[ February 29, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] San Antonio February Networking Event hosted by Corona Visions
Wednesday, February 29th   6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Venue/Host: Corona Visions
1907 Shipman Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78219
FREE Admission
Please RSVP to: rsvpsa@texasgreennetwork.org

Join the San Antonio Chapter of the Texas Green Network (www.texasgreennetwork.org) on February 29 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at our first San Antonio event of 2012. Owner [...]

[ January 31, 2012; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Our January, 2012 networking event at Austin Energy featured a conversation on the challenging subject of employee benefits for green business that covered health care, vactation/sick time, transporation and more.

What does a “normal” company benefits package look like?
What inspires, motivates and retains great people?
What are some ‘out of the box’ benefits small business can [...]

[ December 15, 2011; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Join us at the beautiful Barr Mansion for an evening of green holiday cheer with friends from some of Central Texas finest hard-working environmental organizations. Live music, food and beverages included with your ticket. Our organizations come together again to celebrate the holidays, bring our groups closer together, network and prepare for a unified and productive 2012.

In November, 2011, our Austin event was hosted by UT Austin’s Combined Heat & Power Plant.  We went out in 3 tour groups of 25 people each for an interesting tour of this highly efficient and award winning plant. 
Juan Ontiveros, Executive Director of the campus power plant gave us an overview and explained some of the [...]

For November, 2011 our San Antonio Chapter joined forces with USGBC Balcones-Central Texas Chapter and “Build San Antonio Green” for a joint San Antonio green holiday and networking event.  The event was hosted by Luke where we enjoyed a nice atmosphere and delicious appetizers.
 

Our San Antonio event for September, 2011 featured a presentation from the UTSA Institute for Economic Development’s Sustainable Business Program.  The presentation on “Sustainable Business in San Antonio’s Growing Green Economy” covered ways small businesses can take advantage of the program’s no-cost services which include:
• Understanding disaster resiliency
• Environmentally responsible purchasing
• Green product innovation and commercialization
• LEED certification
• Energy [...]

Our Austin event for October, 2011 was hosted by House and Earth, Austin’s environmentally friendly retail building supplies store.  The city’s new Office of Sustainability unveiled their new Green Business Leaders Program, a comprehensive action and recognition program for Austin businesses.  A wide range of local business owners and advocates gave great feedback. 
We did our TGN [...]

Our San Antonio chapter event for September 2011 was hosted by Lion and Rose British Restaurant and featured our Sink-in to Solar presentation by guest speaker, Lanny Sinkin of Solar San Antonio. Lanny Sinkin is the Executive Director of Solar San Antonio, an organization his father, Bill Sinkin, founder and Chairman, established eleven years ago. [...]

As of September, 2011, we have been in one of the worst droughts in Texas history.  Texas has been hot and dry.  So dry that water issues are some of the “hottest” we are facing right now. Our Austin September 2011 event was hosted by the Texas Music Museum with a panel discussion on coping with the [...]

In August, 2011, The Texas Green Network celebrated our 50th Event with a special evening at the Barr Mansion.
Kathie Tovo, Austin City Council Member, and Tom “Smitty” Smith, Texas Director of Public Citizen joined us as guest speakers.  Kathie gave and informative city update and Smitty gave an inspring speech, rallying around the efforts of [...]