You are invited for the Perth Green Drinks on 14 July 2009.Green Drinks is for anyone involved in the environment and related fields. Green groups / NGOs, Freelancers and consultants, Companies, Students, Academics, Government departments, Local Authorities, Younger as well as older people so please forward this invitation to anyone you think might be interested in meeting other people related to sustainability.
Green Drinks is a self-organizing network of professionals, students and enthusiasts working in sustainability who meet up in cities around the world for drinks once a month, or every second month in Perth. Everyone is invited to come and have fun, make contacts, get ideas, share information, find inspiration, and of course, to drink!
Green Drinks is GLOBAL: active in more than 540 cities worldwide! UK - USA - Canada - Australia -Germany - Sweden - Netherlands - Argentina - Belgium - Brazil - Chile - China - Czech Republic - Denmark - Finland - France - Hong Kong - India - Ireland - Italy - Japan - Malta - Mexico - New Zealand - Poland - Puerto Rico - Singapore - South Africa – Switzerland – Turkey – Russia – Philippines – Norway – Romania – Portugal – Spain – Thailand – China - Botswana
When: Tuesday 14 July 6.00 – 8.00 pm
Where: At the UWA University Club
Case Study Room - 1st floor - 6pm to 7pm for speaker
Club Café - ground floor / outside terrace - 7pm to 8 pm
How: The University Club is providing one voucher per person for a choice of “green cocktail” or “green beer” + peanuts and popcorn on the table. Following drinks = cash bar.
What: Network, interact, talk, laugh, debate, drink, have fun!
Speaker: Peter Newman - The Global Green New Deal and Perth
Peter Newman is the Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University and is on the Board of Infrastructure Australia that is funding infrastructure for the long term sustainability of Australian cities. He has recently returned from a North American tour promoting his two new books ‘Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change’ and ‘Green Urbanism Down Under’, both written with Tim Beatley. In 2001-3 Peter directed the production of WA’s Sustainability Strategy in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. It was the first state sustainability strategy in the world. In 2004-5 he was a Sustainability Commissioner in Sydney advising the government on planning issues. In 2006/7 he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Virginia Charlottesville where he wrote his new books. In Perth, Peter is best known for his work in saving, reviving and extending the city’s rail system. Peter invented the term ‘automobile dependence’ to describe how we have created cities where we have to drive everywhere. For 30 years since he attended Stanford University during the first oil crisis he has been warning cities about preparing for peak oil. Peter’s book with Jeff Kenworthy 'Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence' was launched in the White House in 1999. He was a Councillor in the City of Fremantle from 1976-80 where he still lives.
RSVP: Before Monday 13 July 5pm
Email info @ universityclub.uwa.edu.au or phone 6488 8770
Hope to see you there!
Wilma van Boxtel
o2 global network for sustainable design - liaison Western Australia
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