RCE Greater Portland-2017

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1. Project Title: 
Investments for Developing Communities Population Forum
2. Thematic area/s addressed by the project
Select your options: 
Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)
3. Project partner contact information : 
Organization: 
Investments for Developing Communities
Role: 
Host
Main Contact: 
Lisa Whitridge
Name: 
Lisa Whitridge
Affiliation: 
Investments for Development Communities
Email: 
gogopopo2009@gmail.com
Alternative project contact: 
Name: 
Kim Smith
Affiliation: 
GPSEN
Email: 
kdsmith@pcc.edu
4. Project type
Select the relevant type for your project: 
Bridging local and global perspectives on SD
Enabling policy formulation and/or institutional change
5. Project description
Provide a short description of the project including strategies, regional challenges, aims and specific project activities.: 

This community event, titled "7.5 Billion and Counting: Where are We Headed?" was held on Thursday, April 13, at the Ecotrust Building.

Local non-profit, Investments for Developing Communities (IDC), in collaboration with Portland’s GPSEN and Center for Biological Diversity, invited attendees to learn about current issues related to global population growth. Guest speakers John Seager, president and CEO of Population Connection, in Washington D.C., and Suzanne York, project director for Transition Earth of the Earth Island Institute in Berkeley, CA, presented latest statistics and field notes related to areas of advocacy, education and project work. With Earth quickly approaching 7.5 billion people, it’s time to make global population growth, with its overarching connections to the environment and human rights, a mainstream issue. Kim Smith facilitated the discussion.

6. Project status
Finalized
Description: 
We had approximately 30 people attend, with a lively conversation about population policies.
8. Tagging
Region: 
Americas
Tags (choose up to 5): 
Food & Hunger