"Natural capitalism" advocate Hunter Lovins to speak at WaterSmart Innovations Conference opening session October 6.

Hunter Lovins, president and founder of the Natural Capitalism Solutions and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and California Conservation Society, will keynote the WaterSmart Innovations 2010 opening session on Wednesday, October 6.

Through NCS, Lovins educates senior public- and private-sector decision-makers about strategies to enable companies, communities, and countries to become more sustainable. Lovins developed the Economic Renewal Project and is a founding Professor of Business at Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco. Time Magazine in 2000 named her a "Hero of the Planet" and in 2009 Newsweek dubbed Lovins a "Green Business Icon."

Lovins has authored and co-authored numerous books, including Brittle Power (1982), Energy Unbound (1986), Factor Four-Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use (1997), Green Development (1998), Natural Capitalism (1999), and hundreds of papers and articles.

Session sponsored by   Caroma

Author Steven Solomon to keynote WaterSmart Innovations Conference luncheon October 7

Steven Solomon, author of the best-selling book Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization, will be the October 7 keynote luncheon speaker at the third WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In Water, Solomon describes a world in which access to fresh water has replaced oil as the primary cause of global conflicts that increasingly emanate from drought-ridden, overpopulated areas of the world.

Solomon also has written for The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Economist, Forbes, and Esquire. He has been a regular commentator on NPR's Marketplace, and has appeared as a featured guest on the late Tim Russert's CNBC show, NPR's Talk of the Nation, Bloomberg TV, and on many other news shows. He has addressed the World Affairs Council, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and university forums. He also is the author of The Confidence Game, which warned about building dangers in the volatile global financial system.

Session sponsored by   Rainbird


box btm