[tt] [SALT] Green Works Best Big FRIDAY Oct. 3 (for forwarding)

[Eugen Leitl]

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From: Stewart Brand <sb at gbn.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:50:24 -0700
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Subject: [SALT] Green Works Best Big FRIDAY Oct. 3 (for forwarding)
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   Environmentalists mistakenly gave up on government some years back.
   In light of the climate crisis and a new administration coming to
   Washington, this is a good time for a mind change on the matter.

   As a shockingly effective Secretary of Resources for California in the
   early '80s, Huey Johnson proved how much lasting good can be
   accomplished by intelligent and integrated policy at the state level.
   His subsequent study of brilliant national green programs in New
   Zealand and The Netherlands led to his current work persuading other
   governments---such as Mexico and the US---to adopt deep, long,
   comprehensive green programs operating with the full force of law.

     "Green Planning at Nation Scale," Huey Johnson, Cowell Theater,
     Fort Mason, San Francisco, 7pm, FRIDAY, October 3.  The talk starts
     promptly at 7:30pm.  Admission is free (a $10 donation is always
     welcome, not required).

   Winner of the Sasakawa Environment Prize from the UN in 2001, Huey
   Johnson founded the Trust for Public Land in San Francisco and
   currently is president of Resource Renewal Institute.

   Note:  This week Neal Stephenson's novel, ANATHEM, based in part on
   Long Now's Clock, appeared for the first time on the New York Times
   fiction best-seller list---at No. 1.  Video of Neal reading from the
   book at Long Now's launch for it on Sept. 12 may be seen [1]here.
   (Long Now [2]members can see an edited video of the whole evening.)

   Talks coming up:

   Nov. 17 (MONDAY) - Drew Endy vs. Jim Thomas, "Synthetic Biology
   Debate"

   Dec. 19 (Friday) - Rick Prelinger, "Lost Landscapes of San Francisco"

   Jan. 16 (Friday) - Saul Griffith, "Climate Change Recalculated"

   Feb. 13 (Friday) - Dmitri Orlov, "Social Collapse Best Practices"

   Mar. 20 (Friday) - Daniel Everett, "Endangered Languages, Lost
   Knowledge and the Future"

   Apr. 10 (Friday) - Mayor Gavin Newsom, "Cities and Time"

   May 25 (MONDAY) - Paul Romer, "A Theory of History, with an
   Application"

   High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits are available to
   Long Now members.  Membership, which costs $8/month ($96/year), helps
   support the series and other Long Now projects.  Joinable [3]here.

   This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking
   (SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation.  Free audios and my
   summaries of all previous talks are available for download [4]here (or
   stay up to date with the Podcast [5]here).  You'll find a range of
   long-term thinking items on our [6]Blog ([7]RSS).  If you would like
   to be notified by email of forthcoming talks, go [8]here to sign up
   online.  Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now---
   415-561-6582 x1, [9]danielle at longnow.org.

   You are welcome to forward this note to anyone you think might be
   interested.

                                           --Stewart Brand

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   Stewart Brand -- sb at gbn.org

   The Long Now Foundation - http://www.longnow.org
   Seminars & downloads: http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/

References

   1. http://fora.tv/2008/09/09/Sci-Fi_Novelist_Neal_Stephenson_Reads_from_Anathem
   2. https://secure.longnow.org/members/
   3. https://secure.longnow.org/members/
   4. http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/
   5. http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/podcast.php
   6. http://blog.longnow.org/
   7. http://feeds.feedburner.com/longnowblog
   8. http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/SALT
   9. mailto:danielle at longnow.org

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