Sustainable Philadelphia Forum, co-sponsored by PEC: Building the Green Economy with Van Jones - SOLD OUT

The event is completely sold out and no seats are available at the Academy of Natural Science. 

The program will be webcast to public locations throughout the city, listed below.  At this time, all webcast locations have ample seating. 

Chester County
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Duckrey Social Sciences Center
1837 University Circle
Cheyney, PA 19319-0200

Westtown School
Barton-Test Theater
1045 Westtown Road
Westtown, PA 19395

North Philadelphia
Walk Auditorium, Ritter Hall
College of Education, Temple University
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19122

West Philadelphia
People's Emergency Center
Community Center
Rowan House
325 N. 39th St
Philadelphia, PA 19104

The Enterprise Center
Studio C
4585 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19139
RSVP requested to andrewt@theenterprisecenter.com

Northwest Philadelphia
The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
Brossman Building, Room 201
7301 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19119

6:00 PM - 8:30PM

Location:
Main Auditorium, Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Ben Franklin Parkway (at Logan Circle), Philadelphia
Reception starts at 6 pm, Presentation at 6:30 pm
RSVP Required: Via e-mail to rwall@ansp.org

Van Jones is an environmental leader, civil rights attorney and powerhouse public speaker. He is the president of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, CA. The Center promotes integrated solutions to urban America's toughest problems: social inequality and environmental destruction. Working with the Apollo Alliance, Van is promoting a national "green-collar jobs" initiative. He hopes this approach will create "green pathways out of poverty," while greatly expanding the coalition fighting global warming. His most recent success is the passage of the Green Jobs Act of 2007, authorizing $125 million for green job training programs across the country. Van is a 1993 Yale Law graduate, husband and father.

Hosted by the Academy of Natural Sciences' Town Square Program: http://www.ansp.org/townsquare/index.php

Supported by the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, American Cities Foundation, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Delaware Valley Green Building Council, Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Drexel University, Temple University – Ambler, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, City of Philadelphia, and The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Lecture made possible, in part, by the generous funding of the Claneil Foundation and the Environmental Associates of The Academy of Natural Sciences.

Sponsored by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council, Academy of Natural Sciences, Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center, School of Architecture and the Engineering & Design Institute at Philadelphia University, Green Village Philadelphia Inc., Community Design Collaborative, Charles Matsinger Associates, Bread and Roses Fund and Liberation Fellowship Church of Jesus, Inc.

For more information about this event, visit www.sustainablephiladelphia.com or www.sbnphiladelphia.org. 

For more information about Van Jones, visit:  http://vanjones.net.