ECOTOPIA LOOKS AT GREENWASHING

On Tuesday, March 1, 6 pm, Ecotopia will take up the topic of Greenwashing, including emerging new regulations on truth-in-advertising.  Our guests will be:

6:10 pm.  Lisa Graves : Executive Director, Center for Media and Democracy - publisher of PR Watch, SourceWatch and BanksterUSA; served as a senior advisor in all three branches of the federal government; adjunct law professor; frequently quoted and interviewed in all forms of media; civil liberties advocacy, consumer issues, computer policies, greenwashing by corporations such as marketing sewage sludge as organic compost.

6:35 pm. Pat Murphy ): Research Director, Community Solutions; Energy Analyst and former builder; Author, The Failures of the Auto Industry and Government in the Quest for Lower Carbon Emissions and What We Can Do – Right Now – to Change Our Transportation System (2010) and The Green Tragedy & LEED's Lost Decade (2009); Greenwashing in energy, transportation and building industries, how US green building standards measure up to European Passive Houses, the Smart Jitney and shared transport programs.