Please note: The garage at the National Constitution Center will be closed for this event.
Join the National Constitution Center for an event featuring Newt
Gingrich and executives engaged in the business of going green, in the first
program of our
Red, White, Blue and Green
series. How can government and industry address the environmental challenges
of the 21st century? Increasingly, companies are leading the charge to develop
and invest in environmentally friendly technology–not just because it is good
for our planet, but because it is good for the bottom line. Gingrich, who
recently authored
A Contract with the
Earth, argues that technologically savvy environmental entrepreneurs can and
should be the cornerstone of environmental solutions, and cooperation and
incentives must be increased to achieve workable and broadly supported
environmental solutions.
He writes, "We depend on accurate scientific data to guide us, but it is "we the people" who will ultimately decide how best to achieve a sufficient and sustainable quality of life."
The Red, White, Blue and Green program
series at the National Constitution Center features conversations with
nationally respected scholars, practitioners, advocates, executives and
government officials about unique constitutional issues pertaining to
environmental policy and stewardship.
From issues of economic and national security to questions of states’
rights and federalism, this wide-ranging and highly publicized series will
generate balanced, thought-provoking exchange and will shed light on the
relevancy of the environment and the Constitution in every day
life.
Newt
Gingrich
is well-known as the architect of the “Contract with America” that
led the Republican Party to victory in 1994 by capturing the majority in the
U.S. House for the first time in forty years. As an author, he has published
fourteen books, including several fiction and non-fiction best-sellers. Gingrich
is Chairman of the Gingrich Group, a communications and consulting firm that
specializes in transformational change. He serves as General Chairman of
American Solutions for Winning the Future, is a Senior Fellow at the American
Enterprise Institute, a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution
and is an Honorary Chairman of the NanoBusiness Alliance. He is also a news and
political analyst for the Fox News Channel.
Francine Colaneri is Vice President of Manufacturing and Corporate Purchasing at
Scholastic Inc., the world’s largest publisher and
distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology and
children’s media. As part of Scholastic's "Green Team," Francine has managed the manufacturing of the Harry Potter series, and was instrumental
in arranging the largest ever purchase of Forest Stewardship Council certified
paper in a single book. Francine led the initiative to formalize Scholastic’s
Environmental Procurement Policy whose five-year goal is to increase its
publication paper purchase of FSC- certified paper to 30% and its use of
recycled paper to 25%, of which 75% will be post-consumer waste.
Alan R. Weverstad is the Executive Director, Environment, Energy and Safety Policy, Public Policy Center, at the General Motors Corporation. Mr. Weverstad began his career in 1971 in the engineering area with Pontiac Motor Division where he worked as a design release & development engineer in the chassis and engine development sections. In 1985 he became a part of the Chevrolet-Pontiac-GM of Canada team where he was involved in the emission certification of 77 engine families. He then joined the Marine Engine Division and in 1991 moved to the Environmental Activities Staff and GM Research working on vehicle emissions issues.
Jeffrey Ball covers the business of the environment for The
Wall Street Journal and edits and contributes to the Journal's new blog on the
subject, Environmental Capital. He joined the Journal in 1996 as a reporter for
the Southeast Journal, based in Atlanta. In 1998, he moved to the paper’s
Detroit bureau,
where he covered the auto industry as well as environmental issues affecting it
and other sectors. In 2004, Ball moved to the paper’s Dallas bureau, where he
covered the oil industry and has continued to write about environmental matters,
with a deepening focus on the viability of various efforts to address global
warming by changing the way the world consumes fossil fuels. His reporting has
sought to assess what it would take to roll out those efforts on a scale that
would be both economically plausible and environmentally meaningful.
A book sale and signing will follow
the program courtesy of Joseph Fox Bookshop.
The garage at the National Constitution Center will be closed for this event. Parking
for this event is available for $7 at the Independence Visitor's Center garage located on 5th and 6th Streets between Market and Arch Streets. However, parking
availability is subject to change. Please call the National Constitution Center on the day of the program for more
information. Please also see our directions by public transportation.
For reservations please call:
215.409.6700. Programs of the National Constitution Center begin promptly and latecomers may
not be admitted to the program. Please note that the program is subject to
change.
Don't miss the remaining two programs in the Red, White, Blue and Green series:
April 9, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.: "Sustainable Cities," with Mayor Michael Nutter
April 22, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.: "The Global Environment," with Jeffrey Sachs
Related
Links:
A Contract with the
Earth (Johns Hopkins University Press)
Scholastic
General Motors
Environmental Capital
