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<TD align=right colSpan=2><SPAN class=style1>January 2009</SPAN></TD></TR>
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<P><U><EM>Leading By Example:</EM></U> </P>
<P class=style9 align=center>Can a Slowing U.S. Buying Binge Influence
World <SPAN class=style14><IMG height=251 alt="James M. Lents photo"
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vspace=2></SPAN>Consumption?</P>
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<P><SPAN class=style14>Dr. James M. Lents</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
class=style17>Randall Lewis Seminar Series</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
class=style20><EM><STRONG>5:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 22,
2009</STRONG></EM><BR><BR><SPAN class=style21>UCR Extension Bldg. -
Conference Room E<BR>1200 University Ave.,
Riverside</SPAN></SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN class=style22>For directions, see <A
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<P class=style24 align=center><IMG height=169 alt="Randall Lewis photo"
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About<BR>Randall<BR>Lewis</P>
<P class=style26 align=left>Randall Lewis is well known for his innovative
approaches to planning, designing, and marketing residential communities
as Executive Vice President of the Upland-based Lewis Group of
Companies.</P>
<P class=style26 align=left>He has been Secretary of the Los Angeles
County Citizens Planning Council, Director of the Home Builder's Council,
National Director of the National Association of Home Builders, and
President of the Inland Empire Arts Foundation.</P>
<P class=style26 align=left>He was inducted into the California Building
Industry Association Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Sales and
Marketing Council's MAME Awards Marketing Person of the Year.</P>
<P class=style26 align=left>He is a long time ULI member as well as a
Governor of the ULI Foundation. He serves on several executive boards,
including the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development and the UCLA
School of Public Policy and Social Research. He received his B.A. from
Claremont McKenna College.</P></TD>
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<P class=style26><SPAN class=style28>T</SPAN>he nation's decades-long
addiction to consumption is slowing, as the deep recession forces
consumers to question the true necessity of many purchases.</P>
<P class=style26>A slowdown in U.S. consumption may be a good model for
Brazil, India, China and other nations, whose growing affluence is
beginning to spawn U.S. consumption practices, says James M. Lents,
President of the International Sustainable Systems Research Center and
former Director of UCR's Center for Sustainable Suburban Development.</P>
<P class=style26>Dr. Lents will speak on growing world consumption and its
consequences at the Jan. 22 Randall Lewis Seminar Series.</P>
<P class=style26>If some of the most populous countries in the world adopt
current U.S. per capita consumption practices, it could devastate the
earth's resources and significantly boost waste and pollution, Dr. Lents
says.</P>
<P class=style26>Dr. Lents has been involved in environmental and energy
research at UCR for eight years. His research involves air quality
management policy, the impact of electricity generation policy, and
impacts on micro, macro and global environmental systems.</P>
<P class=style26>He has served as Executive Officer of the South Coast Air
Quality Management District, Director of the Colorado Air Pollution
Control Division, and Technical Director of the Chattanooga-Hamilton
County Air Pollution Control Bureau.</P>
<P class=style26>He was significantly involved in the development of the
1990 U.S. Clean Air Act and the 1988 California Clean Air Act, and has
served on four national commissions reviewing diesel standards,
alternative fuels, automobile global warming emissions, air quality
management processes and the recent National Academy of Science review of
the U.S. air quality management system.</P>
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<P class=style29 align=center>The seminars are free of charge.</P>
<P class=style34>If you plan to attend, <SPAN class=style33>please
RSVP</SPAN> to: <A
href="mailto:judy.swineford@ucr.edu">judy.swineford@ucr.edu
</A>or<BR>(951) 827-7945 to ensure adequate space and refreshments.
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