Green Economy Workshop-Saturday July 26,2009-a12n-5:30pm-NYC

[Guest guest]

A Series of Green Economy and Workforce Development Forums

 

" Imagine if every business was a green business "

 

_www.GreenWorksNYC.net_ (http://www.greenworksnyc.net/)

 

 

Launching July 26, 2009 12:00-5:30 PM (Reception to follow)

with Speakers, Panels, Performers, Exhibitors, Roundtables, Seminars and

Refreshments

at

NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CONFERENCE CENTER

 

7 World Trade Center

250 Greenwich Street, 40th Floor

Manhattan, New York City

 

 

 

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The Green Marketplace is exploding, but there is a dynamic missing in its

growth. Information is sporadic and fragmented making it difficult to be

prepared for opportunities when they arise. No one has been able to create a

cross-sector collaborative platform for managing large-scale change and

mobilizing actionable intelligence. Until now...

 

Please join us on July 26th 12:00pm to 5:30pm at the prestigious New York

Academy of Sciences for the launch and inaugural roundtable of GreenWorks

NYC - a multi-year effort to create an upgrade in results-driven

collaboration in the Green Economy of New York.

 

The July 26th Program includes:

* NYC Council Member Alan J. Gerson (District One in Lower Manhattan)

- Keynote Address

* Welcome from _Communications Coordination Committee for the U.N._

(http://www.cccun.org/)

* Panel: Opportunities and Innovation in the NY Green Economy

* Mike Gordon - C-Power - Smart Energy

* George Gosieski - Built Environment

* Whitney Smith - Social Innovation

* Douglas Lawrence - Green Real Estate Fund

* Debra Italiano - Sustainable Food Systems

* Mathew Ahrens - Environmental Law and Policy

 

 

Other Presenters include:

 

Scott Beall (Integral Vision Learning) - Education & Green Workforce

Development

Ariane Burgess - (Regenerative Culture) - Regenerative Leadership &

Community Systems

Douglas Cohen (U.S. Partnership/Education for Sustainable Development) -

Leadership & Community Engagement

Rick Ulfik (We, The World) - Building local-to-global networks of

collaboration

Deborah Stern (2020 Fund) - Sustainable Earth by 2020

Frank Werner - (Fordham University) - Education and the Green Economy

 

Special guest _Al Smith_

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roup) from the soulful high energy musical

group _Blacksmith_

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roup) will have you singing, clapping and dancing in

the aisles!

 

Over the next year GreenWorks NYC will:

* Convene Solutions Roundtables - Sector specific, results-driven

meetings during and between major events with facilitation and web-published

results.

* Create a Social Network Map, with analysis and database of the

players and influencers to support decision making and solution seeking in the

emerging Green Business landscape.

* Provide Education and Green Jobs Development pathways bridging

K-12, Higher Education, Industry and Government.

GreenWorks NYC is:

* Presented by _We, The World_ (http://www.wetheworld.org/) and

_New York City Council Member Alan J. Gerson_

(http://council.nyc.gov/d1/html/members/home.shtml)

* Supporters include: _Battery Park City Authority_

(http://www.batteryparkcity.org/) , _New York Academy of Sciences_

(http://www.nyas.org/) ,

and _Communications Coordination Committee for the United Nations_

(http://www.cccun.org/)

* Other partners include: the _New York State Energy Research &

Development Authority (NYSERDA)_ (http://www.nyserda.org/) , _U.S.

Partnership/Education for Sustainable Development_

(http://www.uspartnership.org/) ,

Sustainable Business Cmte., _Climate Prosperity Alliance_

(http://www.globalurban.org/projects.htm) , Columbia University Alumni

Association,

_Earthventure Capital, LLC_ (alatourelle) , _Green Map System_

(http://greenapplemap.org/) , _Green Drinks_ (http://www.greendrinksnyc.org/) ,

Sustainable Strength, _Evolver_ (http://www.evolver.net/) , _the Coalition

for One Voice_ (http://www.coalitionforonevoice.org/) , _The Water Pod_

(http://www.thewaterpod.org/) , _Regenerative Culture_

(http://www.regenerativeculture.org/) , Planet Heart and others

 

 

Your participation is key. Please join us for the July 26th launch!

 

 

 

Douglas Cohen, Executive Producer

646 510-0901, _DCohen_

(DCohenGreenWorks)

 

Rick Ulfik, Executive Director

212 867-0846, _RickUlfik_ (RickUlfik)

 

 

 

 

 

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