Apr
21
| Brown is Green for Earth Day |
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| Monday, 21 April 2008 | |
The students, faculty, staff, and administration of Brown University extend a cordial invitation to all Rhode Islanders to participate in the "Brown is Green 2008: Strategies for Shaping a Sustainable Future" conference, Thursday through Saturday, this week.? The conference aims to highlight the increasing intersection of disciplines around sustainability and climate change, and to look at new politics and ways of thinking that are arising with this issue.
Local policymakers taking part in the conference include Governor Carcieri, Gen. Treasurer Frank Caprio, Providence Mayor David Cicilline, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. Other guests include Ira Magaziner of the Clinton Foundation, green architect John Picard, and Stephen Schneider, a leading climate scientist of the UN climate panel that won the Nobel prize. Events include panel discussions, seminars, lectures, films, and a local-food dinner on Saturday night.
Registration is free and open to the public. For more info, click on the links.
Conference agenda
Registration page
Brown is Green homepage
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