Leading the Revolution

Keynote with Eban Goodstein

Speaker: Dr. Eban Goodstein
Date: Sept. 10, 2010
Time: 8–10 a.m.
Location: Sylvester Powell Community Center
6200 Martway
Mission, Kansas 66202
Fee: $25 per person
$15 student rate
$180 for a table of 8

In Greater Kansas City, we are beginning to understand the benefits of more integrated, robust and impactful sustainability measures at every scale — from our homes and businesses to our neighborhoods and communities. However, we sometimes struggle to define the economic case for sustainability. As an economist and national thought leader, Dr. Eban Goodstein has substantial insight that will help move local sustainability efforts from planning to action.

At this extraordinary moment in human history with increasing populations reaching ever higher levels of consumption, we are up against a critical shortage of global resources. According to Goodstein, sustainability cannot be achieved with minor modifications to business as usual, but instead will require two concurrent revolutions: a clean energy revolution and a sustainability revolution in business and government.

This presentation will focus on the economic case for sustainability, what a green economy looks like and why it is profitable, moving from theory to implementation, why cities and states are the locus of innovation and how to bring your talent to the table while leading the revolution.

 

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