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Thursday, January 19, 2006
The Urban Sustainability Forum
Life and Breath in the Big City:
Philadelphia’s Air in the 21st Century
6:00 - 8:30 pm
The Academy of Natural Sciences auditorium
1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia

The Urban Sustainability Forum is a public forum focusing on important issues facing Philadelphia with the goal of making Philadelphia the greenest, most livable city in America.

High energy costs.
Congested traffic.
Fractured communities.
Pollution and sprawl.

What will the Philadelphia of the future be?
Are you concerned about conditions in Philadelphia? Want to help make our city work? Join us for an important series of programs that will examine the social, economic, quality of life and environmental conditions of the City of Philadelphia and help develop an action plan for a better future.

Some of the city's most prominent organizations have joined together in an unprecedented coalition to sponsor the Urban Sustainability Forum. The forum will be held each month from January to June of 2006.

Look for these upcoming programs:

February 16, 2006
Directing the Flow: Managing the City’s Water

March 16, 2006
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Revisioning Waste Management in Philadelphia.

April 20, 2006
Greene Country Towne: The Future of Philadelphia Land Use Planning

May 18, 2006
Redeveloping Healthy Neighborhoods

June 15, 2006
Goals & Actions for a Sustainable Philadelphia

All programs will run from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm and will be held at The Academy of Natural Sciences auditorium. 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia. All Town Square events are free and open to the public; RSVP suggested. For more information contact Roland Wall at (215) 299-1108 or rwall@acnatsci.org.

DVGBC programming made possible by our sustaining sponsors – Antron, Ewing Cole, Liberty Property Trust, Tozour-Trane, AKF Engineers, The Brickman Group, Centocor, Corporate Lamp Recycling,LF Driscoll, Forbo, The Hankin Group, Haworth, Interface Flooring Systems, Inc., MAB Paints, MaGrann Associates, Mannington, Norwood, PECO Energy, Powell Trachtman, 7group, TOTO, Urban Engineers, and Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC.

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Information:
For more information contact
Roland Wall at (215) 299-1108 or rwall@acnatsci.org

Cost:
All Town Square events are free and open to the public; RSVP suggested.

Hosted by:
Academy of Natural Sciences'
Town Square Program

Sponsored by:
The Delaware Valley Green Building Council, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Penn Future, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Pennsylvania Resource Council and The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Made possible, in part, by the generous funding of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation and the Environmental Associates of The Academy of Natural Sciences.

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