The SBC lecture series runs from September to May, every other month.

Sustainability Shot Series is a 4 event series designed to provide attendees with a concentrated shot of information to energize their efforts to become more sustainable businesses or consumers. 

2009/2010
Thursday, September 17 – The Buzz about Bees and Sustainability with Bee Whisperer Scott Debnam in the 3rd Floor Community Room of the MCT Center for the Performing Arts (i.e. the Missoula Children’s Theater Building), with the social beginning at 6:00 pm and the presentation at 6:45pm.  Free and open to the public.  No RSVP required.

Tuesday, November 17 – Joint Event with the World Affairs Council: Understanding Cap and Trade Panel Discussion to be held in the UM Ballroom (3rd Floor in the University Center), exact time to be announced.  Free and open to the public.

Thursday, January 21 – Blackfoot Telecommunications Site Visit and Utility Panel Discussion at Blackfoot Telecommunications, 1221 North Russell St, with the social beginning at 5:30 pm and the panel discussion beginning at 6:00 pm. Free and open to the public. RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it requested, but not mandatory.

Thursday, March 11 – Measure Up Missoula: The Case for Municipal Sustainability
Local, innovative solutions to our community’s impact on global climate change,
5:30 social and 6:00 presentation. Speaker Robin Saha will be discussing Missoula's municipal Greenhouse Gas Inventory. Free and open to the public.
Where: Office Solutions and Services
1029 North Avenue West, Missoula MT
Refreshments provided!
Missoula is one of 1,000 U.S cities that have signed on to the U.S Conference of Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement.

April 27 lecture - The Sustainable Business Council and the UM School of Business will be co-hosting a lecture on Business and Sustaianble Development with Andrew Mangan.  Andrew Mangan is co-founder and executive director of the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development, the leading national business organization in creating cross-industry and public-private relationships to solve environmental and social challenges while improving its members’ bottom line. The Business Council provides the opportunity to participate in authentic sustainability projects with industry, government and other key stakeholders that might not otherwise have the chance to collaborate and network.  

Thursday, May 20 – 2009-10 Sustainable Sustainability Awards and Panel Discussion, location and time to be announced. 

2008/2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009 – Year End Celebration, Sustainability Awards and Award Winners' Panel

Thursday, March 19, 2009 – Perspectives on Sustainable Community: A Mayoral Forum

Thursday, January 15, 2009 - Scooter-nomics: Some Trends in Transportation

Thursday, November 20, 2008 – Small Business Health Care Panel Discussion

Friday, October 3, 2009 – Workshop – Sustainable Venturing: Discovering and Exploiting Business Opportunities in the Pursuit of Profit and Sustainability

Thursday, October 2, 2008 – 6th Annual SBC Lecture Series Kick-Off – Sustainable Venturing: Solving Environmental Problems with Entrepreneurial Business Solutions

Here are some of our past presentations.

2007/2008

Thursday, May 15 – SBC Sustainability Lecture and Year End Celebration, Socially Responsible Investing with Susan Estep of the Rocky Mountain Group of Merrill Lynch

Thursday, March 20 – SBC Sustainability Lecture, A Case Study in Residential Green Building Practices with Terre Meinershagen of Rocking M Design

Thursday, January 17 – SBC Sustainability Lecture on The Faces of Homelessness in Missoula with Jane Guest and Rebecca Stancil of the At Risk Housing Coalition

Thursday, November 15 – SBC Sustainability Lecture entitled “How to Motivate Individuals and Groups with Different Value Systems to Choose Environmentally Sustainable Products and Practices” with Kevin Dohr, Ph.D.
 

Thursday, September 13 – SBC Member Meeting and Lecture on Buying Local with Jeff Milchen, Cofounder of the American Independent Business Alliance.

2006/2007

Thursday, May 17 - Case Studies in Sustainable Community Design, Don McArthur of McArthur, Means & Wells

Thursday, March 15 - Sustainable Transportation and Light Rail for Missoula, Andy Sponseller, Ten Spoons Winery

Thursday, January 18 - Wind Power for Missoula, Brian Kerns, University of Montana

Thursday, November 16 - The Local Sustainable Agriculture Scene, Helen Atthowe, Western Montana Sustainable Growers’ Union

Thursday, September 21 - Local Living Ecconomies, with a how-to-workshop, Michelle Long, Sustainable Connections 

2005/2006

Thursday, May 11 - Marketing Sustainable Products, Peter Stark, North Slope Sustainable Woods

Thursday, March 9 - Sustainable Transportation, Melissa Gordon, Missoula in Motion, and Bob Giordano, MIST

Thursday, January 12 - What's New in Green Building?, Kelly Karmel, Design Balance

Thursday, November 10 - The Bio-Economy, Paul Miller, Sustainable Systems 

September - The UM Farm to College Program and Grow Montana: Promoting Local Food Systems and Economic Development, Mark LoParco, Director of UM Dining Services, and Crissie McMullan, Grow Montana Project Coordinator

2004/2005

May 19 - "Recycling in Missoula" by Tom Ernst of Missoula Valley Recycling and location to be announced
 

March date to be announced - Recycling and Building with Used Building Materials by Matt Hisel of Home Resource to be held in MCAT's meeting room, 500 North Higgins.

January 20 - "Solar Power on Your Roof" by Lee Tavener, Solar Plexus, to be held in MCAT's meeting room, 500 North Higgins.
 

November 18 - "The Sustainable Consumer," Beth Sullivan and Kathey Rebich of the Patagonia Outlet in Dillion, to be held in MCAT's meeting room, 500 North Higgins.

September 23 - "The Village Live: Urban Space Renewal Through Citizen Led Activities" by Mark Lakeman of Portland's City Repair Project, to be held in Missoula Public Library's Large Conference Room.

2003/2004

May 6 - Waste Management, Denise DeLuca, Emergent Solutions

March 16 - Taking the High Road: Sustainability for our Workers, Mark Anderlick, Blue Green Coalition

January 29 - The Montana Hydrogen Economy, Paul Williamson, COT

November 13 - Energy for the next century, did Edison get it right?, Dale Horton, NCAT

September 4 - Analyzing the Market Opportunities for Sustainable Business Ventures, Rick Wishcamper, UM School of Business

2002/2003

Post Cowboy Economics: Implications for Local Businesses,  Tom Powers of the UM Department of Economics

Building a Sustainable Society,  Steve Loken of Loken Builders

Panel Discussion on Sustainable Communications including Jeff Smith of Westridge Creative, Deborah Richie Oberbillig of Deborah Richie Communications and ?

Socially Responsible Investing Basics, Evelyn Widhalm

Mission Mountain Market: An Example of Sustainable Economic Development, Jean Duncan of AERO

Sustainable Office Product Purchasing,  Erich Delger of Treecycle

Measuring and Monitoring Your Businesses Triple Bottom Line,  Susan Anderson of BalanceTech

Panel Discussion on Sustainability and Buying Local with Jeff Mascornick, Chuck Irestone, Denise DeLuca, and Susan Anderson