The eighth annual Nelson Earth Day Conference will include exhibits, student and alumni awards, and panel discussions on a variety of topics.
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This year’s theme, Earth: To Be Determined, will explore challenges and opportunities presented by rapid, large-scale changes in the global environment, including implications for energy and climate, human health, natural resources, the economy, urban development, the demographics of the environmental movement and more. Actress and activist Rosario Dawson, British science fiction author China Miéville, and leading ecologists Erle Ellis and Kevin Noone will be among the featured speakers, along with Nelson Institute director Paul Robbins and others to be named.
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COWS’ Satya Rhodes-Conway, Mayors Innovation Project Managing Director, will present on the panel, “Creating Livable Cities”.
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http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/events/earth-day/2014/index.php