METRA is a a 501(c)(3) organization! Please support our $1,000 annual scholarship fund:
Promoting Environmental Excellence Through Training & Partnerships
* IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A SPEAKER OR WANT TO SPEAK, PLEASE EMAIL US AT metra@metra.org
PAST MEETINGS:
4/10/2019 - Managing Noise Challenges at GOAA, Judith-Ann Jarrette, GOAA
3/13/2019 - METRA Elections
2/13/2019 - Orange County Landfill Tour - James Flynt Jr., P.E.
1/9/2019 - Workplace Ergonomics (Location: OCEPD)
12/12/2018 - Recycling in Central Florida (Presentation VIDEO-Youtube)
1/14/2018 - Cancelled
9/12/2018 - City of Orlando, Rachel Kessler
8/8/2018 - K9 Unit - Lessons Learned - Gary Dalton, OCSO
7/11/2018 - Summer Social at Millers Ale House
6/13/2018 - Scholarship essay, Kendal Westphal
Water Quality Assessment Program, Kalina Warren, DEP
5/9/2018 - Waste Tires, Brad Whidden, FDEP
4/11/2018 - Drones, Joe Pitti, MA, GISP, E-Sciences
3/14/2018 - METRA Board Elections
2/14/2018 - Bruno Ferraro & Sara Greivell - Air Permitting
1/10/2018 - Victoria Colangelo, Mitigation Banking (PDF) (Video)
12/13/2017 - Holiday Social Cancelled ---- 11/9/2017- E2 Day!!! (Register) (Flyer- PDF) 10/11/2017 ---- Jane Gregory - Fertilizer Ordinance---- 9/13/2017 - Mike Carroll, City of Orlando Proposed Recycling Ordinance (Presentation, .ppt)---- 8/9/2017 - Tanks, UST & AST, Ruth Rauenzahn---- 7/12/2017 - Summer Social at Marlow's Tavern - Winter Park---- 6/14/2017 - John White, RCRA Generator Rule presentation (PDF)---- 5/10/2017 - METRA Scholarship Recipient presented: Amanda Desormeaux---- 4/12/2017 - Palm Oil & the Environment---- 3/8/17 - METRA Board Elections---- 2/8/17 - Beagle Freedom Project---- 1/11/17 - Orange County’s sustainability plan---- 12/14/16 - Holiday Social - Miller's Ale House---- 11/9/16 - Overview of the new DEP emergency reporting rule---- 11/12/16 - Trip to Orlando Wetlands Park---- 9/29/16 - E2Day Conference---- 8/10/16 - Petroleum Clean-up---- 7/13/16 - METRA Summer Social (No General Meeting)---- 6/8/16 - Tanks/Petroleum Cleanup/Legislation Overview---- 5/11/16 - Asbestos---- 4/13/16 - Dewatering - FDEP Presentor, Randall Cunningham---- 3/9/16 - General Meeting and METRA Board Elections---- 2/10/16 - Map Direct and OCULUS/DEP Info. Portal
2018 METRA Environmental Excellence Day was
October 18, 2018 at SeaWorld
In 2018, we conducted our 14th METRA Environmental Excellence Day.
Here are a few interesting numbers to show what our volunteers have been doing since we started this organization in 1998:
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More than 30 training workshops or events
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Trained participants from over 200 local governments and companies
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Represented by more than 50 member organizations
If you have a passion for helping Central Florida businesses, teaching about environmental compliance, or just want to meet more people in the local environmental industry, consider becoming involved with METRA. Our board elections are in March, and you must attend at least two meetings during the year to be a candidate. Contact metra@metra.org for more information.