The Tipping Point: What is the current state of sustainable fashion? How has the current economic downturn affected the industry? And how do we create pathways towards change?

All very good questions. Let’s see if we can answer them!! I’ll see you there.

6PM-7:30PM Roundtable; 6PM-9PM event. 233 Park Ave S, 2nd Fl

On a cool, gray London morning this past Wednesday (26th of Nov), I had a pleasant surprise in my inbox  when I was notified of a mention in the New York Times. The gist of the article was that there is a need for serious speakers on the environment, but not all places can afford Al Gore prices. Check out the feature below…

In the past few weeks agents at American Program Bureau, which represents authors, entertainers, politicians and others who make the lucrative rounds of the speaking circuit, have received several calls from organizations looking to book someone to speak about the environment.

“They all say, ‘Can you get us Al Gore?’ ” said Robert Walker, founder and chief executive. His agency doesn’t represent the former vice president, but Mr. Walker said that when his agents pointed out what kind of fees Mr. Gore tends to receive, none of the organizations could afford such sums in this economic climate.

So the agents recommended others on their client roster, including John Passacantando, executive director of Greenpeace USA, and Summer Rayne Oakes, a board member and occasional correspondent on the Planet Green network. “She’s not even a quarter of the price of someone like Gore, but she has a lot to say,” Mr. Walker said.

I’ve just wrapped up some university events, a couple board events and have a few conferences coming up around the corner. You can check out some of the topics I’ve been speaking about on my site here, so if you’re interested in having me speak, feel free to give us a call and we’ll try to make it happen.

View and read the rest of the article at NYTimes.com here.

If you’re in the area, join me and some friends at the Lower East Side Ecology Center at the East River Park Amphitheatre (September 6, 2008). They’ll have some locally-grown organic food, music, and auction items. Low-key and laid-back. They were very kind to give me an award for environmental education, which reminds me I have a keynote to give at SUNY Binghamton in just a week (August 21, 2008) - a riveting call-to-action entitled, “Generation Misunderstood.” Looking forward to meeting all the incoming freshmen.