Media Advisory: The 2009 Green Inaugural Ball: ‘Yes We Can’ Be the New Green Economy

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What:		The 2009 Green Inaugural Ball celebrates the new green economy that will advance clean and efficient energy, create new jobs, reduce global warming and protect America’s natural heritage.   The 2009 Green Inaugural Ball celebrates the inauguration of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden and the opportunity to work with the new Administration and new Congress to grow the clean economy that will create shared prosperity for all. The Host Committee includes more than more than 75 environmental, labor, civil justice, youth, and business groups who are promoting clean energy policies, bringing the technologies to market, and creating the green jobs that will be at the heart of America’s economic recovery.   As a part of President-elect Obama’s National Day of Service on January 19th, the League of Conservation Voters Education Fund is partnering with the DC Department of Public Schools, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Standard Solar, Wal-Mart Inc. and Councilwoman Yvette Alexander to “Repower a School and Neighborhood.” This service event will elevate the importance of building a clean energy economy to create good jobs and help consumers reduce their energy bills with efficient products. Attendees of the 2009 Green Inaugural Ball are encouraged to volunteer by contacting Carrie Maas at: Carrie_Maas@LCV.org. For more information on National Day of Service events, please go www.greenball2009.org.   100% of the carbon footprint of the event is being offset with high quality carbon offsets from Native Energy.
Who:		Honorary Chair Former Vice President Al Gore; Van Jones, Founder & President, Green for All; Rev. Jim Ball, President, Evangelical Environmental Network; Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Counsel Rosina Bierbaum, Dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment, Univ. of Michigan; Denise Bode, CEO, American Wind Energy Association; Chris Chafe, Executive Director, Change to Win; Aimee Christensen, National Co-Chair, Clean Tech & Green Business for Obama; Gene Karpinski, CEO, League of Conservation Voters; Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club, Rhone Resch, President, Solar Energy Industries Association; Jerome Ringo, President, Apollo Alliance; Roger Rivera, President National Hispanic Council, Larry Schweiger, President and CEO, National Wildlife Federation; Bill Stetson, Energy and Environment Rapid Response Team, Obama for America/DNC National Advisory Board; Jessy Tolkan, Executive Director of Programs, Energy Action Coalition.   Executive Produced by Kevin Wall and Live Earth, the event will feature performances by world-renowned artists will.i.am., Melissa Etheridge, Maroon 5, John Legend, and Michael Franti. VIP guests will include Blair Underwood, Lisa Ling and others.
Where:		Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture Eighth and F Streets, NW Washington, District of Columbia
When:		Monday, January 19, 2009 Press arrivals: 7:00 PM

This event is by invitation only. For information about live streaming and publicity collateral, please submit a request to Laura Stevens by email: Lauras@rosengrouppr.com.

The 2009 Green Inaugural Ball Host Committee:

1Sky Education Fund; Alliance for Climate Protection; Alliance for Sustainable Colorado; American Council on Renewable Energy; American Renewable Energy Day; American Rivers; American Wind Energy Association; Apollo Alliance; As You Sow; BIG: Blacks in Green; Business Alliance for Local Living Economies; Center for International Environmental Law; Center for Neighborhood Technology; Ceres; Change to Win; Clean Tech & Green Business for Obama; Clean Water Action; Defenders of Wildlife; Earth Day Network; Earth Policy Institute; Earthjustice; EcoAmerica; Energy Action Coalition; Energy Independence Now; Environment America; Environmental Defense Fund; Environmental Law & Policy Center; Environmental Media Association; Evangelical Environmental Network; FamilyFarmed.org; Fourth Sector Network; Full Circle Fund; Geothermal Energy Association; Global Exchange; Global Green USA; Green for All; Green World Campaign; Institute for Community Resource Development; Institute of Noetic Sciences; Investors' Circle; Jack D. Hidary Foundation; Latina Initiative; League of Conservation Voters; National Audubon Society; National Hispanic Environmental Council; National Hydropower Association; National Parks Conservation Association; National Tribal Environmental Council; National Wildlife Federation; Native Wind; Natural Resources Defense Council; New Economy Roundtable; Oceana; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Presidential Climate Action Project; Rainforest Action Network; Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition; Sierra Club; SmartPower; Social Investment Forum; Solar Electric Power Association; Solar Energy Industries Association; State of the World Forum; Sustainable Business Council, Los Angeles; The Climate Group; The Climate Project; The Pachama Alliance; The Wilderness Society; The Will Geer Theatrical; Botanicum; Tides; The Vote Solar Institute; Third Way; Trust for Public Land; WiserEarth; Women's Earth Alliance; World Alliance for Decentralized Energy; Youth for Environmental Sanity

The 2009 Green Inaugural Ball was made possible by the following sponsors:

Alston & Bird LLP; American Gas Association; American Wind Energy Association; Clean Tech & Green Business for Obama; Google; LiveFuels; Organic Soul, Inc.; Sierra Club; Solar Energy Industries Association; The AES Corporation; National Wildlife Federation; Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP; U.S. Green Building Council; Activate; American Council on Renewable Energy; Capstone Turbine Corporation; Clean Power Campaign; Climate Change Capital; C-Quest Capital LLC; EcoAmerica; Enviance; Fenton Communications; First Solar; Hull Family Foundation; Hunton & Williams; KPMG LLP; MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation; Mariner Asset Management Services, LLC; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP; National Hydropower Association; Sand Hill; Group; Schott Solar; Solon SE; SunPower; Tom Soto of Craton Equity Partners; Trust for Public Land; Wind Capital Group; 1Sky Education Fund; Alliance for Sustainable Colorado; André Heinz; Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.; Beveridge & Diamond P.C.; Calpine Corporation; Chicago Climate Exchange; Christensen Global Strategies, LLC; Defenders of Wildlife; Dell; Devine Tarbell & Associates, Inc.; Dow Corning; Dunlap Browder; Earth Day Network; EarthJustice; Environmental Defense Fund; Esty Environmental Partners; Eurus Energy America Corporation; Gregor Bailar & Virginia Boyd; GroSolar; Island Press; Ken Berlin; League of Conservation Voters; Natural Resources Defense Council; NextLight Renewable Power; Nickelodeon; PG&E Physicians for Social Responsibility; Proteus Environmental Technologies; Rocky Mountain Institute; Sieben Energy Associates; SunWorks LLC; The Wildnerness Society; Wal-Mart; William & Diana Conway; Winning Connections; Zenvironment