Symposiums

GIVE hosts an ongoing series of monthly symposiums featuring prominent people in the fields of sustainability. These informative presentations can be viewed live at the Krikorian Theater at Dos Lagos, or via the web at www.giveforthefuture.org.

March 26, 2008
___Water Is Power
___Speaker:Timothy F. Brick,
_._Chairman, Metropolitan Water DistrictS
v__Mr. Timothy F. Brick served 14 years on the Pasadena
.__ Utility Advisory Commission, which directs the municipal
___water and power department, including four terms as chair.
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February 27, 2008
___World Oil Peak: Out of Gas
___Speaker: Dr. David L. Goodstein
___Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Caltech
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January 23, 2008
----Climate Change: Reducing Our Global Carbon Footprint
---Rick Fedrizzi, Founding Chairman of the U.S. Green Building
---Council and Vice Chairman of the World Green Building Council,
---is a frequent speaker on green marketing, industrial ecology
---and sustainable “green” building design. Mr. Fedrizzi is the
---founder and president of Green-Think, an environmentally
---focused marketing and communications consulting firm, which
---he established after his distinguished 25 year career at Carrier
---Corporation.
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November 28, 2007
----Transition from Blight to Might: Social Impact of an Evolving Society
---Speaker: Robert Martin
---Robert Martin is a tribal chairman of the Morongo Band of Mission
---Indians, a 1,000-member Indian tribe located near Banning, California.
---He has served for more than two decades in tribal government.
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November 14 & 15, 2007
-- _California Water Conference
___November 14 & 15, 2007 in Los Angeles
http://www.cawaterpolicy.org/agenda.htm

October 30, 2007
-- California Water Conference
---Speaker: Celeste Cantu
---(General Manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority)
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
----Winning Our Energy Independence
---Speaker: S. David Freeman President
---(Los Angeles Harbor Commission, former California Energy Czar)
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
----Investing in California’s Green Valley Economy
---Speaker: Bill lockyer
---(California State Treasurer)
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
----State and Federal Brownfields Funding
---Speakers: Noemi Emeric - USEPA Region 9 Brownfields Program
------------__--Ian Waters - Water Board
------------__--Tomas Cota - DTSC
-------------__-Maryam Tasnif-Abbasi - Department of Toxic Substances Control
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Tuesday, July 3, 2007
----California Energy Independence Initiative
---Speaker: Michael Peevey
---(President, California Public Utilities Commission)
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
---Wetlands, Water, The Green Valley
---Speakers: Bruce Henderson - Sr. Regulatory Project Manager
---------------------------------------- US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District
--------------- -Shanda Beltran - Sr. Council,Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Nantis LLP, -----------------------------------------Orange County office
-----------------Ali Sahabi - President, SE Corporation, Master Developer of Dos Lagos
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
----Global Warming Symposium
---Speaker:Edward J. Blakely, PhD
---(New Orleans Recovery Chief & Lincoln Institute Lead Fellow on Global Warming)
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