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NCSE’s New Green Economy Conference
A green economy is our nation’s future, but how do we get there from here? The National Council for Science and the Environment will address that question when it hosts the 10th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: The New Green Economy. The conference, to be held January 20-22, 2010, in Washington DC, engages leading thinkers and doers from a diversity of backgrounds in a structured conversation about the meaning of the green economy and how investment in green education, research and jobs can help solve both the economic and environmental crises.
More than 1,000 scientists, students, educators, policymakers, managers, and informed citizens will convergence in a highly interactive platform. The agenda includes stellar speakers, topical symposia to explore issues in more depth, and breakout sessions to develop recommendations on how to move toward a true green economy.
IFAS and the Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project are collaborating on a breakout session, Public and Private Sustainability Policy: Is a green economy sustainable and how would one know?, to be held Thursday, January 21. Session participants will help develop recommendations for using science and education to improve and transform the economy in the direction of sustainability. Such transformation will require an increased appreciation for diversity of thought surrounding the concept of sustainability. Therefore, this session is as much about a process of engagement and changed thinking as it is about resultant standards and associated measurable outcomes.