State of the World 2007 Briefing - Panelist - Zoe Chafe

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 (Listen)

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
Janice Perlman: Fighting Poverty & Environmental Injustice in Cities (Listen)

Question & Answer Session (Listen)

Zoë Chafe
Staff Researcher, Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC

Ms. Chafe co-authored "Turning Disasters into Peacemaking Opportunities," in State of the World 2006, and recently contributed to Worldchanging: A Users Guide to the 21st Century. She coordinates Worldwatch University, the Institute’s youth outreach initiative, and served on the steering committee of SustainUS, the US Youth Network for Sustainable Development. She previously worked at the Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development, the Centre for Science and Environment, in New Delhi, the United States Forest Service, and the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. She has investigated ecotourism and environmental education in Madagascar and South Africa.