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City Talks 2012: Poverty Amid Plenty with Paul Gilding

Paul Gilding is set to arrive in Sydney with a difficult question: is a more equitable and sustainable world attainable?
Anya Krenicki
April 19, 2012

Overview

Paul Gilding, former executive director of Greenpeace International, is set to arrive in Sydney with a difficult question: is a more equitable and sustainable world attainable? It's a query that he has posed to communities worldwide. Interested in what Sydneysiders have to say?

Join Gilding and panel guests Clover Moore MP, Ross Gittins AM of the SMH, Sam Mclean of GetUp! , Ben Waters of GE, and author Rachel Botsman, in a thought-provoking discussion of the ecologically and economically damaged world we inhabit. Gilding will present the panel with the history and root causes of the world's precarious status; the panel will then explore the workings of the global economy and how to alleviate the pressing issues of an unsustainable economy.

Tickets to the discussion are free, but essential.

Information

When

Mon, Apr 30, 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

6:30pm

Where

City Recital Hall
2 Angel Place
Sydney
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