Choices and Trade-offs: The harsh reality
Mark Alan Hughes, who has written regularly for philly.com's Green page, including this candid discussion of whether the city's "green" initiative can still succeed given newfound budget woes, will speak on just that issue tonight as part of the Urban Sustainability Forum.
Mark Alan Hughes, who has written regularly for
» READ MORE: philly.com's Green page
, including
» READ MORE: this candid discussion
of whether the city's "green" initiative can still succeed given newfound budget woes, will speak on just that issue tonight as part of the Urban Sustainability Forum. Hughes is director of the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability.
Held at the Academy of Natural Sciences from 6:30-8:00 p.m., the panel is entitled "Sustainability and the City Budget: Choices and Trade-offs for Philadelphia" and will also feature other sustainability and energy experts, including Liz Robinson, executive director of the
» READ MORE: Energy Coordinating Agency.
If you take the environment and our local impact on it seriously and have ideas or questions about where our city is going in its quest to be "The Greenest City in America," be sure to head on over to 19th and the Parkway tonight and get your two cents - or however much good ideas are worth in the current economic climate - in.
More info on the Urban Sustainability Forum at 215-545-9692.