Sustainability Funders' Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting of the The Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption exploring a range of issues and grantmaking practices related to sustainable production and consumption.
- Event Types(s)
- Meeting
- When
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Apr 30, 2008 09:00 AM
to
May 01, 2008 05:00 PM - Where
- Washington, DC
- Geographic Areas
- National
- Focus area(s)
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- Environment
- Environmental Health
- Green Chemistry / Safer Alternatives
- Life-cycle / Waste / Recycling
- Sustainability
- Toxics
- Contact Name
- Annie Leonard
- Contact Phone
- (510) 649-9808
- Contact Email
- aleonard@ega.org
Please join us to explore a range of issues and
grantmaking practices related to sustainable production and consumption,
including:
- Cutting edge campaigns and opportunities to promote sustainability in key sectors of the economy, including paper, electronics, bottled water, packaging and more;
- Strategies, tools and resources for promoting sustainable production and consumption;
- Challenging the culture of overconsumption;
- Connecting the dots: deepening our systemic analysis of the connections and causes of environmental, social and economic problems;
- Economic and cultural drivers of unsustainable production and consumption;
- Lessons learned from, and opportunities provided by, the success of our recent film, The Story of Stuff.
About the Sustainability Funders:
The Sustainability Funders work to advance understanding, foster collaboration and enhance the overall effectiveness of grantmaking for a sustainable world. Our goal is to help catalyze and accelerate a shift to sustainable production and consumption and to promote a society that embraces sustainability and justice.
Please register on line: https://www.regonline.com/63339_197693F
For more information about the Sustainability Funders or this meeting please contact Annie Leonard at aleonard@ega.org or (510) 649-9808.