Louisiana Environmental Action Network's
22nd Annual People's Conference
featuring:
Actor and Environmentalist
Ed Begley Jr.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Come register at the door!
Sheraton Baton Rouge Convention Center
102 France Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Free Parking in the garage on Mayflower St.
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Conference fees:
$35.00 per person $15.00 for students
This includes:
ALL of the speakers
Muffins, Danishes, Bagels, Fruit Juice, Coffee and Tea in the morning
Coffee, Tea and Soft Drinks all Day
A lunch buffet featuring local cuisine with vegetarian options
An after party with the Lost Bayou Ramblers, Birthday Cake and one FREE drink from the cash bar.
You won't find a value like this ANYWHERE!
Come register at the door!
Schedule Of Events:
9:00 - Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 - The Dodds and Wascom Legislative Roundup
Barbara Dodds and Kathy Wascom, LEAN's dynamite Legislative Monitors,
will give a recap of the just passed Louisiana Legislative Session.
 9:50 - John W. deGravelles
Toxic Torts, No Piece of Cake
deGravelles is a senior partner in the Baton
Rouge law firm of deGravelles, Palmintier, Holthaus
& Frugé. He graduated from L.S.U.
Law School
in 1974 with honors (Order of the Coif). He is past president of the Louisiana
Association of Justice (formerly Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association) and a
past member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Trial Lawyers of
America. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is
past president of the Louisiana Chapter of The American Board of Trial
Advocates. He is a member of the adjunct faculty at Louisiana State University Law School
and a regular faculty member of Tulane Law School’s
Summer Session in RhodesGreece. He was awarded a Fulbright
Scholarship to teach American Maritime Private International Law at the
University of Thessaloniki Law School in Thessaloniki, Greece during
the fall semester of 2001. deGravelles has a long standing interest in
environmental issues. He started Citizens for A Clean Environment in 1984. He
was honored for his environmental activism by Council for a Better Louisiana
(CABL) receiving its Better Louisiana Award in 1988. He has practiced in the
area of environmental law, particularly in the area of toxic torts.
 10:25 - Dr. Harold Leggett
Secretary
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Leggett attended Southeastern University where he earned
a Bachelor of Science in Biology/Agriculture and a Master of Science in
Biology. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi where he
earned doctorate in Biology. Leggett brings to DEQ more than 20 years
of extensive professional experience in environmental systems
management, audits, ecological surveys, environmental program analysis,
team building and multi-task work group problem solving. He was
previously a compliance inspector for DEQ. Leggett was an environmental
consultant and facilitator to government, business and industry. Leggett served as assistant secretary for the Office
of Environmental Compliance from 2004 until he was appointed secretary.
 11:00 - Dr. Paul Connett
Water Fluoridation is an Obsolete Practice
and
Zero Waste a Key Stepping Stone to Sustainability
St. Lawrence University Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett's environmental activism
goes beyond his classes.
Investigations into the scientific evidence
against the practice of water fluoridation has become a family affair
for the Connett household. His son Michael '99 is the research director
and Webmaster for the Fluoride Action Network (http://www.fluoridealert.org),
and his wife, Ellen, is also involved in researching the topic. All
three presented scientific papers at the 26th Conference of the International
Society for Fluoride Research, held in Wiesbaden, Germany, recently.
Paul Connett has received numerous awards and citations for his
work, and frequently participates in community discussions on fluoridation.
A graduate of Cambridge University, Connett holds a Ph.D. from Dartmouth
College and joined the faculty at St. Lawrence in 1983. Connett's
opposition to incineration as a method of managing solid waste, based
on his chemical analysis of the byproducts of the process, has taken
him to 49 states, five Canadian provinces and 44 other countries.
He has given over 1,700 public presentations, written many articles
on dioxin and waste management and co-produced several videotapes
on those topics, as a result of that research.
Connett says that he has devoted a great deal of time and effort to
grass-roots environmental organizations during his career, because "that
is the place where we can effect genuine change."
12:00 - LUNCH
1:00 - Ed Begley, Jr.
Inspired by the works of his Academy Award-winning father, Ed Begley,
Jr. became an actor. He first came to audiences' attention
for his portrayal of Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the long-running hit
television series, "St. Elsewhere," for which he received
six Emmy nominations. Since then Begley has moved easily between
feature, television and theatre projects.
Begley appeared recently in "A Mighty Wind", a follow-up
to the American Comedy Award-winning film, "Best In Show,"
with Christopher Guest, Catherine O' Hara and Parker Posey.
His other feature film credits include "Batman Forever,"
"Greedy," "The Accidental Tourist", "She-Devil"
and "The In-Laws."
On television, Begley just completed a new pilot called "True",
starring Anne Heche on the WB. He can also be seen in recurring
roles on "Jack & Bobby", "Six Feet Under"
and "7th Heaven." He also guest starred in such series
as "The West Wing," "The Practice," "The
Drew Carey Show," "Touched By an Angel," and "Providence."
Among his motion pictures for television credits are "Homicide:
The Movie," "Not in This Town," with Kathy Baker,
"World War II: When Lions Roared," with Bob Hoskins,
Michael Caine and John Lithgow, "Running Mates," "Cooperstown" and "Story
Lady," which starred Jessica Tandy.
Begley also starred
in the West Coast premiere of David Mamet's "Cryptogram,"
at the Geffen Playhouse, in the role that he originated in Boston
and then in New York.
The Environment
Environmental
lawyer and long-time friend, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. has said "Ed has a
greater sense of social obligation than anyone I know. He's like a West
Coast cadet who gets up every morning and says 'reporting for duty'".
Turning
up at Hollywood events on his bicycle, Ed has been considered an
environmental leader in the Hollywood community for many years. He has
served as chairman of the Environmental Media Association, and the
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. He still serves on those boards, as
well as the Thoreau Institute, the Earth Communications Office, Tree
People and Friends of the Earth, among many others.
His work in the environmental community has earned him a number
of awards from some of the most prestigious environmental groups
in the nation, including the California League of Conservation Voters,
the Natural Resources Defense Council, The Coalition for Clean Air,
Heal the Bay and the Santa Monica Baykeeper.
He currently lives near Los Angeles in a self-sufficient home powered
by solar energy.
  2:05 - Florence Coppola
and
Joann Hale
Preparing For Technology Caused Disasters
Florence Coppola is the Executive for National Disaster Ministries for the United Church of Christ Disaster Ministries. Joann Hale is an Emergency Response
Specialist with Church World Service Emergency Response Program. This dynamic duo have responded to more disasters than a whole room full of superheros. They have responded to
hundreds of natural and human caused disasters which include floods, tornados,
hurricanes, toxic waste spills, water contamination, wildfires, ice storms,
earthquakes, and etc. including the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Joann says that the only natural disaster that she has not responded to is
a volcano eruption (yet...).
 3:10 - Beau Brock
and
Alex Prochaska
Fighting Environmental Crime
Beau Brock is currently the Assistant To The Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. Before joining the new administration at LDEQ Brock was Regional Criminal Enforcement Counsel for the Criminal Investigation Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In that role, he was in-house counsel for criminal enforcement of
environmental crimes for EPA agents in Louisiana.
4:10 - LEAN's 22nd Birthday Party Featuring the Lost Bayou Ramblers!!
This years LEAN Conference is sponsored by:
  
 
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