Green Business Expo

Submitted by tandreas on Wed, 2005-11-02 15:47.


Day:Saturday and Sunday
Location:Lawrence Hall Room 279
Time:9:00 am - 3:00 pm

A showcase of local businesses and non-profit organizations promoting viable environmental and socially responsive businesses and community practices. Join us both Saturday and Sunday on the first and second floor of Lawrence Hall.


This exciting event is organized by the Sustainable Business Group! The Sustainable Business Group is a student-run club at the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business. SBG was established in 2001, as an extension of the Sustainable Business Symposium (now called Sustainable Advantage). SBG was established to raise awareness of sustainability issues continually throughout the year as opposed to a solely annual event. Student interest in sustainability issues became apparent during the annual event. In addition to interest, students expressed a desire to become more actively involved in topics of sustainability throughout the academic year. SBG strives to satisfy the desires of those students.



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Some Participating Businesses:

Forest Cleaning Inc. was established in 1995 and is a full service facility maintenance company based in Portland, Oregon. Their goal is to simply save you money with sacrificing service or quality. They offer a complete sustainable cleaning system that encompasses all of your cleaning needs under one umbrella. In fact, their products, equipment, and services exceed the Green Seal specifications with the addition of the Johnson Diversey Healthy High Performance System.


JW Merc has been bring northwest based and locally made/hard-to-find snacks, snack bars, art, crafts, and music to fairs, festivals, and farmer's markets since 2004. They are now a member of Portland's Sustainable Business Network which is a green-minded association of local products and services.


The Natural Burial Company is a Portland company which sources and distributes biodegradable burial containers (caskets, urns, and shrouds) suitable for natural burials. The products they choose are made by responsible companies who want to supply environmentally friendly options int he U.S. Their wide ranging products include: recycled paper Ecopods, Seagrass and Bamboo Coffins, finely carved Fair Trade urns from salvaged wood, and the Everybody Coffin.


The Entreprenurship Club's Controllable Flush committee is selling these innovative home products. The Controllable Flush allows home users to decide how much water is used when the flush. Much like the toilet controllers in airports less water is used when the handle is pulled up and more water is used when the handle is pushed down. This is a great new product that helps home users save money on their water bills and helps save clean water.