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Dear Urban Geography Readers, I would like to invite you to attend a free, interactive Earthcast on how individuals can address climate change by changing their behaviour and inspiring change in others. Sustainability in Everyday Life Part 2: Personal Change and Change in Others<https://earthscanevents.webex.com/earthscanevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=842188854> will be broadcast on Wednesday 28 April 2010 at 17:00 (GMT Summer Time), 12:00 (EDT), 9:00 (PDT) Click here for free registration<https://earthscanevents.webex.com/earthscanevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=842188854> In the second of two Earthcasts to address sustainable practices in everyday life the authors of The Power of Sustainable Thinking<http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=102391> and The Economical Environmentalist<http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=92793> will give you the opportunity to learn how to think and behave more sustainably, develop ways to inspire change in others and get first-hand advice on the practicalities of living sustainably everyday. Bob Doppelt<http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=102391> will take attendees though a series of 'staged-based' methods for transforming thinking and behaviour, beginning with the audience's own cognitive patterns, before moving on to how individuals can motivate other people and organisations to change. Prashant Vaze<http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=92793> will then provide guidance from his own experience on managing the practicalities of living in a sustainable way every day. Bob Doppelt<http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=102391> is director of Resource Innovations and The Climate Leadership Initiative in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment, and courtesy associate professor in the Department of Planning, Public Policy, and Management at the University of Oregon, US. Prashant Vaze<http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=92793> is an environmental economist and former policy maker. He worked for 15 years in the UK's Office of Climate Change, the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit and the Department of the Environment. For more information, and to view archived versions of previous Earthcasts, please visit www.earthscan.co.uk/earthcasts<http://www.earthscan.co.uk/earthcasts> "Earthscan is performing a really valuable public service by enabling us all to listen to some the world's best sustainability consultants and to be able to ask them questions." Rick Row, Sustainable Business Consultant "Brilliant! I found the session to be informative and very relevant to current events. Keep up the good work." Nana Guar, Research Analyst, Sustainability Excellence "Well timed, well chaired, well presented - smoothest webcast I've seen!" Deviah Aiama, Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Canada "An excellent way of hearing about recent developments from leading thinkers in the field." Dan Harding Marketing Executive Earthscan Dunstan House 14a St Cross Street London, EC1N 8XA Tel: +44 (0)20 7841 1953 Fax: +44 (0)20 7242 1474 EARTHSCAN: INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR Winner of the 2010 IPG Independent Publisher of the Year Award, Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year Award and International Achievement Award<http://www.ipg.uk.com/cgi-bin/scribe?showgroup=pg04> 'A solid, reliable and consistently successful publisher - a yardstick by which all independents might measure themselves' IPA Judges Earthscan on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Earthscan/40207053788?ref=nf#!/pages/Earthscan/40207053788?ref=ts> Follow @Earthscan on Twitter _______________________________________________________ [log in to unmask] An urban geography discussion and announcement forum List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/URB-GEOG-FORUM Maintained by: RGS-IBG Urban Geography Research Group UGRG Home Page: http://www.urban-geography.org.uk