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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>To add an
event to the calendar email <a href="mailto:calendar@sustainbleokc.org">calendar@sustainbleokc.org</a>.
Please add this email address to your group email distribution lists and share
this info with others. We want to make the calendar a robust resource for central
Oklahoma citizens. Many thanks! – Shauna <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"></span><![endif]><u><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>For
Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>Media
Contact: Lindsay Vidrine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>lvidrine@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>405-802-5572<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoTitleCxSpLast align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:
.0001pt;text-align:center;border:none;padding:0in'><i><span style='font-size:
18.0pt'>Looking for a green happening?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<h1 align=center style='margin-top:0in;text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>Get in the know by visiting
OKC’s online <a href="http://www.sustainableokc.org/calendar/month.php">Sustainable
Community Calendar</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>(Oklahoma
City) Feb. 18, 2009 - The momentum for sustainability is growing strong in
Oklahoma. From gardening workshops and green festivals to public hearings to
discussions about everything from energy conservation to coal-fired plants and
nuclear energy – the number of environmentally related events in central
Oklahoma is burgeoning, but finding out about such events isn’t always
easy. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>In
an effort to help people connect with Oklahoma’s green network,
Sustainable OKC created an online Sustainable Community Calendar. The goal: To
provide central Oklahoma with quick and efficient access to a compilation of
green meetings, workshops, conferences, events and happenings hosted by a wide
range of non-profits, businesses, educational and government organizations. </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>“The
depth and breadth of informative, educational, and networking opportunities
related to making our city and region more sustainable is amazing. From Norman
to Stillwater, from El Reno to Midwest City and all points in between, our
colleges and universities, local sustainability chapters, government organizations,
citizen groups and many non-profits are offering a wealth of events and
projects,” said Shauna Struby, president, Sustainable OKC.
“Providing aggregated information like this in the form of an online
calendar gives our community a means of accessing that information quickly and
efficiently.”</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>To
access the calendar, which offers viewers monthly and daily views along with
detailed information for individual events, just point your mouse to <a
href="http://www.sustainableokc.org">www.sustainableokc.org</a> and click on
“calendar.” </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>The
public is invited to post information on an event, meeting or happening to the
calendar by emailing details to <a href="mailto:calendar@sustainbleokc.org">calendar@sustainbleokc.org</a>.
</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>“We
owe a big thank you to OKC-resident and Sustainable OKC volunteer, Jill
Urie-Lanman, for keeping this calendar up-to-date with the latest sustainable
events,” said Struby. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.5in;line-height:115%'><i><span
style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>The mission of <a
href="http://www.sustainableokc.org/">Sustainable OKC</a> is to promote
community sustainability by facilitating grassroots action, fostering awareness
of sustainability, and serving as an informational and <br>
networking resource in the Oklahoma City area. Sustainable OKC is a
501(c)3 non-profit and a local chapter of the statewide <a
href="http://www.oksustainability.org/">Oklahoma Sustainability Network</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
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