
environmental fields meet up for a beer at these informal sessions.  
It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for  
making new contacts. These events are very simple and unstructured,  
but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new  
ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity. Look for our website  
at the international organization - greendinks.org.