Slideshow of BREATHE LA Salon on "Going Green & Growing the Economy"

"Healthful Living and Community Wealth: Going Green and Growing the Econonomy"

CSUN, November 20, 2008

Next BREATHE LA Salon this Thursday!

ADVISORY

November 17, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Edward Headington
Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com

WHO: BREATHE LA staff and supporters, residents, consumers, businesses, students, educators, public policy professionals and others

Welcome – Office of the Honorable Greig Smith, Los Angeles City Councilmember

Moderator – Jason Schaff, Editor for the San Fernando Valley Business Journal

Panel of Experts – Stuart Waldman, President of the Valley Industry Commerce Association (VICA); Ashwani Vasishth, Director of CSUN’s Institute for Sustainability; and Dr. Richard Barbers, BREATHE LA Board Member, Associate Medical Director of the USC Asthma and Allergy Center and Medical Director of the USC Lung Transplantation Program

Panel of Responders – Enrique Chiock, President & CEO of Breathe California of Los Angeles County; Matthew Dodson, Director of Local Government Relations for the California Grocers Association and Sepand Samzadeh, President of the Valley Recycling Center and Document Shredding Services

WHAT: The BREATHE LA Pollution & Solutions Salon Series is a new and engaging discussion of clean air, the environment and healthy living--launched in June 2008 (This is the closing salon for the year.)

“Healthful Living & Community Wealth: Going Green and Growing the Economy”

WHEN: Thursday, November 20, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

WHERE: California State University, Northridge @ 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330 in the Flintridge Room in the CSUN University Student Union

WHY: Climate change is part of the national lexicon and many are trying to find the nexus between “going green” and growing the economy. Hear from some of the top experts and responders while also engaging them around healthful living and community wealth.

FYI: It is open to the public and there is no cost to attend the BREATHE LA salons. Coffee and a light breakfast will be served. For more information and to R.S.V.P., contact Edward Headington at Edward@HeadingtonMedia.com or (818) 720-7181. You may also visit us at http://www.breathela.org/ or www.myspace.com/BCLAC—and/or join our group pages on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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BREATHE California of Los Angeles County (BREATHE LA) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the future of clean air and healthy lungs in Los Angeles County. BREATHE LA was established in 1903 and has over a century of accomplishments. First established to fight then-epidemic Tuberculosis, BREATHE LA has long been a leader in efforts to improve air quality and lung health in Los Angeles. Now part of BREATHE California, a statewide organization, BREATHE LA is dedicated to service in our local communities. For more information, visit http://www.breathela.org/.