Opportunity Green – the largest multidisciplinary sustainability business conference in the US – will be kicking off THIS WEEK running from November 10-11 at the Los Angeles Center Studios, and we’re thrilled to offer Inhabitat readers a 30% discount off ticket prices! Eco designer extraordinaire Yves Behar will be keynoting the opening day with a talk about “redefining design”, Entourage fans will have the opportunity to see Adrian Grenier on the big stage along with Peter Glatzer as they receive the Eco-Maverick Award for co-founding SHFT.com, and we’re looking forward to listening to Hannah Jones, Vice President of Sustainable Business and Innovation from Nike. The conference will also offer USGBC and AIA members the opportunity to earn education credits. So come join over 1,000 industry leaders and professionals in the sustainability field as they discuss their accomplishments, their struggles, and the inspiration they have gleaned from the past year – and make sure to enter the code INH30 to receive a 30% discount off registration fees!

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Heads up San Francisco Inhabitants! West Coast Green kicks off tomorrow, and Inhabitat will be live on the scene at Fort Mason to bring you all of the fresh green designs on display! Taking place from October 1-3 at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center, this year’s program promises another star-studded lineup of speakers, an inspiring series of panels and summits, and a cutting-edge exhibition of green building technologies that stand to shape the future of our built environment. In case you haven’t bought your tickets yet, Inhabitat readers get a special 20% discount off ticket price, and if you buy a full conference pass you’ll also receive an extra pass to bring a friend to this year’s After Party at the Academy of Sciences, so register today!

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Heads up green designers, entrepreneurs, and forward thinkers from all disciplines! This weekend sustainability luminaries from around the world are convening in in Providence, Rhode Island for A Better World by Design, a conference demonstrating how design, technology, and enterprise can be focused towards reshaping our communities and sustaining our environment. The event takes place at the campuses of Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design from Friday October 2nd – Sunday, October 4th.

We’re looking forward to talks by sustainability-focused architect Stefan Behnisch of Behnisch Architekten and Emily Pilloton of Project H Design, a live One Hour Design Challenge hosted by our friends at Core77, and the kickoff of Project M‘s (blank)LAB tour. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity – check out the conference schedule for a full list of events and register today!

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Heads up all readers in the San Francisco Bay Area! West Coast Green is just one week away, and we’re giving away free tradeshow floor passes to 20 lucky readers! These passes are your gateway to over 280 exhibitors and 12 demo sessions showcasing the greatest green building developments around, and they’re good for all 3 days of the event. All you have to do to win is:

1. Sign up for the Inhabitat newsletter

2. Leave a comment below with your full name telling us why you’d like to go!

The first 20 responses win a tradeshow pass, so get cracking!

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Heads up all Bay Area green building buffs – West Coast Green 2009 is just two week’s away, and tickets are selling fast! Taking place from October 1-3 at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center, this year’s program promises another star-studded lineup of speakers, an inspiring series of panels and summits, and a cutting-edge exhibition of green building technologies that stand to shape the future of our built environment. Team Inhabitat SF will be on the scene to bring you all the latest from the show, and we’re thrilled to offer Inhabitat readers a special 20% discount off ticket prices, so register today!

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Dwell on Design is back in Los Angeles this month, showcasing an incredible array of modern design from June 26-28. Now in its sophomore year at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the three-day design festival brings together the best and brightest from the design industry to offer visitors “real live modern design” in the form of an expansive exhibition, design conference, home tours and special events. For fans of all things sustainable, we’ve scoured the schedule to find the show’s green highlights. It looks like there will be a lot to check out, and there are of course a few familiar Inhabitat faces in the line up.

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In the midst of the current global economic crisis, many businesses stand to lose sight of sustainability goals as they focus upon the meeting the bottom line and keeping their staff in employment. However there has never been a more critical time for environmental policy, and the Guardian Climate Change Summit 2009 is a rallying call for businesses to move from environmental awareness to action in these tough economic times. Taking place in on June 15th at London’s Hotel Russell, the conference aims to inspire more businesses to prioritize the environment by showing that meeting the bottom line financially and keeping climate change high on the agenda are far from incompatible.

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