American Renewable Energy Day in Aspen

August 5, 2008

August 21-23, 2008

Environmental leader Ted Turner will be the keynote speakers for the fifth annual American Renewable Energy Day (AREDAY) in Aspen, Colorado.

AREDAY is a three-day event featuring keynote speakers, films, round-table discussions and music. Along with Ted Turner, other key speakers inclued Peter Buffet and Earth Policy Institute President Lester Brown are among the scheduled speakers.

August 21: The film “Burning the Future: Coal in America” will screen at Paepcke Auditorium in Aspen. The film focus the conflict between the coal industry and residents of a community surrounding the mining operation. “Fields of Fuel” screens at the Wheeler Opera House. This film focus on the development of sustainable biofuels.

August 22: The Wheeler Opera House events for this day includes the Earth Policy Institute’s president Lester Brown, author of “Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization”; Jerome Ringo, president of the Apollo Alliance; Sally Ranney; representatives from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Harris Sherman, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources; the Presidential Climate Action Project, Native Wind and Rocky Mountain Institute; Chief Arvol Looking Horse of the Wolakota Foundation; and others.

August 23: Ted Turner will have an open discuission with Pat Mitchell, former president of PBS and current CEO of the Paley Media Center. Peter Buffet will join the two on stage at the Wheeler Opera House. Additional panel discussions throughout the day will deliver various expers in an interactive discussions will offer involve the audience.

“Turner and Buffet’s decision to align themselves with AREDAY demonstrates their desire to bring solutions for climate and energy challenges to the forefront of our national dialogue,” said AREDAY founder and executive director Chip Comins in a press release.

AREDAY is a nonprofit organization, created in 2004 with the mission of promoting education and awareness of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies as practical solutions to global warming.

For more on the August event and organization, go to www.areday.net.

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