organicARCHITECT is proud to sponsor the following event:
The Death of Environmentalism And
the Birth of the Commons Movement
A Lecture by Adam Werbach
Executive Director, Common Assets,
Former President, The Sierra Club,
Commissioner, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Eight years after becoming the youngest president of the Sierra Club in the organization's 100-plus year history, Adam Werbach today asserts that the old assumptions that underlie modern environmentalism should die so that something new can be born. Werbach, who was mentored by the late, great environmental warrior, David Brower, will reflect on the need for a dramatic renovation of our thinking in order to meet current political challenges. In light of the November 2 election results, Werbach argues, environmentalists must question our most basic assumptions about counts and what doesn't as "environmental," whether the "environmentalist" identity helps or hinders our political effectiveness, and how we can create a more powerful movement focused around vision and values instead of problems and policies. Agree or disagree, Werbach's speech is sure to infuse a dose of energy and urgency to efforts by the environmental movement to rethink everything in the face of its repeated political setbacks.
Co-Sponsored by organicARCHITECT and Stacey's Bookstore
Wednesday 08 December 2004
Reception Begins 6pm
Program Begins 6:30pm
Booksigning 7:30
The Commonwealth Club of California
595 Market Street
CROSS: Second
San Francisco
COST: $8 Members / $15
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