Unless otherwise indicated, Lester Brown will be speaking at the following events in 2008.


2008
January 16: 11 am press teleconference to release Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.

January 27: 5 pm - Book lecture and signing for Plan B 3.0 at Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC (phone: 202-364-1919)

January 29: 11 am. Young Presidents Association (YPO) teleconference on Plan B 3.0. Click here to listen.

January 29:3 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at George Mason University, Dewberry Hall, Johnson Center, Fairfax Campus. Open to the public.

January 31: 5 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at Georgetown University, New Research Building Auditorium, Washington, DC. Open to the public.

February 4: 6:30 pm - evening seminar and dinner sponsored by the Los Angeles World Affairs Council

February 5: 7:30 pm - presentation on Plan B 3.0 at First Congregational Church, Riverside, CA (located at the corner of Mission Inn Avenue and Lemon Street). Doors open at 6:45 pm. Open to the public.

February 6: 6 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at World Affairs Council of Northern California, 312 Sutter Street, San Francisco (415-293-4670).

February 7: 7:30 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at First Congregational Church at Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Open to the public.

February 17: 6 pm - presentation on Plan B 3.0, Middleburg Forum, VA, at Buccanan Hall. 5:15 pm reception. (Contact Jack Gibbons

February 22: 3 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Harvard University Center for the Environment, Maxwell Dworkin Lessin Room, G-115, Cambridge.

February 22: 7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Cambridge Forum, 3 Church Street (First Parish). Open to the public.

February 24: 7:30 pm - presentation at Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA. Sponsored by the Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition. Open to the public. Contact GWAC or see their website for more information.

February 28: 11:30 am, Janet Larsen will give a public lecture, "Time for Plan B–Mobilizing to Save Civilization," at Lasell College, de Witt Hall, Newton, MA..

March 3-6: Presentation to the European Parliament, Brussels; presentations to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change and Home House in London.

March 25: 7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Tattered Cover Colfax Avenue bookstore, 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO. Phone: 303-322-7727

March 26-28: 2008 Aspen Environment Forum, Aspen, CO.

April 9: 6:30 pm Keynote presentation at Wellington West Capital Markets conference, Toronto, Canada.

April 16: 7:30 pm Evening lecture, Takoma Park Presbyterian Church (details forthcoming).

April 22: 6-7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC.

April 28: 5:30 pm "Energy: A Conversation About Our National Addiction," Crystal City, VA, sponsored by the Energy Conversation. View presentation.

April 30: presentation for Rutgers Alumni and donors, Washington, DC.

May 3: presentation at Council of Scientific Society Presidents.

May 12: Presentation to Interfaith Power and Light, national conference, Washington, DC.

May 28: keynote address, The Nature Conservancy's Eastern Region conference, Norfolk, VA.

June 1-20: Launching Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Italian, and Turkish editions of Plan B 3.0.

September 1-5: launching German edition of Plan B 3.0 and speaking at Global Economic Symposium.

September 26: Keynote, Harvard University, Center for Health and the Global Environment retreat.

October 1: Keynote address as SustainCommWorld, the Geen Media SHow, Boston, MA.

November 10: Evening keynote at AASHE conference, Raleigh, NC.




Presentations Given: 2007

January 10-11: Austin, TX, Tipping Point Network

January 19-31:
   Berlin (launching German edition of Plan B 2.0)
    22: 4 pm Presentation at the Bundestag
    22: 7 pm Dinner Discussion sponsored by Ecologic
    23: 11 am press conference
  24-28: World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
  Brussels (meetings and presentations)
   30: 1-3 pm luncheon discussion at the European
      Parliament
   30: 8 pm Soiree Internationale

February 4: 4:00 pm "Implementing Solutions to Climate Crises" conference, George Washington University. Conference schedule at http://www.climateactionconference.org

February 7: Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies, China Forum speaker

February 28: Morning keynote lecture, The Nature Conservancy, Key Bridge Marriott, Rosslyn, VA

March 1: Climate change conference, sponsored by American Public Media. Minneapolis, MN

March 14: 11 am Briefing on Capitol Hill sponsored by Security for a New Century, Senate Dirksen G-11

April 9: Lecture for staff of World Bank, Washington, DC.

April 16: Keynote speaker, Bioenergy Business 2007, sponsored by Environmental Finance. Chicago, IL www.environmental-finance.com

April 17: 10:30 am Keynote speaker, Freeman Forum, at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Open to the public. Contact: Camille Gage (612) 625-5309

April 18: 6:30 pm Earth Day Lecture at UC Berkeley. Valley Life Sciences Bldg, Room 2050. Open to the public. Contact Joanne Birdsall

April 20: Afternoon lecture for staff of Google, Mountain View, CA.

May 10: Women’s National Democratic Club luncheon address, Washington, DC
         
May 19-31: Japan and France
  May 20-25: Lectures in Tokyo and Kyoto
  May 29-31: Meetings and lectures in Paris and Grenoble

June 13: 10 am Briefing to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on biofuels. 406 Senate Dirksen Bldg, Washington, DC

June 18-21: Keynote at the 51st World Food Business Summit, Pudong Shangri-La Hotel, Shanghai, China. Theme: Mapping the New Silk Road. The annual gathering of food business leaders who understand the future is the key to success. For more information www.ciessummit.com

October 18: 8:30 am Talk to Washington-area members of the Young Presidents Organization at National Press Club.

November 6-8: Launching French edition of Plan B 2.0 in Paris. Main launching event: lecture at UNESCO on Wednesday, November 7 from 6-8 pm. Contact: Calmann-Levy Publishing tel: 011-33-1-49-54-36-00

Presentations Given: 2006

January 5: Press briefing at EPI office to launch Plan B 2.0.

January 13: 5-6:30 pm Book party for Plan B 2.0 at EPI office.

January 18: New York City, 6:30-8:30 pm Lecture on Plan B 2.0 sponsored by the Rainforest Alliance, 665 Broadway. Contact: Veronica Vanterpool (646) 452-1917.

January 23-24: Outreach in London for Plan B 2.0

January 24: Lecture at the Royal Geographic Society, 2:30 - 4 pm. Contact: Najma Pover (+44 207 323 1579)

January 25-29: World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland

January 29-30: IUCN Renowned Thinkers Conference, Switzerland

January 31-February 1: Brussels. Lecture at the European Parliament and meetings with various members of the European Parliament.

February 2: Paris, Luncheon discussion and afternoon lecture at OECD.

February 6: San Francisco, 6-8:30 pm lecture sponsored by the World Affairs Council.

February 7: San Francisco, Breakfast lecture sponsored by the Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley.

February 8:Los Angeles, 12 noon to 2:30 pm luncheon lecture sponsored by the World Affairs Council. For details.

February 9: Seattle
 3-4 pm Lecture, University of Washington, Husky Student Union Bldg, Room 200 ABC.
 7-8:30 pm Lecture sponsored by the World Affairs Council, at the Mountaineers. For details call (206) 441-5910 or go to the Seattle WAC website.

February 19:Speaking at AAAS meeting in St. Louis on China's environmental issues.

February 20: St. Louis, 6-7 pm lecture at the University of Missouri, Millennium Student Center, 3rd Floor, Student Government Chamber, 8001 Natural Bridge Road. Hosted by the World Affairs Council. Contact Sean Mullins: (314) 727-9988.

February 21: Denver, 7:30 pm lecture and reading at the Tattered Cover Bookstore (lower downtown store).

February 22: Boulder. 7:30 pm, lecture sponsored by the University of Colorado, Humanities 1850. Event information:
http://ecenter.colorado.edu/events/index.html phone: 303-492-8308

March 6-9:Brazil: Lecture sponsored by UMA-Universidade Livre da Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Forest Open University), Bahia.
Visit to the "Chocolate Forest," the hot-spot of chocolate, where cocoa is grown in the biologically diverse Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

March 27: Philadelphia, "Table Talk" at 6 pm at the White Dog Cafe (dinner and lecture). Call (215) 386-9224 to make a reservation.

April 4: 4-5:30 pm lecture sponsored by the Dept of Forestry and Environmental Science in Bowers Auditorium. Open to the public.
 7:30 pm Debate with the Yale Debate Society at the Yale Political Union. Open to the public.

April 5: Cambridge Forum, 7:30 pm, First Parish, 3 Church Street. Free and open to the public.

April 6: Lexington, Massachusetts. 7:30 pm lecture at Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, sponsored by the Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition. Free and open to the public. http://www.lexgwac.org/

April 19: Ohio State University. 4 pm public lecture at the Wexner Center Auditorium. Contact Nancy Tresch (614-292-9762).

April 20: Madison, Wisconsin. 7:30 pm Earth Day lecture at University of Wisconsin, Bascom Hall. Sponsored by the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Free and open to the public. Contact Molly Young (608-265-0559)

April 25: New York City.
 9:30-11:30 am EPA Distinguished Lecture Program
 12-2 pm Demos book lecture (open to the public) 220 Fifth Ave, 5th Floor (212-633-1405)

May 8: Washington, DC. Keynote lecture at 1:00 pm. Sustainable Energy Forum 2006, sponsored by the University of Maryland. Betts Theater, George Washington University Marvin Center, 800 21st Street, NW. Registration required.

May 16: Copenhagen, Denmark. Address to the European Environment Agency.

May 18: Frankfurt, Germany. Bayer CropScience Forum "Science and Society: Caring for Future Needs."

May 22-26: Lectures in Japan and launching Japanese edition of Plan B 2.0.
 Monday: Hitotsubashi University & receiving honorary doctorate
 Tuesday: Tokyo Big Sight lecture "The New Economy in the Environmental Era"
 Wednesday: 1) The First Mitsui Environmental Fund Seminar
  2) Seminar at the Japan Ecology Foundation
 Thursday: 1) Institute for Sustainable Energy Policy
   2) Rikkyo University
 Friday: 1) Sankei Keizai Shimbun
   2) Goi Peace Foundation

May 27-30: Launching Chinese edition of Plan B 2.0 in Beijing.
Sunday: Lecture at the National Library
   Meeting with Professional Assoc. for China's Environment
 Monday morning: Institute of World Development
 Monday afternoon: Tsinghua University
 Tuesday morning: Address at the Foreign Correspondents Club
 Tuesday afternoon: Lecture and book signing at Xidan Bookstore
 Tuesday evening: Lecture and book signing at Bookworm Bookstore
 Wednesday morning: Chinese Economics Society

June 28-30: Aspen, Colorado. Fortune Brainstorm conference.

September 13-21: Bulgaria, Romania, Finland.
 Bulgaria: September 15, public lecture at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
 Romania: September 19, public lecture at the Romanian Academy of Sciences
 Finland: Address at the Finnish Parliament

September 30: 6:30 pm Public Lecture at the University of Iowa, sponsored by the Engineers for a Sustainable World.

October 15: 12 noon, Keynote speaker at the Green Festival, Washington, DC. Washington Convention Center
http://www.greenfestivals.org

October 17: morning lecture in Grand Rapids, MI.
7 pm public lecture at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

October 19: Morning keynote at Pop!Tech conference, Camden, Maine

October 23: "Restructuring Taxes to Sustain our 21st Century Civilization," keynote lecture, University of Ottawa, 7th Annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation.

October 26: Palmetto Institute Agriculture Summit, Charleston, SC.

November 10: Luncheon lecture at City Colleges of Chicago, No Boundaries Conference

November 11: Seminar at Wesleyan University, "Sources of Vulnerability and Threats to Sustainability."

November 20-23: Third International Parliamentarians' Conference, Bangkok.

November 28: Morning keynote address at SERDP conference, Washington, DC.

November 29: Morning presentation, Inter-American Development Bank Conference on Sustainable Energy and Climate Change, Washington, DC.

Photo Gallery

Natalie, Alex, and Hayley, Grade 6 students from Branksome Hall, who are studying the effect of overpopulation on the environment, meet with Lester in Toronto.

Raffi Cavoukian—(known to millions as the troubadour Raffi), singer, author, ecology advocate and founder of Child Honoring—and Lester in San Francisco at the World Affairs Council, February 2008.

MEP Marie Anne Isler Beguin, Lester, & MEP Rebecca Harms before presentation at the European Parliament, March 2008 Presentation by Lester at the European Parliament on food vs fuel.

Kevin Knobloch, UCS; Jay Kaufman, representative in MA General Court: Edward Markey, Congress; Susan Brown; Kay Tiffany, founding member of Lexington Global Warming Coalition; Lester

Yul Choi, head of Korea Green Foundation and recipient of a Goldman Environment Prize, and Les in his home. Below: a lighter moment.

Lester giving a briefing on ethanol to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, June 13, 2007

Les w/Toshishige Kurosawa, president of Ikari Corporation, Japan (May 2007)