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6/19, SF: Sustainable World Symposium

by Ecology Center
Join national leaders in a day-long exploration of solutions to urgent
global issues of environmental destruction, social injustice and
economic inequality, and how these affect us in our local communities.



http://www.swcoalition.org/Symposium.html

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SUSTAINABLE WORLD SYMPOSIUM
http://www.swcoalition.org/Symposium.html

Join national leaders in a day-long exploration of solutions to urgent
global issues of environmental destruction, social injustice and
economic inequality, and how these affect us in our local communities.


SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2004
St. Mary's Cathedral Conference Center, Gough St. at Geary, San
Francisco


Get the "A-to-Z" overview of the critical global issues and a roadmap
to solution-oriented action - First time ever for this type of event!


EXPERT SPEAKERS AND PANELS, INCLUDING:

* Kevin Danaher, cofounder, Global Exchange; author/editor of 11 books,
including Insurrection: Citizen Challenges to Corporate Power
* Randy Hayes, co-founder and president, Rainforest Action Network
* Medea Benjamin, founding director, Global Exchange; co-founder, Code
Pink
* Jim Garrison, president, State of the World Forum
* Jerry Mander, president, International Forum on Globalization and
co-author, Alternatives to Economic Globalization
* Michelle Perrault, Sierra Club International VP and former
sustainability
consultant to the Clinton Administration
* Anuradha Mittal, director, Food First; renowned activist, writer,
speaker
* Ellis Jones, co-author, The Better World Handbook
* and more...

PLUS: Powerful documentary videos, display booths, Ubuntu Cultural
Village,
local Action Teams, Sustainability Sourcebook

TIME: Conference, 9:00 am - 6:30 pm. Performance, 8:00 pm -10:00 pm

ENTERTAINMENT: Music with Multi-grammy winner, Gary Malkin, 6 piece
band.
Multi-cultural ceremony, dance/theater. Youth poetry slam.

TICKETS: Online- $45 advance, $55 at door.
Students, seniors, non-profits, $25/$35

PRODUCERS: Sustainable World Coalition, a project of the Earth Island
Institute

SPONSORS: Global Exchange, United Nations Association, Institute
of Noetic Sciences, The Ecology Center, SF Dept. of Environment,
Institute of Integral Studies, Media Alliance, New Dimensions Radio,
Bay Area Intl. Development Organizations (BAIDO), Straus
Communications, Smart Soul, New College of California, Clif Bar.


INFORMATION: 415/785-1888, info [at] swcoalition.org

http://www.swcoalition.org/Symposium.html
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