On November 19, 2010, the Green Recovery and Reconstruction Training Toolkit was launched at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. Panel speakers from U.S. government, academic, and NGO institutions discussed the challenges and opportunities facing the integration of environmental and humanitarian approaches to building back safer and sustainably.

Panel speakers included:

• Roger Lowe, Senior Vice President of Communications, American Red Cross

• Marcia Marsh, Chief Operating Officer, World Wildlife Fund

• Erika Clesceri, Bureau Environmental Officer, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development

• Robert Laprade, Senior Director for Emergencies and Humanitarian Assistance, CARE

• Peter Walker, Director of the Feinstein International Center, Rosenberg Professor of Nutrition and Human Security, Tufts University