Environment

Visit to the Omega Center for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck, NY

June 5, 2010, 2:00 pm Rhinebeck, New York Optional lunch beginning at noon – see below NOT TO BE MISSED!!!! We have been able to organize a professionally guided tour of one of the country’s, if not the world’s, most advanced “sustainable living” centers. The Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL) is located on 195 [...]

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RSA New York: Climate, Copenhagen and Consequences

February 24, 2010, 6 p.m., 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 Nikhil Chandavarkar in conversation with David A. Andelman An invitation-only event co-presented by the Royal Society for the Arts in the United States and the World Policy Journal Nikhil Chandavarkar, FRSA, Secretary to UN-Water, offers his unique insights on the outcomes [...]

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Thinking Tank debate: Who do you trust?

Next debate: Thurs Feb 18 4.00-4.40pm UK time 5.00-5.40pm Euro time 11:00 am Eastern The Earth Talks Back In his book “The Hidden Wealth of Nations” and recent talk at the RSA, David Halpern of the Institute for Government explained… “Much of this hidden wealth [of nations] is expressed in everyday ways, such as our [...]

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RSA New York: Climate, Copenhagen and Consequences

February 24, 2010, 6 p.m., 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 Nikhil Chandavarkar in conversation with David A. Andelman An invitation-only event co-presented by RSA-US and the World Policy Journal Nikhil Chandavarkar, FRSA, Secretary to UN-Water, offers his unique insights on the outcomes of the COP15 talks in a conversation with David [...]

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Thinking Tank debate: The Earth Talks Back

Next debate: Thurs Jan 21 4.00-4.40pm UK time 5.00-5.40pm Euro time 11.00am Eastern time The Earth Talks Back After COP15 how does the earth feel about the choices we are making? This is your chance to explain to the planet what’s going on – and how we are going to take action to help. This [...]

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The New Green Economy

The National Council for Science and the Environment invites participation in “The New Green Economy,” the 10th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment.  The conference will be held 20-22 January 2010 in Washington, DC, USA.  For more information and to register, visit www.ncseonline.org/conference/greeneconomy/.  (I will be a panel discussant on “Environmental information NEEDS [...]

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The American Meteorological Society

The American Meteorological Society is holding their annual meeting 17-21 January 2010 in Atlanta, GA, USA.  The meeting’s main theme is climate and health.  For more information, visit www.ametsoc.org/MEET/annual/.  This will be linked closely to public health issues and climate change (as we will be in the vicinity of the CDC). Monica Hale Sustainability Director [...]

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Age of Stupid reporting from Copenhagen

Franny Armstrong (Age of Stupid) reporting from the floor of the Copenhagen conference centre in a state of some collapse after a rather ridiculous run-through of the first Stupid Show.   But the good news is that it’s kinda working, it’s sorta written, we’ve got some cracking guests and we are most definitely going ahead. Check out [...]

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