Breakfast with Van Jones & Richard Heinberg Urban Employment and Development Opportunities in the Green Economy

All day event

Richard Heinberg is the author of eight books. He is a Senior Fellow of Post Carbon Institute and is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost Peak Oil educators. He writes a regular column for The Ecologist, and has also authored scores of essays and articles that have appeared in numerous journals.


Van Jones is an eco-visionary, award-winning human rights attorney and powerhouse speaker. He is the founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (EBC), a strategy and action center, working for justice, peace, and opportunity in urban America.

Based on a decade of front-line activism, he offers comprehensive solutions and inspirational models to the three grave perils facing society: widening social inequality, radical environmental destruction, and deepening despair. His visionary proposals answer the call for expanded opportunity, ecological sustainability, and renewed hope.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
White's of Westport
7:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
$25 for Students & $35 for Adults


Please register and pay in advance at www.fallriverchamber.com

or by calling 508.676.8226

Brought to you by


Leadership SouthCoast
The Cities of Fall River & New Bedford
The Fall River and New Bedford Area Chambers of Commerce
Bioneers By the Bay
UMass Dartmouth, Dubin Labor Education Center
UMass Dartmouth, Office of Campus and Community Sustainability