Unless otherwise indicated, Lester Brown will be speaking at the following events.

January 23-24: Sundance Film Festival (panel on solutions, panel on climate refugees, and a press conference), Park City, Utah

February 12: Keynote speaker at Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Ottawa, Canada

March 23: Keynote at EPA 4th Annual Resource Conservation and Recovery Workshop, Arlington, VA

March 27: Speaking after viewing of work-in-progress film Plan B, Environmental Film Festival, Carnegie Institution for Science, Elihu Root Auditorium, 1530 P St NW, Washington, DC

April 14: Receiving alumni award from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland

April 20: 6:30-9:30 pm Earth day speaker at Georgetown University, Hariri Lohr Auditorium, Washington, DC

April 22: 8:00-9:30 pm Earth Day speaker at American University, Ward Building, Room 1, Washington, DC

May 3-4: Launching the German edition of Plan B 4.0 in Berlin
            Monday, May 3: 6 pm press conference, GTZ Haus, Reichspietschufer 20
                        7-10 pm Evening public lecture at GTZ Haus followed by reception
            Tuesday, May 4: 8:30 – 10 am Breakfast w/German politicians 
                         12:30 pm lunch with Jochen Flasbarth, Prez, German Fed Envir Agency (UBA)

May 5: 6:30 pm Presentation on Plan B 4.0 at the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium,
           co-hosted by Indrek Tarand, Estonian MEP

May 6: launching the Norwegian edition of Plan B 4.0 in Oslo
           1 pm mtg with Secretariat for Sustainable Development, Dept of Economy
           2 pm press conference on Plan B 4.0 followed by media interviews

May 7-8: launching the Swedish edition of Plan B 4.0 in Stockholm
          Friday, May 7:  11 am – noon: press conference, Nordic Sea Hotel
                 2-4 pm conference, Citykonferensen, Malmskillnadsgatan 46, Stockholm
          Saturday, May 8: 10 am – 2 pm seminar, Nordic Sea Hotel
                 3 pm Public lecture, Nordic Sea Hotel
                 4:15 pm Open Space workshop, Globala gymnasiet, Hornsgatan 93

May 11: 6 pm Opening event for "Breaking the Investment Barriers for Plan B" conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

May 12: Key presenter at "Breaking the Investment Barriers for Plan B" conference, Rotterdam 

May 13-15: Launching Italian edition of Plan B 4.0 in Italy—Milan and Torino
Thursday, May 13
     8:45 pm Keynote address, Tridentine Museum of Natural Science presentation
                 Via Calepina 14, Trento (organized by WWF Italia)
Friday, May 14
     television interview with Beppe Grillo, Milan
     Keynote speaker at late afternoon conference at HQ of Cultural Fndt Compagnia di San Paolo 
Saturday, May 15
     1:30 pm Presentation at international book fair, Torino

May 16-18: Launching Romanian edition of Plan B 4.0
Monday, May 17
     11:00 am Conference @ Romanian Academy and investiture into the Romanian Academy
         presentation: Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
     taping television program with former president Ion Iliescu
Tuesday, May 18
     11:00 am Investiture of Doctor Honoris Causa, Romanian Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
     Symposium speaker “New Threats to World Food Security"

May 20: 5:30 - 10 pm Recipient of "Hero of Sustainability" award from Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, Denver, Colorado

May 25-29: Launching Japanese edition of Plan B 4.0
Wednesday, May 26
     Noon - 1:30 pm  presentation at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
     4:35-5:50 pm Asahi Hall, presentation on “Food Security in the Era of Global Warming”
Thursday, May 27
     10-11:30 am  Visit to the Epidemiological Institute, Narashino
     2-5 pm   Symposium at Memorial Hall of Constitutional Politics: “Aiming for a Low Carbon Society”
Friday, May 28
     2-5 pm   Symposium at Tokyo University: “The Emerging Politics of Food Scarcity”
Saturday, May 29
     2-5 pm  Symposium at Nagoya University

May 31: 9-11 am Presentation at conference hosted by World Wildlife Fund, Shanghai, China

June 1-3: Launching Chinese edition of Plan B 4.0 in Beijing, China
Tuesday, June 1
     4 pm speaking at Foreign Correspondents Club of China, Dutch Embassy
     7:30 pm: speaking at Bookworm Bookstore, Building 4, Nan Sanlitun Road, Chou Yang District
 Wednesday, June 2
      9 am mtg with Wang Tao at National Academy of Science and grad students
     10 am public presentation at the National Academy of Sciences
     2 pm  Seminar with professors, researchers and graduate students at the Academy
 Thursday, June 3
     10 am discussion with the Chinese Strategic and Management Research Association

June 4: 2:30-4:30 pm Janet Larsen will be speaking at Beijing Normal University on the topic "Plan B for Stabilizing Climate and Sustaining Civilization."

June 5: Induction into University of Maryland's Hall of Fame, College Park, Maryland

June 13: 7:30 pm speaker at the Network of Spiritual Progressives Conference, Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St. NE, Washington, DC

June 21: 10:15 am - noon speaker at  First Annual Citizens Climate Lobby International conference, cosponsored with RESULTS, Washington, DC

August 19-21: Speaking at ARE Day, Aspen, Colorado

September 15: Champion for "Energy Solutions for a Living Planet" panel, World Energy Council, Montreal, Canada

September 16: Speaker at Swiss Management's 47th Annual Forum, Zurich, Switzerland

October 4-6: Giving the Miguel Aleman Foundation environmental lecture and speaking at the National University, Mexico City

October 7-8: Speaking in Bogota, Colombia and launching Spanish edition of Plan B 4.0.

November 11: Evening public presentation at Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC

January 16: 11 am press teleconference to release Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. January 24: Janet Larsen. Evening keynote on Plan B 3.0, Conference of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities, Fordham University, Bronx, NY. January 27: 5 pm - Book lecture and signing for Plan B 3.0 at Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC (phone: 202-364-1919) January 29: 11 am. Young Presidents Association (YPO) teleconference on Plan B 3.0. Click here to listen. January 29:3 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at George Mason University, Dewberry Hall, Johnson Center, Fairfax Campus. Open to the public. January 31: 5 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at Georgetown University, New Research Building Auditorium, Washington, DC. Open to the public. February 4: 6:30 pm - evening seminar and dinner sponsored by the Los Angeles World Affairs Council February 5: 7:30 pm - presentation on Plan B 3.0 at First Congregational Church, Riverside, CA (located at the corner of Mission Inn Avenue and Lemon Street). Doors open at 6:45 pm. Open to the public. February 6: 6 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at World Affairs Council of Northern California, 312 Sutter Street, San Francisco (415-293-4670). February 7: 7:30 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at First Congregational Church at Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Open to the public. February 17: 6 pm - presentation on Plan B 3.0, Middleburg Forum, VA, at Buccanan Hall. 5:15 pm reception. (Contact Jack Gibbons February 22: 3 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Harvard University Center for the Environment, Maxwell Dworkin Lessin Room, G-115, Cambridge. February 22: 7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Cambridge Forum, 3 Church Street (First Parish). Open to the public. February 24: 7:30 pm - presentation at Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA. Sponsored by the Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition. Open to the public. Contact GWAC or see their website for more information. February 28: 11:30 am, Janet Larsen will give a public lecture, "Time for Plan B–Mobilizing to Save Civilization," at Lasell College, de Witt Hall, Newton, MA.. March 3-6: Presentation to the European Parliament, Brussels; presentations to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change and Home House in London. March 25: 7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Tattered Cover Colfax Avenue bookstore, 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO. Phone: 303-322-7727 March 26-28: 2008 Aspen Environment Forum, Aspen, CO. April 9: 6:30 pm Keynote presentation at Wellington West Capital Markets conference, Toronto, Canada. April 16: 7:30 pm Evening lecture, Takoma Park Presbyterian Church (details forthcoming). April 22: 6-7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC. April 25: Janet Larsen, speaker at EcoCity World Summit in San Francisco. For details. April 28: 5:30 pm "Energy: A Conversation About Our National Addiction," Crystal City, VA, sponsored by the Energy Conversation. View presentation. April 30: presentation for Rutgers Alumni and donors, Washington, DC. May 3: presentation at Council of Scientific Society Presidents, Washington, DC. May 7: Janet Larsen. Luncheon presentation, "Growing Food Insecurity: Food-to-Fuel and Other Challenges," for Washington Interreligious Staff Council, Energy and Environmental Working Group. Washington, DC. May 12: Presentation to Interfaith Power and Light, national conference, Washington, DC. May 28: keynote address, The Nature Conservancy's Eastern Region conference, Norfolk, VA.

Lester with Hindi edition of Plan B 3.0 launched in New Delhi, June 2008. Natalie, Alex, and Hayley, Grade 6 students from Branksome Hall, who are studying the effect of overpopulation on the environment, meet with Lester in Toronto. Raffi Cavoukian—(known to millions as the troubadour Raffi), singer, author, ecology advocate and founder of Child Honoring—and Lester in San Francisco at the World Affairs Council, February 2008. MEP Marie Anne Isler Beguin, Lester, & MEP Rebecca Harms before presentation at the European Parliament, March 2008. Presentation by Lester at the European Parliament on food vs fuel, March 2008. Kevin Knobloch, UCS; Jay Kaufman, representative in MA General Court: Edward Markey, Congress; Susan Brown; Kay Tiffany, founding member of Lexington Global Warming Coalition; Lester (February 2008).

June 6: Janet Larsen, keynote presentation at New York Institute of Technology conference, "Energy Shock and Climate Change" Details on conference.

June 1-20: Launching Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Italian, and Turkish editions of Plan B 3.0.

August 22: Keynote speaker at American Renewable Energy Day, Aspen, CO.

September 1-5: launching German edition of Plan B 3.0 in Berlin (September 1 & 2) and speaking at Global Economic Symposium in Hamburg (September 3-5).

September 8-9: Stockholm, launching the Swedish edition of Plan B 3.0.

September 8: Janet Larsen will be speaking at the 31st Annual National Food Policy Conference, Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Consumer Federation of America. For details.

September 10-11: Olso, launching the Norwegian edition of Plan B 3.0.

September 13: 1:30 pm keynote address at Piedmont Environmental Council annual meeting, Flint Hill, VA.

September 16: participant in Forum on Global Food Systems and Their Impact on Nutrition and Health for All, Columbia University, NY.

September 19: Speaking to members of the Executive Boards of the World Bank Group.

September 20: Keynote presentation at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada

September 23: Janet Larsen will speak 6:30 pm about EPI’s World Climate Action Plan for a Climate Ride 2008 event being held at the Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound Center, Leakin Park, 1900 Eagle Drive, Baltimore, MD.

September 23-35: Panelist for the Energy and Climate Change working session "Renewables Revolution" of the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York City.

September 26: Meeting with International Board of Directors, Stanford Group, New York City.

September 26: Afternoon keynote, Harvard University, Center for Health and the Global Environment retreat.

October 7: Morning keynote to World Bank meeting of water managers, Washington, DC.

October 7: Closing keynote for CIES Future Leaders Congress, Tysons Corner, VA.

October 16: Kickoff speaker, World Food Day seminar, Cosmos Club, Washington, DC.

October 20: Keynote speaker (12:30 pm), The Power of Green conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

October 27: Janet Larsen will discuss food for fuel at a board meeting of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs, New York City.

October 29: 7 pm Presentation in Santa Fe, NM, for the Lannan Foundation reading series at the Lensic Performing Arts Center.

November 1: Keynote speaker at Noble Group conference, Palm Springs, CA.

November 8: 1 pm Mainstage speaker at the Green Festival, Washington, DC.

November 9: 7:30 pm Evening keynote at AASHE conference, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC. Open to the public.

November 10: public lecture on Plan B 3.0 at Catawba College, NC.

November 17-18: Launching Spanish edition of Plan B 2.0 in Bogota, Colombia.

November 20: Keynote presentation at EcoPower Conference, Florianopolis, Brazil

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