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DON'T MISS HONORARY SPEAKER RON SIMS
 Ron Sims will speak at the Opening Plenary Session of the Ecological Society of America's 91st Annual Meeting as the Honorary Speaker.
Sunday, August 6, 5:00 PM. Cook Convention Center
255 North Main Street, Memphis, TN 38103
The event is free and open to the public
All politics is local: how local governments will lead (and win) on global warming
Ron Sims is the elected Executive for King County, Washington and a leader in the effort to fight the harmful effects of global warming.
Over his nine years in office, Executive Sims has worked to save endangered salmon, built the largest hybrid articulated bus fleet in the country, contained sprawl, conserved vast tracts of forest and green space, and implemented some of most forward-looking land use policies in the nation. Most recently Sims has moved for King County to become the first county in the nation to join the Chicago Climate Exchange, an effort to introduce market forces on global warming and to push for a federal cap on greenhouse gas emissions.
Born in Spokane in 1948, Sims is the son of Lydia Sims and the late Reverend James, both long time civic activists in Spokane. He earned a B.A. in Psychology from Central Washington University, where he was student body president in his senior year. Sims, his wife Cayan Topacio, and his three sons, Douglas, Daniel, and Aaron, live in South Seattle, Washington.
Restoring Justice, Restoring Ecosystems
Who: Dr. Ann Bartuska
Deputy Chief
U.S. Forest Service & Past President of the Ecological Society of America
What: A presentation and discussion on the intersection of ecology & environmental justice in cities like Memphis. There is much we have in common, with the goal of thriving communities of people, as well as plants and animals.
When & Where:
7:30 – 9 PM, Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Anointed Temple of Praise
Education Building Fellowship Hall
3939 Riverdale Road, Memphis
The event is free and open to the public Sponsored by the Ecological Society of America
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