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Agents of Change in Aspen

14th Feb 2008

Aspen Institute and National Geographic Magazine
Forum Will Focus on Solutions for a Sustainable Future

The public is invited to attend the forum, a gathering of more than 300 thought leaders that will take place from March 26-30, at the Aspen Meadows Resort and Conference Center.

The Aspen Institute and National Geographic magazine have joined forces to produce the first-ever Aspen Environment Forum—a powerful, four-day exchange examining the future of our shared environment and how we, as citizens, corporations and countries, can be responsible stewards.

The forum will feature multimedia presentations by National Geographic photographers and writers who have documented environmental issues, as well as previews of upcoming environment specials from the National Geographic Channel.

The photographers include:

• James Balog, who is recording the retreat of glaciers worldwide;
• Michael Nichols, whose groundbreaking wildlife photography has spurred the establishment of national parks in Africa;
• Paul Nicklen, who has captured the beauty and pathos of the warming Arctic;
• Jim Richardson, who has documented Western environmental landscapes for more than three decades.

Among the speakers are experts in science and policy, business leaders and government officials. They include:-
HRH Princess Basma bint Ali of Jordan, chair, Royal Ecological Diving Society
Lester Brown, founder and president, Earth Policy Institute
Majora Carter, executive director, Sustainable South Bronx
Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
James H. Kunstler, social critic and author of The Long Emergency and The Geography of Nowhere
Ira Magaziner, chairman, Clinton Climate Initiative
Marvin Odum, executive VP-EP Americas, Shell Exploration & Production
Andrew Revkin, environment reporter, The New York Times
James Rogers, president and CEO, Duke Energy E.O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and biologist, Harvard

Reduced-price Forum Passes are available to government and non-profit employees, international guests, and university faculty and students.

To register, contact Deborah Murphy at (970) 544-7960 or deborah.murphy@aspeninst.org, or go to the forum’s Web site at http://www.aspenenvironment.org. Space is limited; early registration and travel booking are encouraged.

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