Speakers to Discuss How Businesses Can 'Go Green'

State businesses and organizations will have the opportunity to learn about "going green," how to improve their environmental performance and reduce the size of their environmental footprint by attending upcoming Environmental Management System workshops sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable.

There will be three, two-day workshops in two different locations. Each will be directed and instructed by Adolfson and Jeffrey Burke, Executive Director of the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, both of whom are certified EMS Lead Auditors. The EMS workshops also will include guest presenters from West Virginia industries that are going green and have also adopted EMS concepts and principles as their guide. The representatives will share their EMS experiences and case studies to better educate workshop participants.

Three identical two-day EMS workshops are being offered as follows:

July 8-9, 2008 (Registration Deadline: June 18, 2008) Charleston, West Virginia
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Headquarters601 57th Street, South EastCharleston, WV 25304(304) 926-0440

July 10-11, 2008 (Registration Deadline: June 18, 2008)Charleston, West Virginia

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Headquarters601 57th Street, South EastCharleston, WV 25304(304) 926-0440

September 9-10, 2008 (Registration Deadline: August 20, 2008)Martinsburg, West Virginia

Holiday Inn301 Foxcroft AvenueMartinsburg, WV 25401(304) 267-5500
To register, go to: www.wvdep.org/registration.

For more information about the EMS workshops or registration, contact Adolfson at (304) 926-0499, Ext. 1332 or gadolfson@wvdep.org.