Global Green

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST NUCLEAR TESTS

The Embassy of Kazakhstan and Global Green USA request the pleasure of your company for a reception

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, SEPT 1 5PM - 7PM

WHERE: At the University Hall of The University Club of Washington D.C., 1135 16th Street NW

Introductory Remarks by:

His Excellency Erlan A. Idrissov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan
Dr. Paul F. Walker, Director, Security & Sustainability Program, Global Green USA

Video and Photo Exhibit on Legacies of Nuclear Testing in Kazakhstan

Dress Code: Business Attire

RSVP to ggusadc@globalgreen.org by COB August 25, 2010.Please Provide Name, Title, & Affiliation

Sea Dumped Munitions: Risks & Challenges

lobal Green USA’s Security and Sustainability Program continues discussion on sea-dumped chemical weapons and the larger issue of munitions of all types dumped in the world’s waters. The primary focus of this third roundtable will be an examination of the effect on water security of munitions dumped in oceans, lakes and rivers. 

We aim to further the discussions in the earlier roundtables of the legal, public health and possible mitigation issues surrounding munitions dumped not only in the oceans of the world but in lakes and rivers. All stakeholders – US and other government representatives, experts and NGOs – are invited to attend.   There will be two presentations with time for questions and discussion.

WHEN: Wednesday, July 7, 2:30 - 4:00 PM

WHERE: 1100 15th Street, NW, 11th Floor (at L Street NW), Washington, DC

SEMINAR III: THE FOUR FACES OF MICROBIAL FORENSICS

Applications for Attribution, Nonproliferation, Threat Assessment and Verification

Jonathan B. Tucker, Ph.D., Senior Fellow at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and Gregory Koblentz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Deputy Director at Biodefense Program, Department of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University, will present on the relevance of microbial forensics for a variety of law enforcement and national security missions and obstacles to its broader use.

WHEN: Friday, June 4, 2010, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Global Green USA, 1100 15th Street, NW, 11th Floor

Please RSVP to GGUSADC@hotmail.com. Provide: Your Name, Title, Affiliation

Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Light lunch will be served.

SEMINAR II: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS IN COMBATING BIOLOGICAL THREATS

A ‘Boots- on- the- Ground’ Perspective (Experience in Russia, Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, and Africa)
Dana Perkins, Ph.D. Senior Science Advisor Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Taking Stock: Disease Surveillance and Response Capacities in Southeast Asia
Julie E. Fischer, PhD Senior Associate, The Henry L. Stimson Center  

Situational Awareness and Response to Public Health Emergencies: Lessons from the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic
Jennifer Nuzzo, SM Associate, UPMC Center for Biosecurity 

WHEN: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

WHERE: Global Green USA 1100 15th Street, NW, 11th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005

Please RSVP to GGUSADC@hotmail.com. Provide: Your Name, Title, Affiliation

This will be a brownbag meeting. Coffee and water will be served.

SEA-DUMPED MUNITIONS: RISKS AND CHALLENGES

Global Green USA Security and Sustainability Program continues discussion on Sea-Dumped Munitions, especially Chemical Weapons (CW) as part of its Healing the Oceans initiative. Our upcoming roundtable will give a general introduction to the issue, describing the geography, quantities and potential health hazards, and, as an example, little-known details on Japan. We will also address the larger issue of conventional weapons dumped.

WHEN: Monday, May 10, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: Global Green USA, 1100 15th Street, NW, 11th Floor (at L Street), Washington DC, 20005

GREENING THE MILITARY Brownbag Lunch Roundtable

Global Green is hosting a roundtable discussion that will help jumpstart the process of greening the Department of Defense by promoting constructive dialogue between relevant stakeholders and acting as an information source on the Department’s ongoing sustainability efforts.

WHEN: Friday, May 7, 2010, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: 1100 15th Street, NW, 11th Floor, Washington DC

Expert Press Briefing after Nuclear Security Summit

On Tuesday, April 13, journalists covering the Nuclear Security Summit are invited to join an online press briefing with nuclear security experts. The press briefing will begin 30 MINUTES following the conclusion of President Obama’s remarks planned for the afternoon of April 13. The press briefing will continue for 60 minutes and go longer if necessary to accommodate questions

14th Annual Conference of the States Parties (CSP) at the OPCW

December 1, 2009. Paul Walker, Director of Global Green's Security & Sustainability program, is at The Hague this week representing Global Green USA at the 14th annual Conference of the States Parties (CSP) at the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons). He is also chairing Global Green's two-day meeting of an NGO Coalition organized for December 2nd and 3rd.  We have over 30 NGOs and 50-60 people participating in this event.

Going to Zero with Weapons of Mass Destruction

The Woodrow Wilson Center, Global Green USA, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory invite you to a public meeting.

WHAT: Going to Zero with Weapons of Mass Destruction: Lessons from the Chemical Weapons Convention with  Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, Director- General, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 

WHEN: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: 6th Floor Auditorium, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington D.C.

Please RSVP by June 12 to iss@wilsoncenter.org or fax 202-691-4001 Please provide: Your Name and Title, Affiliation, E-mail. Seating is limited. A photo ID is required for entry. 

The Woodrow Wilson Center is located in the Ronald Reagan Building (Federal Triangle stop on Blue/Orange Line). Public parking is available underneath the Reagan Building; however we recommend metro or taxi.

For more information and directions, please, visit www.wilsoncenter.org/directions

“BOMBS IN OUR BACKYARD” at DC Environmental Film Festival

Join Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ginny Durrin and a panel of experts for a work-in-progress screening of “Bombs in Our Backyard.” This feature-length documentary film chronicles the sixteen years of uncertainty following the discovery of a forgotten World War I-era Manhattan Project in Spring Valley, a neighborhood in Washington, DC. No one goes scot-free in this tale of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Joining Durrin on the panel will be Dr. Paul F. Walker, director of the Security & Sustainability program at Global Green USA; Mark Baker, US Army Corps of Engineers Spring Valley historian; investigative reporter Charlie Bermpohl; and Thomas M. Smith, ANC Commissioner 3D02 for Spring Valley, American University and Westover Place.

Date and Times
Screenings will take place at the DC Environmental Film Festival on Thursday, March 19 at 7 and 8 p.m. in the Wechsler Theatre, on the third floor of the Mary Graydon Center on the American University campus. Panel discussions will follow the screenings. The event is free and open to the public. There will be a reception in between the screenings.

Tenth Annual Russian National Chemical Dialogue

Green Cross Russia, Green Cross Switzerland, and Global Green USA, all national affiliates of Green Cross International founded by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993, are pleased to announce the forthcoming Tenth Anniversary Russian National Dialogue on the Chemical Weapons Convention and chemical weapons destruction in Moscow in October 2008.

The annual Green Cross/Global Green National Dialogue has been and continues to be a unique meeting place for all stakeholders in the ongoing chemical weapons destruction process. The two-day conference brings together representatives from Russian chemical weapons stockpile regions; federal ministries and agencies responsible for the implementation of the Russian chemical weapons destruction programme; countries providing assistance to the Russian Chemical Weapons Destruction Program; the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW); and Russian and foreign non-governmental organizations, academia, and the mass media. 

BURIED CHEMICAL WEAPONS, PUBLIC HEALTH & SPRING VALLEY

A Scoping Study of Potential Community Health Risks in the Spring Valley Neighborhood of Northwest Washington, DC featuring:

Professor Thomas A. Burke, Ph.D., M.P.H
Beth A. Resnick, M.P.H., Assistant Scientist
Mary A. Fox, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

moderated by Paul F. Walker, Ph.D., Legacy Program Director, Global Green USA

Date: Thursday, 17 July 2008, 3:30 - 5:30 pm

Location: Friends of the Earth, Washington D.C.
1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 600 (Nearest Metro Station: Dupont Circle, South Exit)

SPRING VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ROUNDTABLE

Featuring:

Dan Noble, Spring Valley Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Steve Hirsch, Spring Valley Remedial Project Manager, Environmental Protection Agency

with opening remarks from Paul Walker, Legacy Program Director, Global Green USA

Date: 29 May 2008, Noon - 2 pm

Location: Friends of the Earth, Washington D.C., 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 600
(Nearest Metro Station: Dupont Circle)

Background:
 
Come Join Friends of the Earth DC and Global Green USA for a second roundtable discussion in a series on Spring Valley neighborhood in Northwest Washington, DC, with a focus on the current search for buried chemical munitions, the remediation of contaminated properties, and concerns that the health and safety of District residents continue to be at risk. Participants will include government, state, city and local stakeholders. 

SCARRED LANDS & WOUNDED LIVES SCREENING

Wednesday, May 7 2008, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Offices of Friends of the Earth/Global Green USA
1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC

SCARRED LANDS & WOUNDED LIVES: The Environmental Footprint of War
A Documentary Film produced and directed by Alice & Lincoln Day

Come join Friends of the Earth and Global Green USA for a free showing of the very successful 60-minute documentary film, “Scarred Lands & Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War,” recently premiered at the DC Environmental Film Festival. The film is an investigation into the devastating environmental impacts of war. The producers will also be present for a short panel discussion after the movie.