LaValle was a speaker at a forum at the National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America at Cobo Center in Detroit, which concluded Wednesday. The forum was held to establish the Women's Sustainable Growth Network.
Women show more concern about environment issues than men, surveys show.
Asked whether state waterways are cleaner or dirtier compared with a decade ago, only 22 percent of women said cleaner, compared with 38 percent of men. When asked about air quality, the gender gap surfaced again. Some 32 percent of men said air was cleaner than 10 years ago, compared with 22 percent of women. Women have a cooperative spirit and networking talents that can really be used to bring about sustainable development.