10.2 Document for Analysis: Weak Action Request Inviting Small Planet Speaker
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Ms. Anna Lappe
418 North Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY 11212
Dear Ms. Lappe:
You have written that this country’s food sector is both a central culprit in global warming and a
key part of solving the crisis. As a well-known voice in the sustainability movement and a
founding principal of the Small Planet Institute, you are a change agent whose vision we share.
Sustainable Enterprises of Seattle is a nonprofit organization dedicated to equipping the
Northwest’s citizens and decision makers with the policy research and practical tools that they
need to advance long-term solutions to our region’s most significant challenges. Our work
includes in-depth research, commentary, and analysis–all of which we deliver online, by e-mail,
and in person to Northwest policy champions.
Our board would be honored to have you address members and guests at our March 14
conference in Seattle. We’re hoping that you can connect the dots between the food on our plate
and global climate change. We’re heard that you bring inspiring stories of farmers and food