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[Links] Conference Director: Jay Burney Funding Director: Joe Gardella Program Director: Margaret Shannon Foundation and Giving Director: Dan McCormack Exposition Director: Randi Mail Pan-American Celebration Jane Goodall A Brief biography Another Brief Biography The Jane Goodall Institute Jane Goodall Institute Online Press Kit Roots and Shoots Roots and Shoots Fact Sheet National Geographic Profile Salon Magazine online interview Paul Hawken www.natcap.org Rocky Mountain Institute www.rmi.org To further equip business, community and educational leaders with the tools to practice sustainability, the Rocky Mountain Institute will deliver two focused seminars on Natural Capitalism: Community & Business. RMI is an entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources to create a more secure, prosperous, and life-sustaining world. Natural Capitalism is a new and rapidly spreading business model that harnesses environmental performance as an engine of competitive advantage. It uses a whole-system approach that illuminates the interconnections between systems and seeks solutions that address multiple problems simultaneously. David Suzuki http://www.davidsuzuki.org/ Sylvia Earle Ford Motor Company: Dr. Sylvia Earle Dr. Sylvia A. Earle - profile of her contributions. Dreams of the Deep - an excerpt from Earle's book Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans. Heart in the Sea - question and answer with Dr. Sylvia Earle. National Geographic: Sylvia Earle - includes a brief biography and a selection of Earle's favorite websites. Sylvia Earle, Ph.D. - offers a profile, biography, and interview with the marine biologist, undersea explorer, and environmentalist. National Geographic Featured Explorer National Geographic Biography American Academy Of Achievement General Ford Motor Company "Heroes of the Planet" The Natural Step www.sustainablebusiness.com World Business Council for Sustainable Development United States Department of Energy Center for Excellence for Sustainable Development World Resources Institutte-The Next bottom Line: Making Sustainable Development Tangible United Nations Commission on sustainable Development International Chamber of Commerce-The Business Charter for Sustainble Development Coalation for Environmentally Responsible Economies The Sprawl Campaign Northwest Environment Watch - Alan Durning Northwest Environment Watch Northwest Environment Watch is a nonprofit research and communication center that promotes a sustainable economy and way of life in the Pacific Northwest--a bioregion encompassing the watersheds of rivers flowing through North America's temperate rainforest zone. The Earth Policy Institute - Lester Brown Earth Policy Institute Dedicated to providing a vision of what an environmentally sustainable economy - an eco-economy - looks like, as well as a roadmap of how to get from here to there. Local Links University at Buffalo ESI Institute for Local Governance Erie County Great Lakes United Green Gold The Great Lakes Center for Environmental Education Friends of the Buffalo River