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TCC HOSTS RENOWNED ENVIRONMENTALIST AUTHOR
Diane MacEachern launches 2006-’07 Women’s Center series: Women Changing the World
SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – (Sept.11, 2006) – Tidewater Community College’s Women’s Center launches its 2006-‘07 lecture series, Women Changing the World, with an environmentalist author and successful businesswoman.
The Sept. 26 talk, Saving Our Planet, features Diane MacEachern, followed by a signing of her latest book, Beat High Gas Prices Now! The Fastest, Easiest Ways to Save $20-$50 Every Month on Gasoline.
TCC invites the public to the free talk, 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 26 on TCC’s Norfolk Campus - Martin Building, fifth floor, room 2502. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Green Earth Society are co-sponsors of the talk.
MacEachern, founder and president of The World Women Want, LLC, believes women should use their marketplace clout to protect the environment. A best-selling author, entrepreneur and long-time conservationist, MacEachern’s 30-year career includes national TV and radio appearances, best-selling books, award-winning publications, successful environmental advocacy campaigns and a stint as communications director for the Sierra Club. As co-founder and president of Vanguard Communications, she developed campaigns on climate change, endangered species, land-use planning, air and water quality and wilderness protection for such groups as the Women’s Environment Development Organization, League of Women Voters, National Wildlife Federation, the Endangered Species Coalition, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and World Wildlife Fund. Her writings have appeared in Good Housekeeping, Reader’s Digest, Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, Country Living and the Washington Post, where she wrote a syndicated column for three years.
One of MacEachern’s well-known books is Save Our Planet: 750 Everyday Ways You Can Help Clean Up the Earth.
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Laurie White |
Media Relations |
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