FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Cristal Logan
Community Outreach Director
The Aspen Institute
(970) 544-7929
Aspen Institute and Aspen High School Present the “Speaking to the Future Series”
Aspen, CO, January 6, 2009—The Aspen Institute in conjunction with Aspen High School present the next event in the “Speaking to the Future Series” featuring David Monsma, executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Energy and Environment Program. Monsma’s talk will focus on climate change and the fate of the Arctic.
The lecture, which is open to all students of Aspen High School, will take place on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 from 11:30am – 12:10pm in the Aspen High School seminar room. The Series is part of the Aspen Institute’s overall effort to share its resources with youth in the valley.
David Monsma is the executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Energy and Environment Program which includes the Catto Fellowship Program, the Aspen Environment Forum, the Aspen Energy Policy Forum, and the Aspen Commission on Arctic Climate Change. An attorney by training, David has nearly twenty years of policy experience in environmental law, sustainable development and corporate governance. Immediately prior to joining the Institute, Monsma taught law and ethics at
For more information on the program, please contact Jessica Peet at (970) 544-7914 or jessica.peet@aspeninstitute.org.
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