Nicknamed by some the "world's most sustainable mayor," Jaime Lerner came to Philly in February of 2006 and was a major hit - a sell out audience packed the Academy of Natural Sciences, the mayor gave him the keys to the city, Lerner charmed Brenda Jorett on WHYY radio, and many in the non-profit, government, and private world were inspired into action.
 
But what has happened in Philadelphia and the region since then?  Where are we today, compared to 2 years ago?  Do changes in this urban environment matter - especially when compared to a species (or an entire habitat) going extinct in the middle of Amazon or of Indonesia; or to climate change being a potential threat to humans for generations to come?
 
What is sustainability - for you, for me, for us residents of Philadelphia and the region?  How do you bridge the science and the politics, the passion and the resistance to change, the ideal and the doable?  What is, after all, sustainability in the city?  Jaime Lerner and his hometown of Curitiba, Brazil are a model.  But can Philadelphia be one as well?
 
Come hear from Spencer Finch, an engineer and Penn alum who went from a private engineering firm to the non-profit sector - and join the dialogue!
 
Date:  April 9, 2008
Time:  NOON - 1:30 pm
Place:  Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium
On the Penn campus: Chemistry Building, 34 & Spruce Sts. (enter on 34 St)
 
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Direct questions to: 215-573-3164; ies_penn@sas.upenn.edu; http://www.sas.upenn.edu/earth/ies
 
NO FOOD OR DRINK PERMITTED IN THE AUDITORIUM

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