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Location United Kingdom 51 45' 24.5772" N, 1 15' 6.642" W See map: Google Maps Date: Thursday, 29 July, 2010 10:00 - Saturday, 31 July, 2010 19:00 City: Oxford Organisation: Green Economics Institute Green Economics is a beacon of hope in the current economic downturn; an economics of social and environmental justice, which offers this as a way of provisioning for needs rather than motivated by growth, resource exhaustion and destruction. It features the latest thinking on climate change, biodiversity loss and development, equity and ending women s unequal pay. This year s conference theme is Greening the Economy and Green Jobs. This conference will consider the seismic changes in world governance and power that are happening around eco- technology, geo-engineering, lifestyle changes needed for a low carbon economy, as well as huge changes happening in the discipline of economics itself and the possibility of green procurement. International speakers from Africa, Brazil, Russia, China, India and many more speak on a diverse range of topics including: development, biodiversity, climate change, gender and Green IT. Delegates will also have the opportunity to take part in innovative workshops. This conference will encourage people across the globe to develop new kinds of leadership talents and find new ways of contributing to their jobs, their organisations and the world. For bookings, enquiries of requests to speak and for further details of registration fees: Please email us at greeneconomicsevents@yahoo.c o.uk or visit the website www.greeneconomics.org.uk |