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IGPN NEWSLETTER [Issue 6]
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?The IGPN Newsletter is a free email newsletter to keep you updated with? the latest development on Green Purchasing around the world.
If you find the IGPN Newsletter useful, please forward it and tell your? friends and colleagues to visit http://www.igpn.org/newsletter/index.html ?for free subscriptions.
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The 3rd International Conference on Green Purchasing in Suwon will be held on October 20th to 23rd, 2009 in Suwon, Korea.
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Following the 1st conference in Sendai, Japan in 2004 and the 2nd conference in Barcelona, Spain in 2006, the 3rd International Green Purchasing Conference in Suwon, Korea will offer the opportunity to interact and exchange information on Green Purchasing with leading experts from central governments, local authorities, international institutions and NGOs around the world.
The City of Suwon and the organising committee of the conference cordially invite you to Suwon, a city that provides sustainable livelihood to its 1.1 million citizens in the culturally rich environment, for this historic conference and the extraordinary hospitality.
http://icgpsuwon.org/icgp/e_index.php
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HEADLINES
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-San Francisco releases Green iPhone App
-OECD declares Green Growth Strategy
-The Story of Stuff translated into different languages
-APO announces Eco-Products International Fair 2010
-Bus Trips are the New Luxury
-Veggie Racecar Hits 130 M.P.H.
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JOIN IGPN!?
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Any individual and organization (both public and private) who wishes to? promote green purchasing activities and development of environmentally ?preferable products and services can apply for the membership.
Please click the following URL for further information on the membership? and application: http://www.igpn.org/registration/index.html
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San Francisco releases Green iPhone App
‘EcoFinder’ is the first iPhone application the city of San Francisco released. The application, created by Haku Wale and NexTive Solutions, helps the residents of the city locate where they should recycle and dispose of certain materials.
http://www.govtech.com/gt/697150?topic=290183
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OECD declares Green Growth Strategy
30 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development released the declaration that says, "the (economic) crisis should not be used as an excuse to postpone crucial decisions for the future of our planet."
http://tinyurl.com/lnu444
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The Story of Stuff translated into different languages
The Story of Stuff, a web-based documentary about a critical vision of the consumerist society has been visited by millions of people in over 224 countries and territories around the world.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/international/
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APO announces Eco-Products International Fair 2010
Eco-Products International Fair 2010 will be held in Jakarta Convention Center in Indonesia from March 4-7, 2010, the Asian Productivity Organization announced.
http://www.apo-tokyo.org/speceven/arc0042EPIF2010_pc.htm
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Bus Trips are the New Luxury
Bus companies such as like Greyhound Lines inc. have started offering wifi-equipped buses that have more leg room and that are cleanly kept for wealthier travelers.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124528126290225307.html
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Veggie Racecar Hits 130 M.P.H.
A racecar partly made of vegetable fiber, that can run on biofuel made with waste cocoa butter, has been created by the World First Racing of the University of Warwick.
http://tinyurl.com/muvbh7
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We hope you have enjoyed the IGPN Newsletter. We will be delivering more ?information on Green Purchasing including best-practices and know-how, purchasing guidelines, product information, research outcomes and the? latest trends from around the world. Please visit our web site? http://www.igpn.org/ regularly for the detailed information and the latest news.
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