________________________________ ________________________________ [http://conferences.icohere.com/ZRS359/embedded/EPCLgog.png] Conference Announcement! Healthy Environments Across Generations http://www.healthandenvironment.org/news/conference/intergen2012 June 7 – 8, 2012 New York Academy of Medicine, New York City [http://conferences.icohere.com/ZRS359/embedded/healthEgen_online_200(1).jpg] Addressing the environmental health aspects of how we live, eat, study, work, play, pray and socialize throughout life, and how we can transform our environments to promote health and prevent disease. Register now - Space is Limited! Online at http://www.healthandenvironment.org/news/conference/intergen2012 Registration fee(s) until May 11: Regular: $125, Youth (under 25)/Student: $35, Senior/Retiree: $35 – After May 11, $150/$50. Organized by the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) and others and sponsored by more than 50 leading organizations. Please join us for a participatory conference that will bring together leaders and innovators from multiple sectors - and YOU - to: * Catalyze innovative and systems-based approaches to health across the lifespan; * Identify key intervention points and crosscutting environmental solutions to help reverse rising disease trajectories; * Develop intergenerational programmatic and policy recommendations/models that reflect an integrated approach to wellness; and * Create an ongoing network for collaboration to build healthier communities for all. Relevant to professionals and others working in or interested in the areas of environmental or public health, food, nutrition, built environment, natural resources, environmental and economic justice, aging, or anyone interested in promoting health and preventing disease at all life stages. “Content Framers” include: Donna Butts, Generations United; Gail Christopher PhD, the Kellogg Foundation; Sarita Daftary, East New York Farms; Nancy Henkin PhD, The Intergenerational Center Temple University; Richard Jackson MD MPH UCLA, School of Public Health; Natalie Jeremijenko PhD, NYU Environmental Health Clinic; Kim Knowlton PhD, NRDC; Philip Landrigan MD MSc, Mount Sinai Medical Center; Rick Moody PhD, AARP; Ken Olden PhD ScD, CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College; Frederica P. Perera, DrPH, Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health; John Rother JD, National Coalition on Health Care; Ted Schettler MD MPH, Science and Environmental Health Network; Peggy Shepard WEACT for Environmental Justice; David Shuffle, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice; Erika Svendsen PhD, US Forest Service; Gordon Walker, MSc, Jefferson Area Board for Aging; David Wallinga MD MPA, Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy; Peter Whitehouse MD PhD, The Intergenerational School. Contact for more information: Erika Sanders, CHE Administrative Coordinator at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 360-331-7904 - also for scholarship information if the registration fee for the conference presents a barrier to your attendance. * . powered by<http://www.icohere.com/> [http://www.icohere.com/] <http://www.icohere.com/> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the NFS-L List, please send an E-mail to: "[log in to unmask]". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF NFS-L".