The Asia Program, The Environmental Change and Security Program, and The Comparative Urban Studies Project Present:
Running on Empty:
Pakistan’s Water Crisis
Thursday, November 20, 2008, 8:45 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
5th floor conference room
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Please RSVP by close of business on November 18 (acceptances only) to asia@wilsoncenter.org or to (202) 691-4059
CONFERENCE AGENDA
8:45 Registration and Coffee
9:15 Introduction
Robert M. Hathaway, director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
9:30 Opening Address
Address by Simi Sadaf Kamal, chairperson, Hisaar Foundation
Pakistan’s Water Challenges: Entitlement, Access, Efficiency, and Equity
10:30 Panel I: The Water Crisis in Pakistan’s Countryside
Feisal Khan, assistant professor, Department of Economics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Water, Governance, and Corruption in Pakistan
Sarah J. Halvorson, associate professor of geography, University of Montana
Intersections of Water, Health, and Gender in Rural Pakistan
Adrien Couton, water portfolio manager, Acumen Fund
Tackling Pakistan’s Water Crisis: An Entrepreneurial Approach
12:30 Luncheon and Luncheon Address
Address by Kaiser Bengali, national coordinator, Benazir Income Support Programme, government of Pakistan
Water Management Under Constraints: The Need for a Paradigm Shift
2:00 Panel II: The Water Crisis in Pakistan’s Cities
James L. Wescoat, Aga Khan Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Water Scarcity, Shortages, and Conservation in Urban Pakistan
Anita Chaudhry, assistant professor of economics, California State University, Chico
Securing Sustainable Access to Safe Drinking Water in Lahore
Samia Altaf, Pakistan Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Public Health Aspects of Pakistan’s Water Crisis
4:00 Adjournment
Please allow time for security procedures when you arrive at the Wilson Center. A photo ID is required for entry. The Center is located in the southeast wing of the Ronald Reagan Building. Please see www.wilsoncenter.org/directions for complete information. The closest Metro station is Federal Triangle on the blue or orange line. Parking is available in the Reagan Building basement, but because of security delays we recommend coming by cab or Metro.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Permaculture Design Course in Bahamas
Permaculture Design Course
This 72-hour permaculture design certi cation course (PDC) is dedicated to experiential education and place-based learning. We enjoy a unique site located on a rural peninsula on Eleutherae of the Bahamian Family Islands that
o ers beauty, serenity, and opportunity for exploration. Our campus serves as a demonstration of regenerative technologies such as sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, waste-water treatment, ecological architecture, aquaculture, alternative fuels, and community development. Through interaction with their surroundings, participants will learn how to design and develop from a whole systems perspective. Challenges of our site will foster problem solving and opportunities for
collaborative work. Coastal proximity and lack of precipitation present extra
challenges for food system development. The course includes lectures, discussion, and individual research projects, as well as hands-on workshops on plant propagation, grafting, and building with local materials. Coursework will cover inter-disciplinary topics such as site design, earth repair, systems integration, and many more.
Instructors:
Chris Shanks, Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Co-Director of Project Bona Fide, Ometepe, Nicaragua
Colleen O’Brien, Agricultural Systems Manager, CEI
Participants in the sixth annual intensive PDC at The Island School will continue to add to the development and design of The Island school and Cape Eleuthera Institute grounds. Newly acquired skills in design and holistic thinking will be employed to create regenerative spaces that promote learning, diversity, and culture.
Learn permaculture design
Learn principles of sustainable and regenerative systems
Interact with local culture and ecosystems
Complete 72-hour permaculture design certi cation
No prereguisites required
Course price: $1950(includes all meals and dormitory accommodation)
Cape Eleuthera Institute & The Island School
Cape Eleuthera, The Bahamas
January 3rd - 18th, 2009
The Cape Eleuthera Institute offers a unique atmosphere to learn about resource management, aquaculture, sustainable design, and terrestrial ecology. We use a holistic approach to island ecosystems, have a philosophy of collaboration, and design sustainable systems that enhance conservation initiatives and economic prosperity at local, regional, and global scales. The inspiring, intensity of the course got me psyched about permaculture, and about regenerative human systems in
general. It ignited a passion in me and a lot of other people I've spoken with who took the course...it forces you to think in a much more holistic way about problems and see them as challenges needing creative solutions that work for both humans and the world around us.
Contact Chris Shanks, chris@projectbona de.com, with any inquiries.
To learn more about the Cape Eleuthera Institute and The IslandSchool go to our Web sites
www.ceibahamas.org
www.islandschool.org
This 72-hour permaculture design certi cation course (PDC) is dedicated to experiential education and place-based learning. We enjoy a unique site located on a rural peninsula on Eleutherae of the Bahamian Family Islands that
o ers beauty, serenity, and opportunity for exploration. Our campus serves as a demonstration of regenerative technologies such as sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, waste-water treatment, ecological architecture, aquaculture, alternative fuels, and community development. Through interaction with their surroundings, participants will learn how to design and develop from a whole systems perspective. Challenges of our site will foster problem solving and opportunities for
collaborative work. Coastal proximity and lack of precipitation present extra
challenges for food system development. The course includes lectures, discussion, and individual research projects, as well as hands-on workshops on plant propagation, grafting, and building with local materials. Coursework will cover inter-disciplinary topics such as site design, earth repair, systems integration, and many more.
Instructors:
Chris Shanks, Permaculture Designer and Teacher, Co-Director of Project Bona Fide, Ometepe, Nicaragua
Colleen O’Brien, Agricultural Systems Manager, CEI
Participants in the sixth annual intensive PDC at The Island School will continue to add to the development and design of The Island school and Cape Eleuthera Institute grounds. Newly acquired skills in design and holistic thinking will be employed to create regenerative spaces that promote learning, diversity, and culture.
Learn permaculture design
Learn principles of sustainable and regenerative systems
Interact with local culture and ecosystems
Complete 72-hour permaculture design certi cation
No prereguisites required
Course price: $1950(includes all meals and dormitory accommodation)
Cape Eleuthera Institute & The Island School
Cape Eleuthera, The Bahamas
January 3rd - 18th, 2009
The Cape Eleuthera Institute offers a unique atmosphere to learn about resource management, aquaculture, sustainable design, and terrestrial ecology. We use a holistic approach to island ecosystems, have a philosophy of collaboration, and design sustainable systems that enhance conservation initiatives and economic prosperity at local, regional, and global scales. The inspiring, intensity of the course got me psyched about permaculture, and about regenerative human systems in
general. It ignited a passion in me and a lot of other people I've spoken with who took the course...it forces you to think in a much more holistic way about problems and see them as challenges needing creative solutions that work for both humans and the world around us.
Contact Chris Shanks, chris@projectbona de.com, with any inquiries.
To learn more about the Cape Eleuthera Institute and The IslandSchool go to our Web sites
www.ceibahamas.org
www.islandschool.org
Winter Course in Nicaragua: Principles and Ethics of Permaculture Design
Principles and Ethics of Permaculture Design
Site analysis and design, from the tropics to temperate regions
Landscape master planning and microclimate design
Reading the landscape and pattern recognition
Design for climate change
Regenerative Land Management and Stewardship
Water catchment, storage, filtration, and distribution
Biologically based treatment of greywater and blackwater
Natural building techniques and vernacular architecture
Plant propagation, grafting & organic horticulture
Medicinal plant propagation, usage and preparations
Soil rehabilitation and fertility strategies
Myco-forestry and myco-filtration
Orchard design and maintenance
Renewable energies and biofuels
Local and regenerative economics
And much, much more
JOIN US FOR A 15-DAY PERMACULTURE DESIGN INTENSIVE TO LEARN ABOUT:
Project Bona Fide is a 43-acre permaculture site which has been in development for nearly a decade, and has become an important center for education and community development. Infrastructural systems contain: natural buildings built with local materials, terraced & medicinal plant gardens, an extensive nursery, seed bank, developing fruit and nut orchards, food forests, native timber forestry, timber bamboo plantings, water-catchment, drip irrigation and ferrocement technologies, renewable energy systems, and composting toilets. Outreach efforts include social programs that provide educational opportunities based in ecological agriculture, community reforestation efforts that are supported by our seed bank and nursery, local seed and plant exchanges, a children’s nutritional kitchen and an upcoming community center. The developing site, interwoven with the support we’ve received from our local community, allows Bona Fide to be fertile ground for cultural
exchange on the island and beyond.
THE COURSE WILL BE HELD ON ISLA OMETEPE, AN ISLAND OF TWIN VOLCANOES IN SOUTHERN NICARAGUA
INSTRUCTORS:
CHRIS SHANKS (USA), MIKE BLAZEWICZ (USA), ANDREA CALFUQUIR (ARGENTINA)
ASHLEY CARTER (USA), MAI KOBAYASHI (JAPAN) AND TINY MAN (COSTA RICA)
FEBRUARY 3RD - 17TH, 2009
AT THE BONA FIDE INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
OMETEPE ISLAND, NICARAGUA
ERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE
PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE PRICE: $1,250 USD
CONTACT MIKE BLAZEWICZ FOR MORE INFORMATION: MICHAEL@ROUNDRIVERDESIGN.COM OR VISIT: WWW.PROJECTBONAFIDE.COM
Please register early as the course can and does fill quickly • Course price does not iclude airfare • $400 USD non-refundable deposit required • Meals will include a mixture of traditional cuisine and farm foods • Academic credits are often available to undergraduate and graduate students • The course is taught in English and simultaneously translated into Spanish via FM-headsets
Site analysis and design, from the tropics to temperate regions
Landscape master planning and microclimate design
Reading the landscape and pattern recognition
Design for climate change
Regenerative Land Management and Stewardship
Water catchment, storage, filtration, and distribution
Biologically based treatment of greywater and blackwater
Natural building techniques and vernacular architecture
Plant propagation, grafting & organic horticulture
Medicinal plant propagation, usage and preparations
Soil rehabilitation and fertility strategies
Myco-forestry and myco-filtration
Orchard design and maintenance
Renewable energies and biofuels
Local and regenerative economics
And much, much more
JOIN US FOR A 15-DAY PERMACULTURE DESIGN INTENSIVE TO LEARN ABOUT:
Project Bona Fide is a 43-acre permaculture site which has been in development for nearly a decade, and has become an important center for education and community development. Infrastructural systems contain: natural buildings built with local materials, terraced & medicinal plant gardens, an extensive nursery, seed bank, developing fruit and nut orchards, food forests, native timber forestry, timber bamboo plantings, water-catchment, drip irrigation and ferrocement technologies, renewable energy systems, and composting toilets. Outreach efforts include social programs that provide educational opportunities based in ecological agriculture, community reforestation efforts that are supported by our seed bank and nursery, local seed and plant exchanges, a children’s nutritional kitchen and an upcoming community center. The developing site, interwoven with the support we’ve received from our local community, allows Bona Fide to be fertile ground for cultural
exchange on the island and beyond.
THE COURSE WILL BE HELD ON ISLA OMETEPE, AN ISLAND OF TWIN VOLCANOES IN SOUTHERN NICARAGUA
INSTRUCTORS:
CHRIS SHANKS (USA), MIKE BLAZEWICZ (USA), ANDREA CALFUQUIR (ARGENTINA)
ASHLEY CARTER (USA), MAI KOBAYASHI (JAPAN) AND TINY MAN (COSTA RICA)
FEBRUARY 3RD - 17TH, 2009
AT THE BONA FIDE INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
OMETEPE ISLAND, NICARAGUA
ERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE
PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE PRICE: $1,250 USD
CONTACT MIKE BLAZEWICZ FOR MORE INFORMATION: MICHAEL@ROUNDRIVERDESIGN.COM OR VISIT: WWW.PROJECTBONAFIDE.COM
Please register early as the course can and does fill quickly • Course price does not iclude airfare • $400 USD non-refundable deposit required • Meals will include a mixture of traditional cuisine and farm foods • Academic credits are often available to undergraduate and graduate students • The course is taught in English and simultaneously translated into Spanish via FM-headsets
Grants for Community Service Projects: Info Session Nov. 12, 2008
Grants available for Students doing Community Service Projects!
Interested in starting or continuing a service project but need money???
The Eagle Endowment for Public and Community Service is offering two $1000
grants to students interested in organizing a service project that furthers
Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream. Both graduate and undergraduate students
are encouraged to apply before the November 21st deadline by visiting
www.american.edu/volunteer. Winners will be announced in January as part of
the MLK week celebration.
Information sessions about the award criteria and past winners will be held
on Monday, November 10th at 5PM in MGC 200 and Wednesday, November 12th at
8pm in Hughes Formal. Food will be provided.
If you have any additional questions, please stop by the Community Service
Center, MGC 273 or email eagleendowment@american.edu.
Interested in starting or continuing a service project but need money???
The Eagle Endowment for Public and Community Service is offering two $1000
grants to students interested in organizing a service project that furthers
Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream. Both graduate and undergraduate students
are encouraged to apply before the November 21st deadline by visiting
www.american.edu/volunteer. Winners will be announced in January as part of
the MLK week celebration.
Information sessions about the award criteria and past winners will be held
on Monday, November 10th at 5PM in MGC 200 and Wednesday, November 12th at
8pm in Hughes Formal. Food will be provided.
If you have any additional questions, please stop by the Community Service
Center, MGC 273 or email eagleendowment@american.edu.
Forum on GM Farm Animals: Nov. 10, 2008
A Science Policy Forum on the Issues Surrounding the Commercialization of Genetically Engineered Farm Animals
The Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Center for American Progress invite you to a panel discussion on the risks and benefits of applying genetic engineering to animals. Join representatives from the biotechnology industry, the food industry, and consumer groups for a lively and penetrating discussion of what the next Administration, Congress, and consumers should know about this upcoming technology.
November 10, 2008
1:00pm - 2:30pm
National Press Club
529 14th St. NW 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045
Moderator:
Rick Weiss
Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress
Panelists:
Scott J. Eilert, Ph. D. Jamie Jonker, Ph.D.
Vice President and Director Director, Regulatory Affairs
Meat Technology Department National Milk Producers
Federation
Cargill
Michael Greger, M.D. Dr. John Phillips
Director, Public Health and Animal Agriculture Emeritus Professor
The Humane Society of the United States Enviropig Developer
Guelph University
Gregory Jaffe Michael Taylor
Director, Biotechnology Department Research Professor of Health Policy
Center for Science in the Public Interest School of Public Health
The George Washington University
Attendance is free but space is limited so please RSVP to Elizabeth
Tully at 202-332-9110 Ext. 368 or at etully@cspinet.org. Please feel
free to send this invitation to other.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Center for American Progress invite you to a panel discussion on the risks and benefits of applying genetic engineering to animals. Join representatives from the biotechnology industry, the food industry, and consumer groups for a lively and penetrating discussion of what the next Administration, Congress, and consumers should know about this upcoming technology.
November 10, 2008
1:00pm - 2:30pm
National Press Club
529 14th St. NW 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045
Moderator:
Rick Weiss
Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress
Panelists:
Scott J. Eilert, Ph. D. Jamie Jonker, Ph.D.
Vice President and Director Director, Regulatory Affairs
Meat Technology Department National Milk Producers
Federation
Cargill
Michael Greger, M.D. Dr. John Phillips
Director, Public Health and Animal Agriculture Emeritus Professor
The Humane Society of the United States Enviropig Developer
Guelph University
Gregory Jaffe Michael Taylor
Director, Biotechnology Department Research Professor of Health Policy
Center for Science in the Public Interest School of Public Health
The George Washington University
Attendance is free but space is limited so please RSVP to Elizabeth
Tully at 202-332-9110 Ext. 368 or at etully@cspinet.org. Please feel
free to send this invitation to other.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Climate Change Briefing: Nov. 13, 2008
A Presidential Climate Action Plan:Options for the New Administration and Congress
Thursday, November 13, 2008
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
B318 Rayburn House Office Building
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and the Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP) invite you to a briefing to discuss one of the most important challenges facing President-elect Obama when he takes office – addressing the interrelated problems of climate change and energy and economic security. In September, the Global Carbon Project reported that CO2 emissions – mainly from burning fossil fuels – have grown three percent from 2006 to 2007, a rate faster than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted last year in its worst-case scenario. The world's leaders are looking to the new U.S. President for an indication of the kind of leadership and actions he will take to help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, especially in preparation for the UN climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009. In addition, societal economic impacts have been an important piece of the climate debate. The PCAP report seeks to offer concrete, achievable options for both the 44th President and the 111th Congress as a new legislative agenda is set for 2009.
Speakers for this event include:
* Gary Hart (U.S. Senate, ret.), Scholar in Residence and Wirth Chair Professor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs
* William Becker, Executive Director, Presidential Climate Action Project
* Martha Coven, Senior Legislative Associate for Government Affairs, Center for Budget Policy and Priorities
* Bill Parsons, Legislative Director, Office of Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
The Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP), a two-year initiative of the University of Colorado School of Public Affairs, has gathered leaders from the nation's science, policy, business and civic sectors to provide the 44th President with background information and educational materials on global warming, as well as a broad portfolio of tools and policy options to address this global challenge. The project does not advocate on behalf of specific climate policies, programs, spending or other actions by the President or the federal government; instead, members of PCAP have developed a bold, comprehensive and non-partisan plan for presidential leadership rooted in climate science and designed to ignite innovation at every level of the American economy.
This briefing is free and open to the public. No RSVP required.
For more information, please contact Amy Sauer at asauer [at] eesi.org or (202) 662-1892.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
B318 Rayburn House Office Building
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and the Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP) invite you to a briefing to discuss one of the most important challenges facing President-elect Obama when he takes office – addressing the interrelated problems of climate change and energy and economic security. In September, the Global Carbon Project reported that CO2 emissions – mainly from burning fossil fuels – have grown three percent from 2006 to 2007, a rate faster than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted last year in its worst-case scenario. The world's leaders are looking to the new U.S. President for an indication of the kind of leadership and actions he will take to help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, especially in preparation for the UN climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009. In addition, societal economic impacts have been an important piece of the climate debate. The PCAP report seeks to offer concrete, achievable options for both the 44th President and the 111th Congress as a new legislative agenda is set for 2009.
Speakers for this event include:
* Gary Hart (U.S. Senate, ret.), Scholar in Residence and Wirth Chair Professor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs
* William Becker, Executive Director, Presidential Climate Action Project
* Martha Coven, Senior Legislative Associate for Government Affairs, Center for Budget Policy and Priorities
* Bill Parsons, Legislative Director, Office of Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
The Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP), a two-year initiative of the University of Colorado School of Public Affairs, has gathered leaders from the nation's science, policy, business and civic sectors to provide the 44th President with background information and educational materials on global warming, as well as a broad portfolio of tools and policy options to address this global challenge. The project does not advocate on behalf of specific climate policies, programs, spending or other actions by the President or the federal government; instead, members of PCAP have developed a bold, comprehensive and non-partisan plan for presidential leadership rooted in climate science and designed to ignite innovation at every level of the American economy.
This briefing is free and open to the public. No RSVP required.
For more information, please contact Amy Sauer at asauer [at] eesi.org or (202) 662-1892.
Environmental Justice Discussion: Nov. 12, 2008
Global Health and the Human Environment: A Panel Discussion on Environmental Justice
Wednesday, November 12, 7:30-9:00 PM
Battelle Atrium, American University
A panel of experts and activists will discuss the health impacts of climate change, limited public resource access, urban environmental conditions, and water privatization on indigenous peoples, communities of color, women, and the world's poor. Learn about the politics of global environmental policies and practices, then find out what needs to be done to move toward global environmental justice. Panelists representing the Joint Global Change Research Institute, the Center for Health and Gender Equity, the Howard University Biology Department, and Corporate Accountability International will speak and take questions. Sponsors include: Eco-Sense, United Methodist Student Association, Women's Initiative, Student Advocates for Native Communities, Student Organization for African Studies, SIS Undergraduate Council
Wednesday, November 12, 7:30-9:00 PM
Battelle Atrium, American University
A panel of experts and activists will discuss the health impacts of climate change, limited public resource access, urban environmental conditions, and water privatization on indigenous peoples, communities of color, women, and the world's poor. Learn about the politics of global environmental policies and practices, then find out what needs to be done to move toward global environmental justice. Panelists representing the Joint Global Change Research Institute, the Center for Health and Gender Equity, the Howard University Biology Department, and Corporate Accountability International will speak and take questions. Sponsors include: Eco-Sense, United Methodist Student Association, Women's Initiative, Student Advocates for Native Communities, Student Organization for African Studies, SIS Undergraduate Council
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