2010 Presentations
Unless otherwise indicated, Lester Brown will be speaking at the following events.
January 23-24: Sundance Film Festival (panel on solutions, panel on climate refugees, and a press conference), Park City, Utah
February 12: Keynote speaker at Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Ottawa, Canada
March 23: Keynote at EPA 4th Annual Resource Conservation and Recovery Workshop, Arlington, VA
March 27: Speaking after viewing of work-in-progress film Plan B, Environmental Film Festival, Carnegie Institution for Science, Elihu Root Auditorium, 1530 P St NW, Washington, DC
April 20: 6:30-9:30 pm Earth day speaker at Georgetown University, Hariri Lohr Auditorium, Washington, DC
April 22: 8:00-9:30 pm Earth Day speaker at American University, Ward Building, Room 1, Washington, DC
May 5: Presentation at the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
May 12: Key presentor at "Breaking the Barriers for Plan B" conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
May 13-15: Launching Italian edition of Plan B 4.0 in Italy—Rome, Milan, and Torino
May 16-19: Launching Romanian edition of Plan B 4.0 and receiving "honoris causa" in Bucharest, Romania
May 20: Recipient of "Hero of Sustainability" award from Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, Denver, Colorado
May 25-29: Launching Japanese edition of Plan B 4.0 and giving presentations, Tokyo, Japan
June 1: Lester Brown and Janet Larsen speaking at conference hosted by Shandong Academy of Social Sciences, Jinan, China
June 2-3: Launching Chinese edition of Plan B 4.0 in Beijing, China. Speaking at Foreign Correspondents Club and Bookworm Bookstore on Tuesday, June 2.
June 5: Induction into University of Maryland's Hall of Fame, College Park, Maryland
September 15: Champion for "Energy Solutions for a Living Planet" panel, World Energy Council, Montreal, Canada
September 16: Speaker at Swiss Management's 47th Annual Forum, Zurich, Switzerland
2009 Presentations
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January 5: Dinner lecture on Plan B 3.0 at White Dog Cafe, Philadelphia, PA.
February 10: Keynote presentation at CLSA Asia Investors' Forum, Las Vegas, NV.
February 23: 9 am speaking at National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, DC.
March 12: Afternoon keynote presentation at National Consortium of Specialized Secondary Schools for Math, Science and Technology, Crystal City, VA.
April 1: Speaker at The Arctic Imperative: Protecting the World's Vulnerable Communities seminar, Washington, DC
April 16: Morning keynote presentation at CERES conference, San Francisco, CA.
April 17: Evening keynote at Humane Society of United States event, Washington, DC.
April 21: Presentation to staff at U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC.
April 23: 1 pm Keynote for 3rd Annual GWU Climate Action Conference at George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium, Washington, DC.
April 26: Speaking at "Does Population Matter?" seminar sponsored by the International Forum on Globalization, Washington, DC.
April 28: 7:30 pm Houston Progressive Forum, Wortham Theater, Houston, TX.
May 2: Speaking at Population Connection's Capitol Hill Days, Washington, DC.
May 16: Receiving Charles Lindberg Award, Oshkosh, WI.
June 18: 7:30-9 PM, "A Conversation with Lester Brown," interviewed by Marc Pachter. Museum of American History, Washington, DC. Watch the webcast.
August 4-5: Keynote at State of the World Forum, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
August 21: Keynote at AREDAY event, Aspen, Colorado.
September 9: Speaking at luncheon benefit for D&R Greenway and Nature Conservancy, Princeton, NJ.
October 2: Book party for Plan B 4.0. 5:30-7 pm at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW.
October 10: 12 noon, Main Stage Speaker, Green Festival, Washington, DC. Subject is Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. Book signing after presentation. Open to the public.
October 27-28: Speaking at 4th Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
October 29: 7:30 pm, Savoy Place, London. Giving Compassion in World Farming’s 2009 Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture, "How Can We Feed the World and Protect the Environment." Tickets £25.00 are available by booking online or by phone at +44 (0)1483 521 953.
October 30: Luncheon address for HSBC, London.
November 2: 7 pm presentation on Plan B 4.0 at Barnes & Noble, 4801 Bethesda Avenue, Bethesda, MD. Book signing to follow presentation.
November 2: 8 pm, Janet Larsen will speak to the DC Women and Money discussion group in Washington, DC.
November 5: Janet Larsen will be speaking at the Climate Change and National/Global Security conference being held from 9 am to 2 pm at the Pegasus Ballroom, University of Central Florida. For more information.
November 9: 6 pm presentation on Plan B 4.0 at World Affairs Council, San Francisco.
November 10: 12 noon presentation on Plan B 4.0 at Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, 595 Market Street, San Francisco (2nd floor). For more information and tickets.
November 11: 8-9 am Breakfast roundtable, Mercy Corps, Portland, Oregon. Register online.
November 11: 12 noon lunch briefing, David Evans and Associates, Portland, Oregon. Not open to the public.
November 12: 7 PM, presentation on Plan B 4.0 at the University of Washington, Seattle. Open to the public.
November 16: 9:30 am, presentation on Plan B 4.0 at University of Minnesota, Cowles Auditorium. Open to the public.
November 17: Luncheon presentation on Plan B 4.0, Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
November 17: 6-7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 4.0 at the Assembly Hall, International House, Chicago, IL. Sponsored by the University of Chicago. Open to the public.
November 18: 6 pm presentation on Plan B 4.0 at University of Colorado, Boulder. For more information. Open to the public.
November 19: 7 pm, evening public presentation on Plan B 4.0, Lory Student Center, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins. Open to the public. For more information.
November 25: Janet Larsen will speak at the GreenAccord Association's conference in Viterbo, Italy.
December 4: 1 pm, Janet Larsen will speak at the Energy, Climate Change and Global Food Security symposium being held in conjunction with the Copenhagen Climate Conference, COP15.
at the H.C. Ørsted Institute, University of Copenhagen. Contact: John Scales Avery .. Draft agenda.
December 7: 3 pm, Janet Larsen will speak at the COP15, Bella Center, Bellona Room (located in the delegation area between the World Bank and Brazil) on "Plan B for Stabilizing Climate: Cutting Carbon Emissions 80 Percent by 2020."
December 13: Janet Larsen will give the plenary lecture at the EcoCity World Summit, Cevahir Convention Center, Istanbul, Turkey. Details at EcoCity Builders.
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The launch team for the Swedish
edition of Plan B 3.0. September
2008. (l to r) Anders Jonasson
and Lars-Ola Nordqvist (of
Addera Förlag, publishing house),
Doris Almström (translator),
Lester, and Lars Almström (translator). |
Lester speaking at Bookworm
Bookstore, Beijing, China. June 2008. |
Lester talking with Junko Edahiro of Japan for Sustainability in Tokyo,
June 2008.
Lester signing books after his presentation at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Bethesda, MD, November 2009 |
Lester with Yul Choi, Korea Green
Foundation, launching the Korean
edition of Plan B 3.0, June 2008.
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2008 Presentations
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January 16: 11 am press teleconference to release Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.
January 24: Janet Larsen. Evening keynote on Plan B 3.0, Conference of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities, Fordham University, Bronx, NY.
January 27: 5 pm - Book lecture and signing for Plan B 3.0 at Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC (phone: 202-364-1919)
January 29: 11 am. Young Presidents Association (YPO) teleconference on Plan B 3.0. Click here to listen.
January 29:3 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at George Mason University, Dewberry Hall, Johnson Center, Fairfax Campus. Open to the public.
January 31: 5 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at Georgetown University, New Research Building Auditorium, Washington, DC. Open to the public.
February 4: 6:30 pm - evening seminar and dinner sponsored by the Los Angeles World Affairs Council
February 5: 7:30 pm - presentation on Plan B 3.0 at First Congregational Church, Riverside, CA (located at the corner of Mission Inn Avenue and Lemon Street). Doors open at 6:45 pm. Open to the public.
February 6: 6 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at World Affairs Council of Northern California, 312 Sutter Street, San Francisco (415-293-4670).
February 7: 7:30 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at First Congregational Church at Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Open to the public.
February 17: 6 pm - presentation on Plan B 3.0, Middleburg Forum, VA, at Buccanan Hall. 5:15 pm reception. (Contact Jack Gibbons
February 22: 3 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Harvard University Center for the Environment, Maxwell Dworkin Lessin Room, G-115, Cambridge.
February 22: 7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Cambridge Forum, 3 Church Street (First Parish). Open to the public.
February 24: 7:30 pm - presentation at Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA. Sponsored by the Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition. Open to the public. Contact GWAC or see their website for more information.
February 28: 11:30 am, Janet Larsen will give a public lecture, "Time for Plan B–Mobilizing to Save Civilization," at Lasell College, de Witt Hall, Newton, MA..
March 3-6: Presentation to the European Parliament, Brussels; presentations to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change and Home House in London.
March 25: 7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Tattered Cover Colfax Avenue bookstore, 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO. Phone: 303-322-7727
March 26-28: 2008 Aspen Environment Forum, Aspen, CO.
April 9: 6:30 pm Keynote presentation at Wellington West Capital Markets conference, Toronto, Canada.
April 16: 7:30 pm Evening lecture, Takoma Park Presbyterian Church (details forthcoming).
April 22: 6-7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC.
April 25: Janet Larsen, speaker at EcoCity World Summit in San Francisco. For details.
April 28: 5:30 pm "Energy: A Conversation About Our National Addiction," Crystal City, VA, sponsored by the Energy Conversation. View presentation.
April 30: presentation for Rutgers Alumni and donors, Washington, DC.
May 3: presentation at Council of Scientific Society Presidents, Washington, DC.
May 7: Janet Larsen. Luncheon presentation, "Growing Food Insecurity: Food-to-Fuel and Other Challenges," for Washington Interreligious Staff Council, Energy and Environmental Working Group. Washington, DC.
May 12: Presentation to Interfaith Power and Light, national conference, Washington, DC.
May 28: keynote address, The Nature Conservancy's Eastern Region conference, Norfolk, VA.
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Lester with Hindi edition of Plan B 3.0
launched in New Delhi, June 2008.
Natalie, Alex, and Hayley, Grade 6
students from Branksome Hall,
who are studying the effect of
overpopulation on the environment,
meet with Lester in Toronto.
Raffi Cavoukian—(known to millions
as the troubadour Raffi), singer,
author, ecology advocate and founder
of Child Honoring—and Lester in
San Francisco at the World Affairs
Council, February 2008.
MEP Marie Anne Isler Beguin, Lester,
& MEP Rebecca Harms before
presentation at the European
Parliament, March 2008.
Presentation by Lester at the
European Parliament on food vs
fuel, March 2008.
Kevin Knobloch, UCS; Jay Kaufman,
representative in MA General Court:
Edward Markey, Congress; Susan Brown; Kay Tiffany, founding
member of Lexington Global
Warming Coalition; Lester (February 2008).
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June 6: Janet Larsen, keynote presentation at New York Institute of Technology conference, "Energy Shock and Climate Change" Details on conference.
June 1-20: Launching Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Italian, and Turkish editions of Plan B 3.0.
August 22: Keynote speaker at American Renewable Energy Day, Aspen, CO.
September 1-5: launching German edition of Plan B 3.0 in Berlin (September 1 & 2) and speaking at Global Economic Symposium in Hamburg (September 3-5).
September 8-9: Stockholm, launching the Swedish edition of Plan B 3.0.
September 8: Janet Larsen will be speaking at the 31st Annual National Food Policy Conference, Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Consumer Federation of America. For details.
September 10-11: Olso, launching the Norwegian edition of Plan B 3.0.
September 13: 1:30 pm keynote address at Piedmont Environmental Council annual meeting, Flint Hill, VA.
September 16: participant in Forum on Global Food Systems and Their Impact on Nutrition and Health for All, Columbia University, NY.
September 19: Speaking to members of the Executive Boards of the World Bank Group.
September 20: Keynote presentation at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
September 23: Janet Larsen will speak 6:30 pm about EPI’s World Climate Action Plan for a Climate Ride 2008 event being held at the Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound Center, Leakin Park, 1900 Eagle Drive, Baltimore, MD.
September 23-35: Panelist for the Energy and Climate Change working session "Renewables Revolution" of the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York City.
September 26: Meeting with International Board of Directors, Stanford Group, New York City.
September 26: Afternoon keynote, Harvard University, Center for Health and the Global Environment retreat.
October 7: Morning keynote to World Bank meeting of water managers, Washington, DC.
October 7: Closing keynote for CIES Future Leaders Congress, Tysons Corner, VA.
October 16: Kickoff speaker, World Food Day seminar, Cosmos Club, Washington, DC.
October 20: Keynote speaker (12:30 pm), The Power of Green conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
October 27: Janet Larsen will discuss food for fuel at a board meeting of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs, New York City.
October 29: 7 pm Presentation in Santa Fe, NM, for the Lannan Foundation reading series at the Lensic Performing Arts Center.
November 1: Keynote speaker at Noble Group conference, Palm Springs, CA.
November 8: 1 pm Mainstage speaker at the Green Festival, Washington, DC.
November 9: 7:30 pm Evening keynote at AASHE conference, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC. Open to the public.
November 10: public lecture on Plan B 3.0 at Catawba College, NC.
November 17-18: Launching Spanish edition of Plan B 2.0 in Bogota, Colombia.
November 20: Keynote presentation at EcoPower Conference, Florianopolis, Brazil
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