FOR THE GREENER GOOD: What One Billion Slum Dwellers Mean for the Environment

Lecture at the National Building Museum

FOR THE GREENER GOOD: What One Billion Slum Dwellers Mean for the Environment
Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Panelists examine the long-term environmental consequences of a slum dwelling population that grows by 25 million people a year.

A discussion with: Michael Cohen, Director, The New School International Affairs Program • Pietro Garau, Past Chief of Research, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)• Rose Seisie Molokoane, National Chairperson, The South African Homeless People's Federation • Robert Neuwirth, Author of Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World; spent two years living in shantytowns around the world (moderator)• Sergio Palleroni, Co-founder and Director, BaSiC Initiative • Maria Sonia Vincenta Fadrigo, Regional Coordinator, Homeless People's Federation Philippines (HPFP)

$12 Members; FREE Students; $20 Public. Prepaid registration required. Walk-in registration based on availability.

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