Saturday, June 21, 1:30 pm

Peter Barnes
How to Fight Climate Change Without
Soaking the Middle Class

Fighting climate change is going to cost all of us money.  That’s because the price of dumping carbon into the atmosphere must necessarily rise.  But a policy that soaks the middle class won’t last.  Barnes explores solutions to this vexing conundrum and shows how we can fight climate change in a way that’s fair to all.

Peter Barnes is Senior Fellow, Tomales Bay Institute; Co-founder of Working Assets; author of Who Owns the Sky? (2001), Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons (2006) and Climate Solutions: A Citizen’s Guide (2008)

Sunday, June 22, 12 noon

Michele Weingarden
Planting the Seeds of Sustainability in Denver

Michele will describe how Denver’s Greenprint Denver Program seeks to engage residents and businesses in efforts toward sustainability and making Denver a better, greener place to live, work and play.

Michele Weingarden is the newly-appointed Director of Greenprint Denver.  She brings a wealth of political and environmental experience to her position.  Most recently she served as advisor to U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer on environmental issues throughout California and as the Senator’s liaison to nine northern California counties.  Prior to working for Senator Boxer, Weingarden served as Senior Account Executive for Stearns Consulting, running local political campaigns. Weingarden also spent many years with environmental non-profit organizations implementing issue campaigns for Save The Bay and the Sierra Club; and she served as a Board member of the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters.