The Language of Sustainability: Shouting But Not Being Heard

27 April 2009
70 Grosvenor St, London W1K 3JP (5th floor)

This event is to launch the PARN and Professional Practice for Sustainable Development (PP4SD) Environmental Sustainability Special Interest Group (SIG).

Event format

Morning Session: Panel of speakers from different backgrounds discuss how their sector views and conveys sustainability.

Afternoon Session: Delegates break into groups to discuss the development of an ‘Esperanto of Sustainability’ which would cut across sectors and be
accessible and inspiring for all groups.

Sectors and speakers include:

• The business language of sustainability: Eric Bichard, Author of Positively Responsible: How Business Can Save the Planet
• The consultancy language: David Fell, Director of Brook Lyndhurst Ltd and former Commissioner on the Mayor’s Sustainable Development Commission
• The science language: Mark Everard, Author and Scientific Advisor with the Environment Agency
• The government language
• The popular language: Joe Ravetz, leading thinker on sustainability from the University of Manchester
• Chair: Arran Stibbe, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Gloucestershire

Please click here to view the programme for this event. 

All delegates will receive a FREE copy of PP4SD’s new publication, "Thinking and Acting Sustainably: A Model of a 21st Century Professional".

PARN has negotiated a special price for PARN members of £60 per delegate. The cost for non-members is £100, and £60 for IES members.

Places can be booked by contacting Adam Donnan at PP4SD on 0207 730 5516 or by emailing info@pp4sd.org.uk