January 2020
Health and Wellness Series – Advancements in Prostate Screenings
Advancements in Prostate Screening - January 20, 2020 Dr. Sanjeev Kaul will cover the topic of prostate cancer, including offering screening recommendations. This important presentation will feature an overview of PSA screenings and the advanced, new MRI/Ultrasound Fusion Biopsy of the prostate, which is now available at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland. 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM - Attendee Arrival & Networking 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM - Presentation and Q&A This series is free to attend but as seating is…
Find out more »Plant-Based Winter Meals with Soups and Stews
Sample and learn delicious, whole food plant-based, budget-friendly soups & stews. See new recipes from the PBNSG Perfectly-Plant Based cookbook. Join PBNSG Directors of Culinary Education in this all new cooking class for 2020. You will learn to create deliciously easy and satisfying frigid weather meals that are also easy on the budget! Perfect class for Veganuary and New Year resolutions! Sample SMOKY WHITE BEAN AND POTATO STEW and CREAM OF BROCCOLI SPINACH SOUP. Lots more too, including a few…
Find out more »Veridian at County Farm: Accelerating the Transformation to a World of Living Communities – Free CE Webinar
Veridian at County Farm is nestled on County Farm Park with 130 acres of woods, trillium-lined trails, gardens and playgrounds. It is targeted to be one of the nation’s first mixed-income net zero energy communities, and is creating one the nation’s first Living Community Challenge Master Plans. It will be a 100% all-electric development, powered by solar with no gas lines or combustion appliances of any kind. Your front porch faces a greenway guiding you into miles of wooded trails.…
Find out more »January Webinar: Re-imagining Building Codes – How to Green All Buildings
Join us for our 2020 monthly First Friday Webinar education series. Earn LEED specific CEU credits, along with some AIA LUs (when offered)! Our January 2020 online webinar will be on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 11:15 am CST / 12:15 pm EST. Login From your computer. Re-imagining Building Codes; 1.0 hour LEED specific for BD+C, O+M, the LEED Green Associate, and 1 AIA LU About: With major cities and states in the lead, more and more jurisdictions are placing…
Find out more »First Friday Webinar: Re-imagining Building Codes – How to Green All Buildings
With major cities and states in the lead, more and more jurisdictions are placing requirements in building codes that address issues beyond acute life-safety. Strategies that save energy, protect natural resources, provide better indoor air quality, and foster greater resilience are trickling into building codes. Despite this, the majority of building codes do not yet include proven, cost-effective, and beneficial green building measures that are suitable for application everywhere. Presenters in this session will explore the gaps in current building…
Find out more »Health and Wellness: Opioid Stewardship at The Birmingham Community House
FREE TO ATTEND! Health and Wellness presented by St. Joseph Mercy Oakland is an engaging and informative, 4-part series highlighting one of life’s most important gifts…good health. Educators are top of their field medical professionals, who will provide crucial insight on four prevalent health topics, as well as, provide an opportunity to have an open dialogue while answering important health related questions. Our Health and Wellness series eliminates the need for WebMD and allows for a comprehensive conversation regarding you…
Find out more »Your Body’s Environmental Chemical Burden – Free CE Webinar
Environmentally friendly. Sustainable. Green. Eco-friendly. All incredibly important concepts garnering awareness in both the building industry and with the general public. However, where more education needs to occur is on the seriousness of the effects that environmental chemicals have on our health. In the U.S. alone it is estimated that 13% of disease is attributed to the environment and yet exposure to chemicals is rarely mentioned in initiatives to combat chronic disease. The toxicants we are being exposed to on…
Find out more »February 2020
District 7 Quarterly Meetings
Adams / Butzel Center
Find out more »The Bates Street Society Dinner at The Community House
The Bates Street Society was created in 2015 to recognize donors who make significant charitable contributions to support the work and mission of The Community House in Birmingham. Members are acknowledged annually at The Bates Street Society Dinner, a black-tie event hosted by The Community House Association and Foundation Boards of Directors. The Bates Street Society Dinner also recognizes The Community House’s annual Pillars of Vibrancy: Business, Education, Culture, Wellness and Philanthropy.
Find out more »The Midwest is ZNE Ready – Free CE Webinar
To date, Consumers Energy has decommissioned seven of its coal-fired power plants and has pledged to no coal, 90% carbon reduction, and 56% electric capacity from renewable energy by 2040. Consumers Energy also plans to double their energy efficiency portfolio therefore taking even more load off the grid allowing for those carbon-based plant retirements. There is a strong call to action, and strong incentives for customers to follow suit by delivering deep energy savings. For the past three years, DNV…
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