UPDATE: Please note that the start time of this program has changed. The program will now begin at 6:00 p.m.
Join the National Constitution Center this Earth Day for a program in the
Red, White, Blue and Green speaker
series, featuring leading international economic advisor Jeffrey D. Sachs,
author of the New York Times
bestseller, The End of Poverty, and
the forthcoming book, Common Wealth:
Economics for a Crowded Planet. Considered one of the world’s greatest
economists, Sachs provides an assessment of the environmental factors that
threaten global prosperity, and a practical set of solutions based on a new
economic paradigm for a crowded planet. Bill Blakemore of ABC News will moderate.
Red, White, Blue and
Green is a
series of discussions at the National Constitution Center with nationally respected scholars,
practitioners, advocates, journalists and government officials about unique
constitutional issues pertaining to environmental policy and
stewardship.
Jeffrey D.
Sachs is
the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Special Advisor to United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on the Millennium Development Goals. He is
widely considered to be the leading international economic advisor of his
generation. For more than 20 years, Sachs has been in the forefront of the
challenges of economic development, poverty alleviation, and enlightened
globalization, promoting policies to help all parts of the world to benefit from
expanding economic opportunities and well being. He has written or edited many
books.
Bill Blakemore has spearheaded ABC's coverage of global warming, traveling
from the tropics to polar regions to report on the impacts and dangers of
climate change, as well as possible solutions for it. He helped create ABC's new multiplatform exploration of global warming
in TV, Internet, podcast, radio and print formats. He began focusing on global
warming even as he was finishing his 27-year coverage of the entire papacy of
Pope John Paul II. Blakemore has been a reporter for ABC News for more than 35 years, covering a
wide variety of stories.
Parking
for this event is available for $7 at the Independence Visitors Center located at 6th and Market Streets.
Parking availability is subject to change. Please call the Constitution Center on the day of the program for more
information. Please also see our directions by public transportation.
A book sale and signing will follow
the program courtesy of Joseph Fox Bookshop.
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.
Learn more about other programs in the Red, White, Blue and
Green series:
March
20, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.: "The Business of Going Green," with Newt
Gingrich
April 9
, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.: "Sustainable Cities," with Mayor Michael Nutter
Related Links:
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet (Penguin)
Jeffrey D.
Sachs
Bill Blakemore
