• The Future of Our Shared Environment — Today

  • March 26-30, 2008
    Aspen, Colorado

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    Hosted by the Aspen Institute and National Geographic magazine, the first Aspen Environment Forum in Aspen, Colorado was a powerful, three-day exchange examining the future of our shared environment.

    Media coverage of the Forum.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

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Timothy Wirth

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Timothy Wirth
President
United Nations Foundation

I think the climate issue is the most interesting political, economic, diplomatic, and environmental issue in the world.

Andrew Revkin

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Andrew Revkin
Environmental Reporter
The New York Times

Ed Bangs

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Ed Bangs
Wolf Recovery Coordinator
US Fish and Wildlife Service

"I've always said that the best wolf habitat resides in the human heart. You have to leave a little space for them to live."

Bill Blakemore

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Bill Blakemore
Correspondent
ABC News

Mohammed El-Ashry

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Mohammed El-Ashry
Senior Fellow
United Nations Foundation

James Kunstler

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James Kunstler
Author

"Note to public: technology and energy are not the same things, and continuing to think that they are may place our civilization in jeopardy."