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Ethics for Breakfast presents
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 Wednesday, June 10, 2009
7:15 - 8:30 am
Ethics & the
Conservation
Economy
with Ian Gill, President of Ecotrust Canada
How can we establish new ethical codes of conduct in our economy and society?
Too often, economic development models ignore environmental sustainability and social benefits to communities, particularly First Nations.
- How can we create a capital model with an ethical underpinning, that
supports developments that remain within the carrying capacity of
our natural systems?
- How do we balance the needs of all communities?
- How do we restore First Nations in Canada to prosperity after their
historic marginalization?
These are profoundly ethical decisions that demand urgent action.
Join Ian Gill as he discusses ways in our current economic crisis to build a conservation economy based on what people need, and what the environment will sustain.
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604-685-6560
DATE: Wednesday, June 10th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION: BC Hydro Building
333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
(muffins, tea and coffee included)
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
About Our Speaker:
Ian Gill is president and founder of Ecotrust Canada in Vancouver, B.C. and a director of Ecotrust in Portland, Ore. These related non-profit organizations promote the emergence of a conservation economy in the coastal temperate rainforests of North America.
Before creating Ecotrust Canada in November 1994, Ian spent seven years as a television reporter with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, specializing in land-use, environment and resource issues. His documentaries won numerous local and international awards.
Ian also spent seven years as a senior reporter and editor with the Vancouver Sun. He is the author of the best-selling Hiking on the Edge: Canada's West Coast Trail, and Haida Gwaii: Journeys Through the Queen Charlotte Islands. Ian is a director of Vancity Savings Credit Union, the Boat Basin Foundation, and the Na na kila Institute, and is a member of the Forestry Advisory Council at the University of B.C.
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