Guest Lecturer, Miriam Kennet, this Week at Richmond!

29/03/2010

GREEN ECONOMICS AND GREEN JOBS

What is Green Economics? "With an ever increasing gap between rich and poor, and the increasing number of people living below a minimum standard of living, there is a need for new solutions and a complete reassessment of the problems and what really counts and implementing sustainable development. The Green Economics Institute is at the forefront in working through the current crisis which will bring long term and real prosperity to people, nature and the planet and its systems."

Come to this special lecture presented by the director of the Green Economics Institute, leading academic, author and internationally renowned speaker, Miriam Kennet, to learn how Green Economics is changing the world you live and work in.

Lecture by: Miriam Kennet
Date: Wed 31st of March 2010
Location: Richmond Campus, Rm TBA
Time- 18:30-20:30
Refreshments provided

Miriam Kennet works in policy making from the local level to the national level, working with various governments in the EU, Africa, Oceania, Asia and the Americas, and works with the United Nations on several fronts to change perspectives on economics globally.

*Brought to you by The Green Project and the Gender Equity Forum and endorsed by the Economics Department.

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