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City of Tulsa teams up with National, Regional and Local Companies to promote sustainability and provide curriculum to Oklahoma schools

Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor and her staff have sent a strong educational message to Oklahoma school administrators, teachers and students. With the alliance of Global NES, Inc. Headquarters, Global NES-Oklahoma and Kaizen Renewable Energy (A Global NES Affiliate), the city of Tulsa recently embarked on a School Wind Program that is 100% funded by outside sources. Kaizen Renewable Energy CEO/owner,
Lisa Randolph, who was raised in Tulsa, introduced the program to the city of Tulsa to raise awareness and educate students on how utilizing renewable energy resources will positively impact their future world.

The School Wind Program is the brainchild of Global NES, Inc., an international renewable energy firm specializing in large scale projects for commercial applications, non-profits and municipalities. They are donating a wind turbine and curriculum to Hamilton Middle School under their local Oklahoma State Affiliate,
Global NES-Oklahoma. The donation is being awarded to Hamilton Middle School because of a winning essay written by student, Adriana Rodriguez. The winning essay, ‘Sustainable Energy: It’s Important to
Our Community’, was submitted for the Sustainable Energy Essay Contest held by Tulsa Public Schools and the City of Tulsa. The essay contest second and third place winners, respectively, are Ryan Bunch and Brienna Milleson from Thoreau Demonstration Academy; their school will receive a science project kit donated by Global NES, Inc.

Following the installation of the wind turbine, Tulsa Public Schools and the City of Tulsa will hold a renewable energy celebration on November 5, 2009 from 1:00PM-2:30PM at The Helmzar Facility located at 1006 N. Quaker, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74106. In attendance will be Beth Chenoweth and Lisa Witzel, owners of Global NES-Oklahoma, Lisa Randolph CEO/owner of Kaizen Renewable Energy (A Global NES Affiliate), and personnel from Global NES, Inc. Headquarters out of Denver.

October 29th, 2009 in Community, Energy, Wind Power |

Green Building Seminar

Greening the (918) Green Building Seminar

Greening the (918) is an interactive series of seminars designed to inspire organizations and individuals to take action and to lead the city to be one of the greenest cities in the nation. Each seminar will have a panel of experts and be moderated and graphically facilitated by Sean Griffin. The community will discuss what action steps Tulsa must take to overcome the challenges to become one of the greenest cities in the nation.

*Time: 5:30 to 7:30 .p.m.
Date: November 13, 2008*

*Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa,
11545 East 43rd Street *

Major cities in the United States and around the globe are moving toward building “green.” Find out what “green” means to Tulsa and Tulsa’s plans to be a green city. Panel members will include:

Rich Bass, COO of the Mill Creek Companies
Joel Kinsch, owner of Elite Services
Brandon Perkins, owner of Brandon Perkins Development
Shelby Navarro, owner of ONE Architecture
Paul Enix, City of Tulsa Senior Code Official

Presented by: Be Green Tulsa, Mayor Taylor’s Green Team

Sustainable Tulsa

Drumroll please…

Due to the long hours I spend designing websites and running a green hosting business I have asked Hannah Reichenberger to help get some updated, interesting, and cool green stuff posted on this blog. She is on the Oregon Coast where people are far more open and ‘green’ than those in Oklahoma… but hey, Oklahoma, if you’re listening, SPEAK UP!

I find it ironic that I live in ‘Green Country’ that is no joke, northeast OK has even got a radio station, called ‘Green Country’ KVOO but you see bumperstickers everywhere here that say, “The West wasn’t won on salad” (cattle farmers) and PETA (yes, I know they’re extreme, but STILL) stands for “People Eating Tasty Animals” and so on and so on…

Anyways, my youngest munchkin has finally jumped on the internet bandwagon and is venturing outside of (gasp) MySpace to speak out and get involved in her local community. I’m so proud!