[P2assist] Expo Showcases State Government Environmental Efforts

[Diana Kees]

Join 16 state agencies and the consolidated state universities in a
four-hour festival showcasing environmental sustainability in state
government scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., on
the Halifax Mall (between the Legislature and Archdale Building)in
downtown Raleigh  The N.C. Green 2001 Expo will feature presentations by
Cabinet, Council of State, legislative leaders and the military,
including: Rep. Joe Tolson, District 71; Sen. Howard Lee, District 16;
Superintendent Mike Ward, Department of Public Instruction; Commissioner
Meg Scott Phipps, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
Secretary William G. Ross Jr., Department of Environment and Natural
Resources; Secretary Gwynn Swinson, Department of Administration; and Col.
Addison D. Tad Davis IV, Garrison Commander at Fort Bragg.

More than 60 hands-on exhibits (from state agencies, universities and
emerging technology providers) of environmental stewardship, efficiency
and cost-saving projects will be highlighted during this event.  These
displays will cover a wide range of topics including energy and water
efficiency, environmentally preferable purchasing, "green" buildings,
composting, recycling, pollution prevention and sustainable land
management. A ride-and-drive area for individual demonstrations of Motor
Fleets alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) will be available.  More than 30
Wake County elementary school children will be present with environmental
exhibits and also to act as the events recycling and compost monitors.

Midday refreshments will be accompanied by a special concert featuring the
Minutemen of the N.C. Army National Guard.

N.C. Project Green, an interagency association chartered in 1998 to
encourage environmental sustainability in government, sponsors N.C. Green
2001. The event is open to the public. In the spirit of environmental
sustainability, visitors are asked to use the park-and-ride facility at
the former Polk Youth Center property on Blue Ridge Road, just off Wade
Avenue, which will operate continuously from 9 a.m. 
3 p.m. on the day of the event.

CONTACT: Diana Kees at (919) 715-6515 or diana.kees@ncmail.net
For more information and a complete list of exhibits, visit
http://www.sustainablenc.org/main/2001/event.htm.


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Diana Kees
Public Information Officer
N.C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
Div. of Pollution Prevention and Environmental
  Assistance
1639 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1639
(919) 715-6515/6500
diana.kees@ncmail.net 
www.p2pays.org