We invite you to join us for an unusual look at the future of tourism!  And a very special opportunity to take a Zero Waste Training (Sat May 4)
abundant details below...
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Special thanks to our event sponsor, the Canary Hotel in downtown Santa Barbara
part of the Kimpton Hotel & Restaurants, pioneers in Sustainability since 1981.

Tourism is the largest industry in the world, and cities by far the largest creation of humanity.  In a world with less resources and more people, how can we use human ingenuity to design a future in balance with nature?  Luckily many have begun.

  Please join us as our keynote speaker Mark McGuffie shares inspiring and concrete examples of innovations from around the world, with his unique insights as the convener for The World Congress on Zero Emissions Initiatives - Launching "The Blue Economy” in 2010, where he hosted innovators & leaders in sustainability practices from places like Bhutan, the Canary Islands, Colombia, Japan, Sweden, and many others, while also sharing the ancient traditions and cultural values that his home of Hawai‘i demonstrates with the spirit of "Aloha".

 With his extensive experience and long history in the tourism and hotel industry, Mark McGuffie is uniquely qualified to speak
 about Sustainable Tourism for the 21st Century, please join us!

Of special note, a special opportunity to take a Zero Waste Training with Gary Liss of the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council as a part of the
 all day Saturday event on, May 4, see details below.

SBCC Center for Sustainability
 http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/

Contact, Margie Bushman, Program Coordinator
msbushman@sbcc.edu, (805)965-0581,ext 2177

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Friday Evening, May 3, Keynote speaker, Mark McGuffie, Managing Director of Enterprise Honolulu- O'ahu Economic Development Board, and convener of the The World Congress on Zero Emissions Initiatives - Launching "The Blue Economy”, in Honolulu in September 2010.

Saturday, May 4, an all day program that includes plenary talks in the morning with three speakers, followed by break out sessions in the afternoon. 

Our speakers include (see extensive bios at the end of this email): ***The afternoon break out sessions on Saturday includes an opportunity to take a Zero Waste certification training with Gary Liss, who has done trainings for community colleges, businesses and cities around the country, most recently Whole Foods.  Mark McGuffie & Caroline Dyal of the Canary Hotel, will meet with others who want to learn more about sustainability practices for tourism, and ask Mark more about Blue Economy innovations . 
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Please email to be placed on the reservation list for the Zero Waste Training with Gary Liss with Zero Waste Training on the Subject Line:
Margie Bushman, Center for Sustainability: msbushman@sbcc.edu.  Training Cost: $50 (includes the morning talks, must attend both for certification)  Space is limited.


Speaker Bios -

Mark McGuffie
http://www.enterprisehonolulu.com/

Mark McGuffie is Managing Director of Enterprise Honolulu, the O‘ahu Economic Development Board, a private non-profit organization established in 1988 which envisions a prosperous Hawai‘i. Practicing, sharing and living the values of Aloha and M lama, provides the insight and guiding light to care for Hawai‘i and its future. Much of his expertise is directed toward rethinking Environmental System Design - Blue Economy Innovations integrating Food and Clean Energy Initiatives, Sustainable Tourism and Community Leadership Development.
 
He was most recently the United States representative for the Program Committee of Congress at the World Conservation Congress for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) held in Jeju, South Korea in September 2012.

He was formerly the Executive Director of Hawai‘i Island Economic Development Board, Chair - Workforce Investment Board, Treasurer of Preferred Hotels and Resorts Worldwide including 104 independent luxury hotels and resorts in 52 countries and managed hotels several of them over the years, namely: the UN Plaza in New York City, Checkers Hotel in Los Angeles -“sister” to Campton Place, opened The Manele Bay on Lanai and managed the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows on the Kohala Coast, Hawai‘i. His extensive tourism background of nearly 35 years in luxury hotel and resort operations included assignments in the UK, France, Canada, Singapore, Caribbean and across the United States. He attended Cornell University for Professional Management Development.

"Today, Hawaii’s brightest minds are looking to combine the latest modern technology with traditional ways of managing the islands’ resources in order to live sustainably.  Enterprise Honolulu is a nonprofit organization that facilitates work on Hawaii’s infrastructure and planning issues in order to move the state towards energy independence and food self-sufficiency.  One of the goals of The World Congress on Zero Emissions Initiatives was to realize that it is possible to achieve abundance in our systems for human needs in the areas of energy, food, health, housing, transportation, waste, and water by using what we have. Today, systems in these areas are not fully integrated, they are often wasteful and designed in silos, rather than using an inclusive process. This is a time to come together with experts and people from around the world interested in solutions to learn and share about innovations that are proven." Mark McGuffie speaking about The World Congress on Zero Emission Initiatives - Launching "The Blue Economy" conference 2010

GARY LISS
www.garyliss.co
US Zero Waste Business Council
 http://www.uszwbc.org/2013-national-conference/conference-registration-2013

Gary Liss is the President and Managing Director of Gary Liss & Associates.  Serving international municipal and private-sector clients, he has a history of bridging problems with solutions and creating environmental programs that have economic benefits. 

Gary Liss is the current President of the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council (USZWBC), which recently launched the first Zero Waste business certification program in the country, developing a third party certification system for businesses that meet the Zero Waste Principles of the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA).  The goal of businesses participating in the Zero Waste Certification program is to divert all end-use material from the landfill, incineration and the environment, while achieving a minimum of 90 percent diversion based on the standards set by the Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA).

He was the Executive Director of the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA), organizing workshops and their Annual Conferences, including the first Zero Waste Conference in the nation in 1997.   Under his leadership, CRRA adopted its Agenda for the New Millennium, which calls for Zero Waste as a new goal for resource and waste management.

Gary Liss has a Masters in Public Administration from Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey and a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering major) from Tufts University.  In 2005, Gary Liss went through extensive training in the Zero Emissions Research Initiatives (ZERI) and is a Certified ZERI System Designer.


Caroline Dyal:
General Manager Canary Hotel, Downtown Santa Barbara, CA (a Kimpton Hotel)

Kimpton Hotels are pioneers in sustainability practices with more than 25 years of experience of care for both the earth & its people with its flagship EarthCare environmental program.  Kimpton's first hotel, the Bedford in San Francisco, was one of the first to began looking after its waste in a sustainable manner in 1981.  The Hotel Triton, also a Kimpton hotel in San Francisco, set the bar for environmentally sustainable lodging with an "Eco Floor", and helped to write the California's Green Lodging Program standards in 1994.  www.kimptonhotels.com

Carolyn Dyal brings more than a decade of experience in hospitality management with her to Canary, working at a number of renowned boutique hotels, including Hotel Palomar in Los Angeles, Viceroy in Santa Monica, Chamberlain, West Hollywood, Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills, and most recently before coming to the Canary in Santa Barbara, Kimpton's Hotel La Jolla.
 
Dyal began her hospitality career in food and beverage and quickly progressed to managerial and training capacities at such prestigious establishments as the Palm Restaurant and Disney's Grand California Hotel.  Dyal holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from New York University.  


Living Machine®:
Living Machine® found in these building: El Monte Sagrado Resort, Taos, NM; Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA; San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA.
http://www.livingmachines.com/

Living Machine® Technology blends cutting-edge science and engineering with plants and beneficial bacteria to efficiently treat and reuse wastewater, providing lasting water solutions for communities everywhere.  Based on the principles of wetland ecology, our patented tidal process cleans water, making the Living Machine® the most energy-efficient system to meet high quality reuse standards.

At a glance, the Living Machine® system incorporates a series of wetland cells, or basins, filled with special gravel that promotes the development of micro-ecosystems. As water moves through the system, the cells are alternately flooded and drained to create multiple tidal cycles each day, much like we find in nature, resulting in high quality reusable water.

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Margie Bushman
Program Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability
 http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/
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