FRIDAY: EPA Administrator Jackson to Participate in BeGreen2013 Summit

EPA Press Release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 17, 2013

FRIDAY:  EPA Administrator Jackson to Participate in BeGreen2013 Summit


WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Green for All and Amplify Public Affairs are holding a summit to kick off BeGreen2013, a movement encouraging individuals to protect the environment and public health.

The free, public summit will feature panel dialogues with EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, actor and environmentalist Lamman Rucker and GreenHouse Foundation co-founder Shedonna Alexander.  Other leaders and local environmentalists will discuss their efforts to build sustainable communities and protect the environment, including Green for All CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, NEEF Executive Director Diane Wood, Wash Cycle Laundry Founder Gabriel Mandujano, Dr. Ivor Horn of the Children’s National Medical Center and Laura Turner Seydel, chair of the Captain Planet Foundation.  A question and answer session with the speakers will immediately follow the panel.

WHAT:         BeGreen2013 Environmental Education and Sustainability Summit – a national dialogue on how individual environmental actions can protect the environment and public health.Members of the media must RSVP to press@epa.gov by 5pm, January 17th. Join the conversation at #BeGreen2013.

WHEN:         Friday, January 18, 2013
                    4:00 p.m. EST

WHERE:       Environmental Protection Agency
                    1201 Constitution Avenue NW
                    Washington, DC 20004

                    Live Stream: www.begreen2013.com (available at 4 pm, January 18th)

WHO:           Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency
                    Lamman Rucker, Actor and Environmentalist
                    Phaedra Ellis–Lamkins, CEO, Green for All
                    Shedonna Alexander, Executive Director, GreenHouse Foundation
                    Diane Wood, Executive Director, National Environmental Education Foundation
                    Gabriel Mandujano, Founder, Wash Cycle Laundry
                    Dr. Ivor Horn, Children’s National Medical Center
                    Laura Turner Seydel, Chair, Captain Planet Foundation

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