1. Night of sustainability
On September 8th, we are celebrating the People 4 Earth launch kick-off of during the sustainability night at Urgenda in Amersfoort (The Netherlands). Key persons from the Dutch sustainability world will be present enabling People 4 Earth staff to promote our global initiative. More information about the program can be found
here.
2. Radio will connect the world of sustainability
At midnight, CET, we will start with a 24 hrs Sustainability Radio program powered by People 4 Earth. You can listen worldwide to this program through the streaming on the People 4 Earth website. In Poland, England, Holland, Uganda, Ghana and Kenya as well as Africa and Indonesia (by Trans World Radio) the broadcast can be received on the radio. Many international leading people in sustainability will give an interview about their vision on moving to a better world. The broadcast is in cooperation with radio station Seagull.
3. Conference at ICSE in Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
The International Center for Sustainable Excellence (ICSE) in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, will be the first Center that shows visitors, participants and users how knowledge and skills in the field of sustainability will together shape our future and makes them experience this. Size of the location is 4000 m2.
The International Centre for Sustainable Excellence will be opened on 7-9-09 and during the week commencing 7th September each day a conference on sustainability will be held.
At 9-9-09 the Conference speakers are:
- Opening by Jean Paul Close (chairman)
- Dick Veerman (founder foodlog.nl)
- Lulu Wang (discussing Sustainable China)
- Wil Robben (industrial transformation)
- Geert Kloppenburg (sustainable mobility)
- Theo Land (self sufficient buildings)
- Anneke Sipkens ( People 4 Earth)
4. Reception People 4 Earth in the Botanic Garden of Washington DC
The People 4 Earth US Foundation will host a reception to celebrate the official launch of People 4 Earth in the US. The reception will take place at the US Botanic Garden from 6-8pm. Along with an open bar and Green Restaurant approved hors d'oeuvres, many guests will be presented with an overview of our mission by Martine Bloquiaux and Mark Tulay. Allen White will discuss the white paper findings and Alisa Gravitz of Green America will provide a glowing recommendation for our services.