National Consumers League hosts 2000 Conference “Environmentally Conscious Consumers”

Who: National Consumers League, 101 year old, private, nonprofit, membership organization dedicated to identifying, protecting, representing, and advancing the economic and social interests of consumers and workers.

What: 2000 conference, “Environmentally Conscious Consumers” will bring grassroots consumer groups, educators, business, labor, nonprofit leaders, and regulators together to discuss the role consumers play in the environment.

Speaker Highlights:

·     Young activists from Racine Earth Service Youth United, Juneau High School (Milwaukee Public Schools), Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group, Associated Students of Madison, and the United Kingdom will share their strategies for raising environmental consciousness among consumers.

·     David Morris of the Institute for Local Self Reliance will discuss relevant choices consumers can make to protect the environment in his keynote address, Science Friction: Weighing Risks, Making Choices.

·     The Honorable Alice Clausing, Wisconsin State Senator, will participate in a panel discussing Clean Water: Pollution Sources and Solutions.

·     Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs, will be examined by panelists Dave Fredrickson of the Minnesota Farmers Union and Rebecca Goldberg of Environmental Defense, both members of the USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology.

·     Susan Mudd of Citizens for a Better Environment will facilitate the dialogue on Public Health and the Environment. Former farmworker Floribella Redondo of the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs will talk about teaching workers about pesticides.

·     Ken Alston of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. and Jack Brill of Natural Investment Services will participate on a panel discussing how consumers and businesses can invest in the environment.

Where: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Milwaukee, WI

When: April 30-May 2, 2000

The National Consumers League, founded in 1899, is America's pioneer consumer organization. Our mission is to identify, protect, represent, and advance the economic and social interests of consumers and workers. NCL is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to representing consumers on issues of concern.

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