The Citizens Network for Sustainable Development &
the US Citizens Preparatory Committee for the World Summit
invite you to a public discussion on:

U.S. PROGRESS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE
PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION
Citizen Views for the World Summit
on Sustainable Development

Thursday, February 28, 2002
10:00 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
1707 H Street, Room 300
UN Environment Programme, Regional Office for North America
Washington, D.C.

NOTE: SPACE IS LIMITED, SO PLEASE RSVP
AT jcrawford@isforum.org or 301-770-6375

What direction is the United States headed with its current policies and practices on sustainable production and consumption? What will US NGOs say about this at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, where heads of state, citizen organizations and business groups will discuss priorities and plans about the future of the planet?

Join us to discuss with key US civil society organizations and government on what progress the United States has and has not made in the ten years since the Earth Summit, obstacles to progress, and steps needed to achieve sustainability in production and consumption policies and practices.

Speakers:

Martin Dieu, EPA (invited)
Eric Brown, Center for a New American Dream
Scott Case, Center for a New American Dream
Carolyn Nunley, Consumers Union
Erich Pica, Friends of the Earth, Green Scissors Program
Russ Gaskin, Co-op America
and others!

Again, please RSVP as space is limited!

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"US Progress Towards Sustainability" is a series of public issue discussions for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. This series brings together US civil society organizations with government representatives to assess US policies and practices for some of the critical issues addressed by the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

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