[Pollinator] FW: 2012 National Council for Science and Environment Conference, Jan 18-20, Washington, DC

Mon Nov 28 06:00:30 PST 2011

As an organization committed to sound science, the Pollinator Partnership (P2) appreciates our growing relationship with the National Council for Science and the Environment <http://www.ncseonline.org/About/>  (NCSE).  

P2 is a Collaborating Organization <http://www.environmentandsecurity.org/topics/view/73468/>  in support of the NCSE 2012 Conference, “Environment and Security <http://www.environmentandsecurity.org/> .”  We are pleased to forward the Conference update and registration e-mail below.

Note that students attending NCSE University Affiliate Members <http://www.environmentandsecurity.org/topics/view/73466/>  may be eligible for a complimentary Registration <http://www.environmentandsecurity.org/topics/view/73355/> .

Feel free to forward this information to others who may be interested.

R. Thomas (Tom) Van Arsdall, Director of Public Affairs

    <http://www.pollinator.org/> Pollinator Partnership

   (703) 509-4746

   tva at pollinator.org

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 Thomas Friedman and Amory Lovins
to Speak at 
NCSE's Environment & Security Conference
January 18-20, 2012
Click here to register now! <http://www.environmentandsecurity.org/topics/view/73355/> 

The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) <http://ncseonline.org/>  is delighted to announce the participation of Thomas Friedman and Amory Lovins at its 12th National Conference:  <http://www.environmentandsecurity.org/> Environment & Security.  The conference will take place January 18-20, 2012 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC.

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Thomas Friedman
Columnist,
The New York Times

Thomas Friedman, a world-renowned author and journalist, has won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his work at The New York Times. His foreign affairs column, which appears twice a week, reports on US domestic politics and foreign policy, Middle East conflict, international economics, environment, biodiversity and energy.  Friedman is the author of From Beirut to Jerusalem, which won both the National Book and the Overseas Press Club Awards in 1989. The Lexus and the Olive Tree, winner of the 2000 Overseas Press Club Award for best non-fiction book on foreign policy.  Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11, issued in 2002, consists of columns Friedman published about September 11.  The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, issued in April 2005 and updated in 2006 and 2007, received the inaugural Goldman Sachs/Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.  In 2008 he brought out Hot, Flat, and Crowded, which was published in a revised edition a year later.  His sixth and most recent book, That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World We Invented and How We Can Come Back, co-written with Michael Mandelbaum, was released September 2011.  For his coverage of the Middle East, Mr. Friedman was awarded the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (from Lebanon) and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (from Israel).  He was awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary for "his clarity of vision...in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat."  In 2004, he was awarded the Overseas Press Club Award for lifetime achievement and the honorary title, Order of the British Empire (OBE), by Queen Elizabeth II.    

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Amory Lovins
Cofounder, Chairman and Chief Scientist,
Rocky Mountain Institute 

Physicist Amory B. Lovins is Cofounder, Chairman and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute (www.rmi.org), an independent nonprofit think-and-do tank that drives the efficient and restorative use of resources.  An advisor to major firms and governments in over 50 countries for over the past four decades, he is author of 31 books and over 450 papers, and recipient of the Blue Planet, Volvo, Zayed, Onassis, Nissan, Shingo, and Mitchel Prizes, MacArthur and Ashoka Fellowships, 11 honorary doctorates, and the Heinz, Lindbergh, Right Livelihood, National Design, and World Technology Awards.  Educated at Harvard and Oxford, he is a former Oxford don, an honorary U.S. architect, a Swedish engineering academician, a member of the National Petroleum Council, and a Professor of Practice at the Naval Postgraduate School.  He has taught at nine other universities, most recently Stanford University's School of Engineering.  In 2009, Time named him one of the world's 100 most influential people, and Foreign Policy, one of the 100 top global thinkers. His latest books are the coauthored business classic Natural Capitalism (1999); Small is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Making Electrical Resources the Right Size (2002, www.smallisprofitable.org); the Pentagon-cosponsored Winning the Oil Endgame (2004, www.oilendgame.com), The Essential Amory Lovins (Earthscan, London, Sept. 2011); and Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era (Chelsea Green, Oct. 2011, www.reinventingfire.com).

Amory Lovins will deliver a keynote address on the morning of Wednesday, January 18, and Thomas Friedman will deliver a keynote address that evening. Both speakers will participate in a book signing at the conference.  Their books, including their latest works (below), will be available for purchase on site:

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The Environment & Security Conference will address how environmental changes can trigger economic, political, and social upheavals and drive population movements.  It will focus on climate change, food security, energy security, water security, and public health.  These themes will be explored in plenary sessions with experts from a wide range of fields, two sets of fascinating symposia on Wednesday, January 18, and interactive breakout workshops on Thursday, January 19.

Click here to view the full conference agenda. <http://www.environmentandsecurity.org/topics/view/73357/>  

Please visit the Conference website at
www.EnvironmentandSecurity.org 

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