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Wearing the Green Crown The third-annual Green California Schools Summit in Pasadena, Calif., brought sustainability to a new generation of people. BY ILONA KAUREMSZKY WILLA SHEPPARD KNOWS FIRST HAND ABOUT GREENING AN EVENT. Her con- + What’s New in Pasadena The much-anticipated expansion of the Pasadena Convention Center is now complete. It nearly doubles the original space, providing a total of 108,000 square feet of meeting space that includes 55,000 square feet of exhibit space, 29 breakout rooms, a 25,000-square-foot ballroom as well as the 3,000-seat Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The Huntington Spa at The Langham reopened in April with a state-of-the-art ﬁtness center, a couple’s treatment room as well as a traditional Chinese medicine called Chuan Body + Soul and an array of treatments. Home of the famous “Blue Boy” painting by Thomas Gainsborough, the Huntington Library, which is a 97-year-old Beaux-Arts mansion, has reopened after a two-year, US$20 million renovation. ference—the third annual Green California Schools Summit & Expo—created by nonproﬁt Green Technology focused on “Bringing Sustainability to a New Generation.” When conference organizers came to selecting a city to play host to the nation’s largest green public schools event, they looked no further than two miles from their own Pasadena, Calif., headquarters. Considered the Rose Bowl City, Pasadena is thriving on the alternative energy front. And as one of America’s most progressive cities, this Southern California sun destination has woven sustainability into its municipal fabric. One of the few cities in the nation to implement a Green City Action Plan, even the city hall—which recently reopened after a three-year renovation—is now LEED Gold certiﬁed. A repeat client for Pasadena, Green Technology had the perfect opportunity to exhibit in Pasadena’s newly refurbished convention center, which itself was the beneﬁciary of the green movement. There is a host of onsite sustainable initiatives, from energy-efﬁcient lighting to an ultra-efﬁcient HVAC system to ample daylight to low-ﬂush toilets. “So this was an opportunity for them to bring this program back home,” said Monica Smith, CMP, CASE, director of sales and client services with the Pasadena CVB. For three days last December, 2,200 educators from around the state including school board members, administrators, facility GUY NOFFSINGER FOR GREEN TECHNOLOGY (2) 64 one+ 07.10

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of One + - July 2010

One+ - July 2010
In It Together
Contents
The Energy of Many
Impressions
Overheard
Agenda
Top Spots
Focus On
SoundOff
Hot Buzz
Art of Travel
Your Community
Making a Difference
Connections
Irrelevant
Refresh Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
Who Owns Social, Anyway?/Embrace the Changing Pace
Penalty for Posting Event Videos Online
Improving Your Meeting Performance
Want to Kill Your Chances at Getting a Job?
A Natural Fit
Wearing the Green Crown
Off the Beaten Path
Cracking the Code
Clear Your Mindspace
There Is No Try
Grassroots Giving
Recognizing Market Transformation
Meet Where?

One + - July 2010