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Sign Up for RPN Webinar on Bottled Water Alternatives for Universities

RPN will host a Bottled Water Alternatives for Universities webinar on October 29 to herald a new university edition of the Responsible Purchasing Guide for Bottled Water Alternatives.  More

Join RPN at Massachusetts EPP Fair

RPN staff will be hosting a Green Electronics Workshop at the Massachusetts EPP Fair in Worcester, MA on October 27, covering best practices, standards, useful reporting tools and more.  More

RPN Lends Hand to AASHE's New Online Forum

RPN will serve as a forum supporter to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's new online discussion forum for colleges and universities wishing to share ideas and ask sustainability questions.  More

Buying Environmentally Preferable Paper: Is it Worth the Investment?

Read RPN's Phillip Kobernick's article in Corporate United Quarterly on how your business can buy greener paper and still lower costs.  More

Director's Corner: Executive Order Promotes Federal Green Purchasing

We could be forgiven for thinking the following text was extracted from an RPN rather than a White House press release: "[I]ncrease energy efficiency; reduce fleet petroleum consumption; conserve water; reduce waste; support sustainable communities; and leverage... purchasing power to promote environmentally-responsible products and technologies."  More

Carbonfund.org Presents 2 Free Webinars on CarbonFree Business and Certification Program

Learn from Carbonfund.org how your business may reduce what it can and offset what it can't.  More

NERC's Fall Conference on Capturing the Energy of Recycling

RPN member, the Northeast Reycycling Council (NERC) will hold its fall conference October 27-28. This year's theme is the union between recycling and energy conservation.  More

NEC Projectors Receive TCO Certification

NEC Display Solutions is the world's first manufacturer to receive a TCO certificate for projectors. TCO Certified is a new RPN Member working to certify IT and office equipment products for usability and environmental stewardship.  More