Sustainable Resources Conference 2004
An International Forum Connecting People with Hands-on Solutions to World Poverty
September 30 - October 2
Boulder, Colorado
http://www.sustainableresources.org/sr2004/

Solutions for a Shrinking Planet
Sustainable Engineering and Enterprise for Human Development
September 30 - October 2
Palo Alto, California
http://www.stanford.edu/group/esw/conf04/

Brainstorming Dinner with Paul Polak
October 20, 2004
Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT
RSVP to Amy Smith [bee17@mac.com] by October 10

Micro Entrepreneurship to Up Lift the Bottom of the Pyramid
Paul Polak, founder and President of International Development Enterprises will discuss innovative market approaches to enable the rural poor to increase their income by becoming successful market participants. Concepts and practices usually associated with private business are applied to the problem of poverty.
October 21, 2004
Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT: 7:30 pm, Room 32-155 (in the Stata Center)

Eradicating Poverty through Profit: Making Business Work for the Poor
An International Conference on the Private Sector and the Public Good
December 12-14, 2004
San Francisco, California, USA
http://povertyprofit.wri.org