From today's Boston Globe:

Greenbuild International Conference opens in Hub

The trade show, which ends tomorrow, is sponsored by the nonprofit US Green
Building Council and highlights environmentally friendly businesses and
services.

"We maxed out the conference hall, and with how big the BCEC is that shows
something, and that is that people are getting it," said Kimberly Lewis, the
council's vice president of events.More than 800 companies are represented at
the show, she said.

Lewis said the Greenbuild conference began in Texas in 2002 with about 4,000
people attending. Last year's show in Chicago attracted more than 22,000.

A focus of the 2008 conference is social equity and encouraging everyone to
participate in the "green" movement, she said, no matter where they live or what
their income. In keeping with the equity theme, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South
Africa delivered the opening remarks. "We talk about buildings, buildings,
buildings, but at the end of the day, it's about the people in the buildings,"
Lewis said.

Yesterday, participants browsed displays featuring products that ranged from
solar-tube lighting systems to ecofriendly toilets. At the Waste Management Inc.
exhibit, Joe Laur demonstrated the networking website greenopolis.com. Laur likened the site, which is funded by Waste
Management, to "Facebook on green steroids."

Erin Ailworth can be reached at eailworth@globe.com.

© Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company.

Greenopolis was a big hit of the conference with hundreds of people stopping by to sign on to the site. One more sign that Boston is going green, and Greenopolis is playing a part! 

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