KEY LARGO -- Responding to an increasing interest in sustainability by residents and businesses in the Keys, the nonprofit organization GLEE (Green Living and Energy Education) will launch a sustainability lecture series in the Upper Keys starting on February 4, 2009.

The six sustainability lectures will show Upper Keys residents and businesses how to improve their lives, cut their living and business costs and save the environment through efficiency, conservation, and renewable technology.

The free monthly lectures will be held in the Key Largo Public Library at 6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month and will run for one hour.  The February lecture, entitled 'Reduce Your Energy Bill Today," will be presented by Shawn Mulholland, Member Services Supervisor, and T.J. Patterson, Member Services Representative in Marathon, of the Florida Keys Electric Cooperative.

After the lecture and a question-and-answer session, free “green” door prizes will be given away to introduce lecture-goers to green products and help them get started going green.

Key Largo Public Library is located between KMart and Publix in the Tradewinds Shopping Center at Mile Marker 101, on the ocean side.







ABOUT FLORIDA KEYS GREEN LIVING & ENERGY EDUCATION (GLEE)
GLEE is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit established in 2003 to meet the growing interest and need for sustainability in the Florida Keys.  The GLEE vision is that together we can find solutions that will protect and improve our natural environment, build a strong and vibrant community, provide economic opportunities for everyone and ensure the future of the Florida Keys.  GLEE accomplishes this through an annual Expo that features free lectures and new technology vendors, an alternative transportation display, quarterly meetings with policy makers, speaking engagements at civic organizations, community gardens, biodiesel workshops, annual recycling fairs, carpooling facilitation, rain barrel workshops,  green nursery certification and an upcoming Green Business Directory. The next GLEE Expo will be held March 26-28, 2009.  For more information go to www.keysGLEE.com or email questions to info@keysGLEE.com.