ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability Brings Slate of Transformational Leaders to Arizona

TEMPE, Ariz. – To engage public dialogue about the mounting challenges that must be addressed to create a sustainable world, the Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University (ASU) is announcing the 2009-2010 slate of distinguished speakers for its Wrigley Lecture Series on Sustainability.

Craig Cogut, Co-Managing Partner/Founder, Pegasus Capital Advisors

Monday, November 9, 2009 (12:30pm) at the Global Institute of Sustainability, Room 101

Copenhagen, Schwarzenegger, a Merchant Bank, and Pallets: What Do They Have in Common?

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John Hofmeister, CEO/Founder, Citizens for Affordable Energy; (Retired President, Shell Oil Co.)

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (12:30pm) at the Global Institute of Sustainability, Room 101

Why We Hate the Oil Companies

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Jason Clay, Senior Vice President of Market Transformations, World Wildlife Fund

Wednesday, January 20, 2010; time, location, and topic forthcoming

Frances Westley, J.W. McConnell Chair of Social Innovations, University of Waterloo, Canada

Tuesday, February 9, 2010; time, location, and topic forthcoming

Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia University

Thursday, February 18, 2010; time, location, and topic forthcoming

The Wrigley Lecture Series brings renowned global thought leaders from academia, nongovernmental organizations, business, and government, to ASU to engage the community in discussions on the pressing challenges in sustainability.

Wrigley Lectures create provocative conversations and are "standing room only"; previous lecturers include: Sir Crispin Tickell (Oxford University); Janine Benyus (Biomimicry Institute); Jared Diamond (University of California-Los Angeles); Hunter Lovins (Natural Capitalism Solutions); and Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom (Indiana University, Bloomington and School of Human Evolution and Social Change, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ASU).

"The Wrigley Lecture Series provides a remarkable opportunity to participate in conversations at the forefront of current thinking on sustainability issues and solutions. Each speaker in the Series is breaking new ground, often in controversial and unconventional ways," said Rob Melnick, executive dean, Global Institute of Sustainability.

The Wrigley Lecture Series is funded through the generous support of Julie Ann Wrigley and hosted by ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability.

Seating is limited and reservations are required. Receptions to follow lectures.

RSVP to:

Cogut Lecture: WrigleyLectureRSVP_Cogut@asu.edu

Hofmeister Lecture: WrigleyLectureRSVP_Hofmeister@asu.edu

About ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability

The Global Institute of Sustainability is the hub of ASU’s sustainability initiatives. The Institute advances research, education and business practices for an urbanizing world. Its School of Sustainability, the first of its kind in the US, offers transdisciplinary degree programs that advance practical solutions to environmental, economic, and social challenges. For more information visit the Global Institute of Sustainability at http://sustainability.asu.edu .

Media Contacts:

Karen Leland, (480-965-0013 / karen.leland@asu.edu)

Michelle Schwartz, (480-965-9008 / michelle.schwartz@asu.edu)