Location

The Network for Emerging Leaders in Sustainability (NELS)

The Network for Emerging Leaders in Sustainability (NELS) is a new organization for early-career professionals (and professionals who are new to the topic of sustainability) who are interested in building bridges with peers in DC-area agencies and organizations. The Network includes leaders with diverse backgrounds and expertise, from natural resource management to energy policy to public health. NELS members share a common interest in taking a multidisciplinary approach to sustainability challenges — considering the economic, environmental, social, and cultural dimensions of these problems. Through NELS, these emerging leaders will foster relationships that enable them to more effectively bring about a sustainable future.

Emerging leaders in sustainability, please join NELS for their kick-off event:

Making Sustainability Tangible
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
5:30 – 7:30 pm
National Academies Keck Center, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW, in Washington DC.
Metro: Judiciary Square (Red Line) or Gallery Place (Yellow/Green Line)

Program
Keynote Speaker:

Matt Arnold, Director of Sustainable Finance Ltd and former Chief Operating Officer at the World Resources Institute

Emerging Leaders Panel: NELS members will discuss how sustainability is being addressed in their organization or field of expertise.

Q&A

Reception

To attend this free event, please register at http://sustainability.nationalacademies.org/NELS.shtml. Network members are encouraged to offer ideas for future meetings, which are expected to be held monthly.

NELS is supported by the National Academies’ George and Cynthia Mitchell Endowment for Sustainability Science. For further information, please contact Marty Perreault at mperreault@nas.edu or 202-334-2143.