Capital's women leads the way to a Green future
02 March 2007
Women across London will find true inspiration this weekend when theannual Capital Women conference takes place with London's Green MEP,Jean Lambert, encouraging women everywhere to use their power in thehome, workplace and society to really make a difference to the future.
Having been London's Green MEP since 1999, Jean is one of London'sleading women. Addressing the conference Jean will encouraging morewomen to stand up and take action in the battle against climate change.
Speaking before the conference Jean commented; "London faces manyenvironmental threats including air pollution, traffic congestion andfood quality. Climate change however is the most dominant that we mustaddress immediately. We need to 'climate proof' our policy and make surewe have a coherent approach.
"There are many things that we can do to improve the situation and womeneverywhere will be instrumental in changes in the home, workplace andthroughout society. There has however been a historical problem thatwomen are not involved in the construction industry. With an increasingfocus on sustainable devleopment and the Olympics and Thames GatewayDevelopments looming we have the perfect opportunity for women toliterally build our future."
The Capital Woman conference takes place on March 3rd 2007 from 11am -5.30pm at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre and Central HallWestminster.
