By Daily Press staff
Mikhail S. Gorbachev will be in the area next month to speak on global warming. As part of Global Green USA, an affiliate of the Green Cross International, Gorbachev will give the keynote address during the fifth annual sustainability symposium on March 15 at the Marina Beach Marriott in Marina Del Rey.
Topics of discussion with co-hosts and panelists will range from what President Bush’s Kyoto alternative proposal means to what the role news media and entertainment industry should be on the heavily debated issue.
The panelists selected are Marshall Herskovitz, producer of the television program, “Once and Again”; Jonathan Lash, president of World Resource Institute; Robert Lempert, Ph.D, senior scientist of Rand; Ross Gelspan, author and journalist; and John Bradford, general manager of Bentley Mills/Interface.
The city of Santa Monica is a sponsor of the event. General admission is $25 and $5 for students. Reservations, which must be made by March 12, can be made at or by calling (310) 394-7700, ext. 111.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 26, 2002. Read the original PDF.