September 23, 2010

Speaking of Sustainability

The Brand lecture is almost half full already.  Sign up now if you really plan to attend.

And from our colleagues at UBC, there’s this:

Techno-fix vs New Consciousness – In Search of a Hybrid Approach to a Sustainable World. 

Guest speakers include:

David Korten: Creating a Real Wealth Economy for a Just and Sustainable Future (followed by book signing)

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, Wednesday, Sept 29th, Victoria Learning Theatre, Irving K Barber Learning Centre

David Korten is the author of The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community,When Corporations Rule the World and the Post Corporate World: Life after Capitalism. He is co-founder of the Positive Futures Network and Yes! Magazine. He holds M.B.A. and Ph.D degrees from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, has taught at Harvard, and served as a regional advisor for USAID.

His most recent book, Agenda for a New Economy, outlines an agenda to liberate the latent entrepreneurial energies of Main Street from Wall Street’s deadly grip and bring into being a new economy – locally based, community-oriented, and devoted to creating a better life for all.

Please register for this free event at Eventbrite.

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