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November29:Reuse/Recycling <br /> EugenePublicLibrary,Bascom/TykesonRooms <br />December1:RenewableEnergy <br /> Location:McNuttRoom,EugeneCityHall <br />December5:GreenBuilding <br /> Location:McNuttRoom,EugeneCityHall <br />December13:PublicEducationandSustainability <br /> Location:LaneCommunityCollege,Boardroom-Building3-Room216 <br />February27:SustainableForestProducts <br /> Location:DowntownFireStation,13thandWillamette <br />ThissectiondescribesthesectorsandissuesfocusedonbytheSBIaswellastheirpotential <br />TripleBottomLineItalsoincludesavisionofwhatcouldbeachievedinthefutureas <br />wellasactionitemssuggestedbythecommunitytohelpachievethevision. <br />OneofthegoalsoftheSBIistoidentifymechanismstohelpanybusinessinanyindustry <br />understand,apply,andfromsustainablepractices.Asdemonstratedbytheexamples <br />intheprevioussections,ampleevidencesuggeststhatanybusinesscanfromtheuse <br />ofsustainablepracticesandmanycanbyproducingsustainablydesignedgoodsand <br />servicesthemselvesorbybecomingsuppliers,distributors,orretailoutletsforthosethatdo. <br />Consequently,oneoftheroundtablestheSBIheldwasonsustainabilityeducation,training, <br />andtechnicalassistanceforlocalbusinesses. <br />Sustainablepracticesandproductsareanewconceptformanyandtheapplicationof <br />sustainabilityprinciplesoftenrequiresnewwaysofthinking,newdesigns,andnewpractices. <br />Education,training,andtechnicalassistancearethereforevitaltohelplocalbusinesses <br />understandandimplementsustainabilitymeasures. <br />Theneedforsustainabilityeducation,training,andtechnicalassistanceinEugeneisgreat. <br />Currently,onlyafeweducationalinstitutions,consultingandpublicagencies <br />providesustainabilityeducation,trainingortechnicalassistance.However,theydonotofferthe <br />numberandtypeofofferingsatthescaleneededbylocalbusinesses. <br />AccordingtotheEugeneChamberofCommerce,theEugeneareahasover10,000businesses. <br />Itappearsthatonlyasmallnumberoftheseusesustainablepractices.Areabusinesses <br />consumeabout1,675,203,861kWhofenergyannuallyandin2002sent25,330tonsofwasteto <br />1 <br />theIn2000,theUSCensusBureaureportedthatnearly75,000oftheresidentsover <br />age16wereinthelocallaborforce.Approximately15%ofthepopulationlivedatorbelowthe <br /> <br />