Eco-Summit to be Held at Nike Headquarters

Executives from Nike, Starbucks and other companies will join Oregon
Representative Garett Brennan and labor leaders at Nike’s headquarters
on February 16 to advocate national climate and energy policies to
create new jobs, restore America’s competitiveness and provide for our
economic and national security. Those attending included:
 
Speakers at the event, which will also be Web cast live, include:

    * Sarah Severn, Director of Stakeholder Mobilization for NIKE, Inc.
    * Jim Hanna, Director, Environmental Impact, Starbucks Coffee Company
    * Mark Edlen, Managing Principal, Gerding Edlen
    * Chandra Brown, President, United Streetcar
    * Joe Esmonde, Renewable Energy Liaison, IBEW Local 48
    * Garett Brennan, Executive Director, Focus the Nation
    * Congressman Earl Blumenauer

The interactive panel discussion will be followed by a 20-minute tour of Nike’s state-of-the-art green building, the C. Vivian Stringer Center, which embodies many of the carbon-cutting features on Nike’s energy efficient campus.

The event will kickoff We Can Lead’s Race for American Jobs, a campaign focused on the urgency of passing national climate and energy legislation. The virtual Race will continue to Colorado, Ohio and New Hampshire, gathering business leader endorsements along the way, before sprinting to the finish line in Washington, D.C. for meetings with U.S. Senators and the Obama Administration on March 10.