Earth Policy Institute Events

UPCOMING EVENTS FEATURING EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE


APRIL 17 and 18, 2009
"On Thin Ice", a one-hour special on PBS

Seventy-five percent of the world's fresh water is stored in glaciers, but scientists predict climate change will cause some of the world's largest glaciers to completely melt by 2030. This will increase global competition for food and water and threaten international security.

In a special one-hour NOW on PBS report (check local listings), Host David Brancaccio travels to the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas and Montana's Glacier National Park to see the melting and to examine the consequences. Brancaccio talks with Lester Brown about the effects of melting glaciers of India’s food supply.

For additional information go to http://www.pbs.org/now/on-thin-ice-preview.html. Show times vary. Please check your local listings.


NOVEMBER 12-14, 2009
2009 State of the World Forum: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

Based largely around “Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization,” this Forum may turn out to be one of the most important events any of us will have the opportunity to attend. We are in momentous times. We are confronted by the escalating effects of global warming, and thousands of scientists worldwide are saying that if we do not act decisively, and soon, climate change could spiral out of control.

This Forum is bringing together both the understanding of what is taking place and the plans for moving forward. It will not be the usual conference with talking heads, but will be a working conference of leaders from around the world to plan how to save civilization.

For more information go to http://www.worldforum.org/forum.htm

To see where Lester Brown and other Institute speakers will be appearing, go to http://www.earthpolicy.org/Lectures/index.htm