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Transformational Lecture Series: Diane Dillon-Ridgley, PDX, 10/21/09

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM (PT)

Portland, OR

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Presenter: Dianne Dillon Ridgley, Director, Interface Inc.

University of Oregon White Stag Building
70 NW Couch Street, Portland OR

Dianne Dillon-Ridgley

Doors open at 5:00pm, lecture starts at 5:30pm.

Featured environmentalist, political advisor, and human rights
activist Dianne Dillon-Ridgley will reevaluate the interrelationship between

sustainability and our economy. In what she describes as the “Big Shift”, Ms.
Dillon-Ridgley will examine ways to re-frame and restart our society in order to
accelerate our path to sustainability.


Ms. Dillon-Ridgley has been the head of several organizations concerned with environment, gender andsustainability issues for more than twenty years. She is currently Chair of the environmental law center, Plains Justice.

Her past leadership roles include President Clinton’s Council on Sustainable Development, President of Zero Population Growth, National Chair of River Network and Executive Director of the Women’s Environment and Development Organization.

Ms. Dillon-Ridgley has served as an advisor and member of numerous US Delegations including the Earth Summit, the United Nations conference on Environment and Development.