Event!

Dear Friends, The Center for Safe Energy is excited to host our 20th delegation from the Former Soviet Union under the U.S. Congress's Open World program (openworld.gov) during the week of February 20-28, 2010. We are offering an opportunity for you to meet our Russian partners from Siberia's Lake Baikal region at the David Brower Center on Thursday evening, February 25th. We hope to see you there!

David Brower and the Pearl of Siberia: Lake Baikal in Conversation and Photographs

Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:00 pm Wine Reception at 6:30 pm David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way (at Oxford) Berkeley, CA 94704

Join us for a lively and informative discussion about the environmental challenges and successes of Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's oldest and deepest freshwater lake recognized as a World Heritage Site by the UN. Meet a delegation of Russian environmental leaders from Buryatia, Siberia's largest indigenous community, who are working to protect Baikal; see a slide presentation by wilderness photographer Boyd Norton (wildernessphotography.com); hear stories of Dave Brower's travels to Lake Baikal in the 1990s; and join a conversation with Gary Cook of Baikal Watch, Melissa Prager of Center for Safe Energy, and John Knox of Earth Island Institute.

Admission: $5-$20
purchase tickets in advance or pay at the door

Sponsored by:
Earth Island Institute, Center for Safe Energy, and Baikal Watch
For more information:
contact Melissa Prager at 510-859-9161 or cseprograms@igc.org

About Earth Island Institute  About Center for Safe Energy  About Baikal Watch

Brower Center is located in downtown Berkeley across from the UC Berkeley campus
one block from BART and AC Transit connections.
Parking available at Oxford Garage (under Brower Center).
Free secure bicycle parking at both BART and Brower Center