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    • The Urban Sustainability Forum

    Posted by on January 20, 2006

    The Urban Sustainability Forum

    A public forum focusing on important issues facing Philadelphia with the goal of making Philadelphia the greenest, most livable city in America.

    High energy costs. Congested traffic. Fractured communities. Pollution and sprawl. What will the Philadelphia of the future be? Join us for an important series of programs that will examine the social, economic, quality of life and environmental future of the City of Philadelphia.

    Some of the city’s most prominent organizations have joined together in an unprecedented coalition to sponsor the Urban Sustainability Forum. The forum will be held each month from January to June of 2006. The schedule of programs will be:

    Mon. Feb. 6, 2006 SPECIAL EVENING with Jaime Lerner former Mayor of the
    ?Worlds Most Sustainable City?, Curitiba Brazil

    Thurs. Feb. 16, 2006 Directing the Flow: Managing the Philadelphia?s Water

    Thurs. Mar. 16, 2006 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Revisioning Waste Management in Philadelphia.

    Thurs. Apr. 20, 2006 Greene Country Towne: The Future of Philadelphia Land Use Planning

    Thurs. May 18, 2006 Redeveloping Healthy Philadelphia Neighborhoods

    Thurs. June 15, 2006 Goals & Actions for a Sustainable Philadelphia

    All programs will run from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm and will be held at The Academy of Natural Sciences auditorium. 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

    All Town Square events are free and open to the public; RSVP suggested. For more information contact Roland Wall at (215) 299-1108 or wall@acnatsci.org.

    Hosted by the Academy of Natural Sciences’ Town Square Program

    Sponsored by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Citizens for Pennsylvania?s Future, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Pennsylvania Resource Council and The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

    Made possible, in part, by the generous funding of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation and the Environmental Associates of The Academy of Natural Sciences.

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