[S-C] Fwd: Green City Conference in Oakland - May 31st

[Kevin Shrieve]

Our World, Our Future
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Green City Visions will introduce attendees to the best ideas and 
proposed responses for all sizes of cities and towns based on ecological 
principles and scientific assessments of what needs to be done in the 
face of the peak oil/climate change/ biodiversity collapse/health crisis 
in order to rebuild our human habitat in balance with living systems.
_http://www.ecocitybuilders.org/greencity_

*Educational Sponsorship Program**
*Help us bring young people and potential new green businessmen and 
women to this important learning experience. With your support, we can 
make this event a spectacular experience for hundreds of the next 
generation of green business owners and community leaders.
_For more information, visit our conference website or contact Kirstin 
Miller at 510 419-0850_


_Ecocity Builders_


_World Environment Day 2005_


_Maxis_

*Greetings,*

I hope you will be able to attend the United Nations World Environment 
Day Sponsored Conference in Oakland on Tuesday, May 31st, hosted by 
Ecocity Builders. Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, is 
our keynote speaker and the conference is titled: Green City Visions -- 
Rebuilding the City to Save the Environment. The event will bring the 
critical relationship between the health of the environment and how we 
build the largest things humans create -- cities -- into focus.

World Environment Day, commemorated each year on June 5, is one of the 
principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide 
awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and 
action. San Francisco is host city for this year's UN event. Mayors from 
all over the world will be attending. The WED theme selected for 2005 is 
Green Cities and the slogan is Plan for the Planet!
*PROGRAM: Green City Visions, Rebuilding the City to Save the Environment*

PART 1: THE WORLD'S ENVIRONMENT, WHAT'S AT STAKE: 1. Carl Pope 
(Executive Director, Sierra Club) "State of the World's Environment"; 2. 
Richard Heinberg (Author, "The Party's Over") "Peak Oil and the Coming 
Energy Crisis, Myths and Realities"; 3. Marla Hollander, Active Living 
Leadership "Public Health and the Built Environment"; 4. Gary Braasch, 
Environmental Photographer "World View of Global Warming, Slide Show"

PART 2: PLANNING FOR THE PLANET 1. Michel Gelobter, (Redefining 
Progress) "Redefining Progress and the Ecological Footprint Project"; 2. 
Randy Hayes (Sustainability Director, Oakland) "Local Energy, How to 
Create a Working Plan"; 3. Van Jones (The Ella Baker Center for Human 
Rights) "Reclaim the Future: Transforming Urban America"; 4. Richard 
Register (President, Ecocity Builders) "Building Cities in Balance with 
Nature"

PART 3: DIGITAL CHARRETTE DEMO Dave Biggs (co-founder QUEST and 
MetroQUEST)"How Digital Charrettes Create Positive Change." Conference 
goers will explore the digital charrette as a means to dynamically 
reveal how our choices shape our environment and our future. Based on 
SimCity, the computer game by Maxis.

DATE: TUESDAY MAY 31, 2005
TIME: 9:30am to 6:00pm
LOCATION: Scottish Rite Center, 1547 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA 94612
Registration: $50 General, $30 Student, $30 Senior
*_GO TO CONFERENCE WEBSITE NOW!_*

Please save the date and register as soon as possible. Contact me at 510 
419-0850 if you have questions, or email _kirstin at ecocitybuilders.org_. 
Hope to see you on May 31st!

Sincerely,

Kirstin Miller
Ecocity Builders
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email: _kirstin at ecocitybuilders.org_
web: _http://www.ecocitybuilders.org/greencity_

Ecocity Builders | 1560 Alice Street #21 | Oakland | CA | 94612

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