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Green Cities: Lessons from Boston and Beyond
3/5/2008
Opening Remarks by
Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust
Presentations by
Edward Glaeser, Professor and Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston,
James Hunt, Chief of Environmental and Energy Services, City of Boston,
Daniel Schrag, Professor and Director, Center for the Environment, Harvard University
Commentary and Discussion
David Cash, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Penn Loh, Executive Director, Alternatives for Community and Environment
Mindy Lubber, President, CERES
Moderator and Closing Remarks
David Ellwood, Dean, Kennedy School of Government
Boston has become a leader among urban efforts to promote environmentally sustainable development, while Harvard's Allston project is in many respects a model for such development. What role can and should these efforts play in efforts to address key environmental issues, notably the problem of global climate change?
Cosponsored by the City of Boston, Harvard's Center for the Environment, and the Taubman Center for State and Local Government
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