{"id":35686,"date":"2010-09-09T14:59:54","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T19:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=35686"},"modified":"2010-09-11T08:05:13","modified_gmt":"2010-09-11T13:05:13","slug":"second-annual-sustainability-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=35686","title":{"rendered":"Second Annual Sustainability Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=35689\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35689\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2010\/09\/thumb_cityoftyler.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_cityoftyler\" width=\"99\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-35689\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTYLER &#8212; \u201cLiving Green: A Sustainability Symposium\u201d will be held at Harvey Convention Center on Saturday, Sept. 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Cost for the second annual symposium is $5 at the door; entrance is free to children under 12 and any student with an I.D. card.   The program is presented by the City of Tyler, Keep Tyler Beautiful, and the Texas Conservation Alliance.  Organizers say it will include presentations from experts on recycling, conservation, and sustainability issues; \u201cgreen\u201d vendor displays and exhibits; and food vendors.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis symposium is the perfect opportunity to learn more about ways that each and every one of us can make a contribution toward making our planet healthier,\u201d said Cheryl Roy, Keep Tyler Beautiful board member and Symposium chair.  \u201cThe symposium will cover a variety of subjects from recycling to green building to energy conservation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Presentations include:<br \/>\n\u00b7         \u201cWhat is Sustainability?\u201d by Jim Bundscho, Ben Wheeler Development;<br \/>\n\u00b7        \u201cRecycling Concrete\u201d by Hal Williams, Hal Williams Enterprises;<br \/>\n\u00b7        \u201cClean Living with Natural Gas\u201d by Claude Figueroa, CenterPoint Energy;<br \/>\n\u00b7        \u201cDoes Your Home Make You Sick?\u201d by John Vaselli, UT Tyler TxAire Project;<br \/>\n\u00b7        \u201cYou CAN Afford to Build Green!\u201d by Anwar Khalifa, Pyramid Homes;<br \/>\n\u00b7        \u201cLower Your Energy Bill Without Spending a Penny\u201d by John Stowe, StoneBridge Heating &#038; Air;<br \/>\n\u00b7        \u201cComposting Made Easy\u201d by Debbie Shafer, Keep Whitehouse Beautiful;<br \/>\n\u00b7        \u201cHow EarthKind Landscaping Can Save you Money\u201d by Mark Chamblee, Chamblee\u2019s Rose Nursery;<br \/>\n\u00b7        \u201cEvery Child Should\u201d by Alan Byboth, Camp Tyler Foundation;<br \/>\n\u00b7        \u201cWhere Does My Trash Go?\u201d by Kristi Boyett, City of Tyler;<br \/>\n\u00b7        \u201cTree City USA\u201d by Stephanie Rollings, City of Tyler; and,<br \/>\n\u00b7        \u201cTrash to Treasure\u201d by Jim Wooldridge, Habitat ReStore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unique thing about this symposium is that you will find ideas, products and companies from right here in East Texas,\u201d Ms. Roy continued. \u201cWe want to provide a one-stop shop for people to find out how to live green.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; \u201cLiving Green: A Sustainability Symposium\u201d will be held at Harvey Convention Center on Saturday, Sept. 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost for the second annual symposium is $5 at the door; entrance is free to children under 12 and any student with an I.D. card. The program is presented by the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=35686\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Second Annual Sustainability Symposium<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 16:44:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35686"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36155,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35686\/revisions\/36155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}