The Glasshouse New York presents the Summer 2007 Conversation

Thanks to all who joined us for our most recent event Environment, Economy, and Profit. We hope that you enjoyed the evening with Allen Hershkowitz, Graham Hill, Jeff Kempler, and John Cassidy as much as we did. We learned a lot that evening, not least of which was Allen's closing message, by means of Emerson: "Forget perfection, just do a little bit better."

To check out more on the event see the photographs of the night at Patrick McMullan, read Andrea Chalupa's article on the evening in Portfolio.com and for tips courtesy of Treehugger on how to go greener.

Our panel included...

Dr Allen Hershkowitz Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, is an internationally renowned expert and opinion leader specializes in issues related to ecology and environmental conservation. He is the coordinator of some of the world's most prominent institutional greening initiatives and supply chain ecological assessments, including the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences "Oscars" telecast. Currently, he is greening EMI/Capitol Virgin Records. He recently presented his research finding on sustainable industrial development before the United Nations Environment Program in Paris. Dr Hershkowitz was a principal author of President Clinton's 1993 Greening the Government Executive Order.

Graham Hill is a next-generation environmentalist. With an advanced degree in architecture and industrial design, he is alternately described as a Serial Entrepreneur, Do-Gooder and Designer. He currently focuses on pushing sustainability into the mainstream through TreeHugger.com, which has become one of the most respected and trafficked environmental sites on the Web, and through an interactive broadband channel, TreeHuggerTV.

About Jeff Kempler is Chief Operating Officer for The Capitol Music Group, formed earlier this year by the merger of EMI Music's Capitol and Virgin labels in the US. He oversees the Group's environmental management program. Key areas include energy use, carbon policy, and resource/waste management associated with manufacturing facilities. Prior, Kempler was Executive Vice President at Virgin.

John Cassidy has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1995, covering a range of subjects, including economics and business. He is also a contributing editor to Portfolio, the new business magazine published by Conde Nast. In 2002, Harper Collins published Cassidy's first book, Dot.Con: How America Lost its Mind and Money in the Internet Era, which The Wall Street Journal described it as "required reading for generations of B-school students as yet unborn."