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Mike Tidwell
Keynote Address |
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Author, filmmaker and activist Mike Tidwell has been active in D.C.-area environmental causes for more than a decade. Mike's documentary film - "We Are All Smith Islanders" - details the dangers and solutions associated with global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. In 2002, Mike founded and now directs the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN), a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to fighting global warming in the region through the promotion of clean, renewable energy. Mike's recently published book is called "RavagingTide".
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Thursday, Nov 9, 2006
7pm
GWU Virginia campus
20101 Academic Way, Ashburn, VA
(located off of Route 7, one mile west of Route 28, five miles north of Dulles International Airport, 12 miles west of Tysons Corner, and eight miles east of historic Leesburg; see map)
FREE and OPEN to the public
You are invited to the program which will feature engaging presentations from each of the 4 guest speakers, followed by statements from local elected officials and a moderated Q&A session. Doors open at 7; presentations begin at 7:30.
Sponsors & Presenters:
George Washington University, Virginia Campus
CCAN Chesapeake Climate Action Network
LCCSS Loudoun County Committee for a Sustainable Society
Sierra Club/Great Falls Group
PALS Progressive Action League
CRMW Coal River Mountain Watch
VALCV Virginia League of Conservation Voters
For more information, please contact Tony Noerpel 540.882.3289 [email protected], or Terri Glass [email protected].
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Tom Whipple
Energy |
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For the last 2 years Tom has been following the evidence for and against peak oil on a daily basis. Currently, he is the author of a thorough daily roundup on Peak Oil developments for the recently established Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) USA weekly newsletter. He also writes a weekly column for the Fall Church News Press newspaper discussing the peak oil situation and its implications. Tom and his wife Mary Margaret, a state senator, are proud owners of 2 natural-gas-fueled vehicles.
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Charlie Garlow
Regional Solutions |
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Charlie Garlow is an Attorney/Advisor in the Air Enforcement Division of the EPA, where he has served as the air toxics expert since 1987. Garlow is a long time clean energy activist with the Sierra Club, the Potomac Regional Solar Energy Association, the Virginia Solar Council, the Electric Vehicle Association of Greater DC and others.
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Grady O'Rear
Local Solutions |
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Mr O'Rear is President of Green Advantage, Inc. a non-profit organization that, through education and research, advances sustainable development practices. He is also the developer of EcoVillage of Loudoun County, Virginia, an environmentally friendly, socially responsive community 40 miles northwest of Washington D.C..
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