On
Oct. 24, 2008, Sustainable Life Media reported that Researchers at
Deutsche Bank's Asset Management (DeAM) Division heartily agreed that
increased spending on green infrastructure can provide enough economic
stimulus to avoid a severe recession.
"The current crisis is
making the necessity of tackling climate change an opportunity to
stimulate growth through investment opportunities," says Mark Fulton,
DeAM's global head of climate change investment research. "Severe
though it is, the current financial situation can eventually be fixed,
and should not be used as an excuse for inaction."
These
are serious times for serious people and we are proud to present a
panel of serous professionals to field some of your most serious
questions...
Welcome to
Eco Investment Club San Diego!
A Distinguished Lecture & Networking "GreenMeet"
Topic of Discussion: "What's Next for the Green Economy?" Begins 9am PT - 12pm ET
Reserve your Free Webinar seat now at:https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/124526391 (Or attend in person!!)
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
7:45 am - 11:30 am PT
The City of San Diego's Auditorium
@ The Environmental Services Department
9601 Ridgehaven Court - San Diego, California 92123
Free Parking Available!
Complimentary Organic Coffee and Fruit will be served!
*Note: Seating is Limited
Learn More about the Club
http://www.EcoInvestmentClub.com
Agenda:
Our Distinguished Panel includes:
Welcome & Introductory Remarks
Yeves R. Perez
Host
Eco Investment Network International, Inc.
Founder
Glenn Croston, Ph.D.
Author
of "75 Green Businesses", Glenn Croston is committed to helping
entrepreneurs build and grow profitable businesses that solve
environmental challenges. Writing for Fast Company, Entrepreneur,
TheStreet.com, Renewable Energy Weekly and other outlets, he highlights
opportunities for small business owners and entrepreneurs to build
businesses that create a brighter, greener future for us all.
Jan P. Schalkwijk, CFA
Principal
and
Founder of JPS Global Investments, a San Diego-based investment
advisor, focusing on sustainable investing. It is JPS Global’s belief
that one does not have to sacrifice return potential by adding
environmental and social criteria to the investment process. As a
long-term investor, JPS Global believes that companies with sustainable
business practices will ultimately outperform those that have
unsustainable business models. As such, sustainable investing has
financial and environmental/societal rewards, which are both paramount
to our clients’ future.
Oren Jaffe, Sustainability Expert
(Note: Oren will be Teleconferenced in from San Francisco, Ca)
Co-Founder
of EcoTuesday.com, a Sustainable Business Leaders networking forum
based in San Francisco, California, and a Principal at BlueMap Inc., an
environmental consulting firm that specializes in quantifying
sustainability decisions by helping organizations lower their
environmental impact while concurrently saving them time and money.
Oren's sustainable business experience includes working for Bureau
Veritas (BV) Consumer Products Services, a multi-billion dollar global
risk management, health & safety, environmental compliance, and
social auditing corporation, where he managed the social compliance
division helping Fortune 500 clients more effectively and profitably
build global sustainable supply chain programs. Oren was also a
founding member of the corporate sustainability development team at BV.
Dave Iverson, Economist
(Note: Dave will be Teleconferenced in from Pleasant View, Utah)
A
Social Scientist, Economist, and Environmental Activist. Dave has been
working in forest management and public lands management all his adult
life. For the past 29 years, Dave worked for the US Forest Service
(retired 11/30/07), dealing with land management and public policy
played out at the confluence of complex, adaptive natural systems and
complex, adaptive, and politically wicked social systems. Before that
he also did a short stint with Weyerhaeuser Corporation. Dave is a
founding board member for Forest Service Employees for Environmental
Ethics (FSEEE) and has played a minor role in the genesis of Public
Employees For Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
(New panelist) Scott Edward Anderson,
CleanTech Investor and Social Capitalist
(Note: Scott will be Teleconferenced in)
An award-winning poet, change
agent, clean tech investor, and social capitalist. Anderson is also the
Founder of the popular blog, the green skeptic: blogging the new green
economy.™ He is currently developing a green energy investing start-up.
He has been a vice president with Ashoka, the global association of
leading social entrepreneurs, and for 15 years served in a variety of
management positions with The Nature Conservancy, where he was a member
of its Global Climate Change and Marine Habitat strategy teams and the
Philanthropy Cabinet. He was part of the first cohort of John Sawhill
Conservation Leadership Fellows, is currently a Senior Fellow with the
Environmental Leadership Program, and serves on the advisory board of
Green Microfinance, LLC, which develops and markets green energy
products and certifies microfinance institutions through its branded
certification product.
*Note: Seating is Limited
