LOCATION: The Wellness Living Store 1412 – 14th Street Santa Monica, CA 90404 Telephone:310-260-0013

DATE: June 6th, 2012 7pm-10pm

Special Guest: Laurie Kaye Nijaki

Green Local Procurement Policy as a Sustainable Economic Driver

This talk will focus on research examining the green economy as an economic development tool at the local scale. In addition to exploring a range of potential policy tools for developing green jobs, this talk will focus on how local entities, such as cities and counties, can use environmentally preferable purchasing plans as a central tool in developing the local green economy.

Please see Laurie’s powerpoint presentation at: http://www.slideshare.net/lnijaki/greensalonpresentation

The full paper can be accessed on Laurie’s website at www.freewebs.com/lauriekaye; or through USC at: http://www.usc.edu/schools/price/bedrosian/