WEDNESDAY

LEEDing THE WAY: Reducing Hawai'i's Carbon Footprint Through Greener Urban Landscapes, seminar 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Park; discussed will be the benefits of trees and Honolulu's urban forest, the Sustainable Sites Initiative and environmental design for a sustainable Hawai'i; $100 fee, students with valid student I.D. $30, lunch included. 656-3731, www.hsufp.org/LEEDingTheWay.pdf.

THURSDAY

EXCHANGE CLUB OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU luncheon, noon at a local country club; featured speaker, Andrew Keith, senior environmental scientist with Hawaiian Electric Company, who will outline the Hawai'i electric system, from power generation, to transmission and distribution; $20 lunch fee. 524-0330, ext. 2.

LEGAL ASPECTS OF MUSIC workshop sponsored by Hawai'i Small Business Development Center Network, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Honolulu Design Center, Cupola Theatre; IP attorney George Darby to discuss music business contracts, IP rights and royalties; $50, free parking, four free consultations by lottery draw. 945-1430, www.hawaii-sbdc.org.

BUSINESS BANKING COUNCIL VISITOR INDUSTRY FORUM, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 4 at Embassy Suites at Waikiki Beachwalk, 4th-floor meeting rooms; results of the Economic Indicator Study to be released; speakers David Erdman, CEO of PacRim Marketing Group, on the Korean visitor market; Barbara Campbell, a vice president of Outrigger Enterprises Group, on Outrigger's investment in Waikiki's revitalization; and Brian Halsey, Wal-Mart's Hawai'i market manager, on Wal-Mart's role as a visitor industry retailer; free. RSVP: 545-4111 (Eileen) or eileen@bcrhawaii.com.

FRIDAY

OVERCOMING FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES workshop, 1 to 4 p.m. at Hawaii Women's Business Center, Suite A; HWBC members $25, nonmembers $30. RSVP: 526-1001.

CANCELLATION: The Leadership Code workshop scheduled to take place today at YWCA has been canceled.

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