International Environmental Conference in Albuquerque

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INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE IN ALBUQUERQUE

ALBUQUERQUE, NM, June 18, 2007 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- "Early Bird" registration, with substantial savings, is now open through Monday, July 16 for Holistic Management International (HMI)'s international environmental conference, November 1-4, 2007 at the Hotel Albuquerque in Albuquerque's Old Town.

If You Eat, You Are a Change Agent

"From The Ground Up: Practical Solutions to Complex Problems" features keynote addresses, round table discussions educational workshops, a children's program and a certified HMI educator track with international experts on soil health and desertification, sustainable farming and grazing, animal behavior, and global warming.

Scheduled keynote speakers include:

Joel Salatin, one of America's premier grass farmers, speaks on Friday, November 2 on "Building a Local Food System The Works." Owner of Polyface Farm in Virginia, Salatin is featured prominently in Michael Pollan's best-selling book, The Omnivore's Dilemma.

Temple Grandin, the best-selling author of Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior and an international speaker on both autism and animal behavior, will deliver an address titled, "If You Eat, You Are a Change Agent," on Saturday, November 3.

Thom Hartman is a featured speaker at the Holistic Management International conference in November 2007.

Thom Hartmann, celebrated broadcaster on Air America Radio, author, psychotherapist and commentator, has written widely on environmental, political and social justice issues. He speaks on "Human Relationship to the Environment" on Saturday, November 3.

Allan Savory, founder of HMI, provides the closing address, "Healing the Land," at the closing reception on November 3 and leads a "Walk Around the Bosque" on Sunday, November 4.

Historian, storyteller and renowned stage performer Raphael Cristy will be featured in a family friendly performance of "Charlie Russell's Yarns" at the opening dinner on November 2. Russell was one of America's best-known chroniclers of the Old West.

HMI International Environmental Gathering, an Albuquerque-based international non-profit founded in 1984, works with stewards of family farms, rural communities and large land holdings (farmers, ranchers, government agencies, environmental advocacy groups, and others) to make their lands healthier, more productive and more profitable.

For more information about the environmental conference, a complete schedule of events and to register, call HMI at (505) 842-5252 or visit www.holisticmanagement.org.