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 27 Feb 2003 @ 19:40, by Raymond PowersUpcoming Symposium with the Worldwatch Institute and UCSB Friday, March 7 & Saturday, March 8, 2003 Santa Barbara, CA Are you in the Santa Barbara area? The Worldwatch Institute and the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) will be presenting our second annual symposium, The Challenge of Sustainable Development, on March 7 and 8 at UCSB. Worldwatch President Christopher Flavin and Senior Researchers Hilary French and Molly O Meara Sheehan will participate in lectures and panels that explore the environmental challenges of the 21st century, and present solutions for achieving an ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially just future. For more information, go to arts and lectures or call 805.893.3535. About World Watch magazine: This bimonthly magazine is published by the Worldwatch Institute. Launched in 1988, the magazine has won the Alternative Press Award for investigative journalism, the Project Censored Award, and a number of Utne Reader awards. Recent editions have featured articles on the imminent disappearance of more than half of the world s languages, airport sprawl, the rapid growth of organic farming, and human genetic engineering. To order a subscription, please visit Worldwatch Magazine. About the Worldwatch Institute: The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organization that works for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society in which the needs of all people are met without threatening the health of the natural environment or the well-being of future generations. By providing compelling, accessible, and fact-based analysis of critical global issues, Worldwatch informs people around the world about the complex interactions among people, nature, and economies. Worldwatch focuses on the underlying causes of and practical solutions to the world s problems, in order to inspire people to demand new policies, investment patterns, and lifestyle choices. For more information, visit the Worldwatch Institute. |