State of the World 2007 Briefing - Introduction - Molly O'Meara Sheehan

State of the World Briefing Program

Welcome: Christopher Flavin, Worldwatch Institute President (Listen)

Introductory Remarks: Molly O’Meara Sheehan, State of the World 2007 Project Director

Keynote Remarks: Jaime Lerner, Former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil (Listen)

State of the World 2007 Panel:
Peter Newman: Greening Urban Transportation (Listen)
Janet Sawin: Energizing Cities (Listen)
Danielle Nierenberg: Farming the Cities (Listen)
Zoë Chafe: Reducing Natural Disaster Risk in Cities (Listen)
Janice Perlman: Fighting Poverty & Environmental Injustice in Cities (Listen)

Question & Answer Session (Listen)

Molly O’Meara Sheehan
Senior Researcher and Project Director, State of the World 2007, New York, NY

Ms. Sheehan has studied urban environmental issues for much of the last decade. Her writing includes “Uniting Dividing Cities” in State of the World 2003, Reinventing Cities for People and the Planet, and articles in the International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, and other publications. In 2004 and 2005, while on leave from Worldwatch, she wrote investigative reports and op-eds on public schools for Eva Moskowitz, then Chair of the New York City Council Education Committee. She has an MS in Environmental Sciences from Johns Hopkins University, and a BA in Biology and Asian Studies from Williams College.