[SPN-Discussion] SPN Panel - Sustainable Living - Everyday Choices that Have an Impact - February 10th

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Sustainable Living - Everyday Choices that Have an Impact
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Date / Time: February 10, 2009 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Venue: NYU Center for Global Affairs Woolworth Building
            15 Barclay Street (Enter on Barclay Street)
            Present ID at Ground Floor Reception

Panelists: Colin Beavan

Moderator:
<http://www.sustainabilitypractice.net/panelist_bios_052008.html> Steve
Godeke, Principal, Godeke Consulting 

Panel Description:

While sustainability policy is debated on a national and global level,
individuals are bombarded with, and sometimes perplexed by, a vast amount of
information on sustainable living. Writer Colin Beavan, aka No Impact Man,
embarked on an experiment to cut his family's impact to zero and blogged
about the process: "no trash, no carbon emissions, no toxins in the water,
no elevators, no subway, no products in packaging, no plastics, no air
conditioning, no TV, no toilet..." ( <http://noimpactman.typepad.com/>
http://noimpactman.typepad.com/). 

While most would not go to such extremes, many people want to make
environmentally responsible choices and decisions, but which ones? Is it
better to buy organic fruit from New Zealand or locally-grown
"conventional?" Should we trade in our car to buy a hybrid? And if I have to
choose, should it be paper or plastic? Are there definitive answers?
Panelists will offer perspectives on sustainable living, and discuss the
decisions and behaviors that we can implement in our lives to have a net
positive impact.


 
 
 
 
 
 
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