“Perspectives
on the Environment”: Fall 2000
A Lecture and Dialogue series presenting diverse viewpoints on “environment.”
Sponsored
by the Campus-Community Forum and the Allegheny Institute of Natural
History
September 9, at 8:30 p.m.: “Native American Perspectives on the Environment”
Akwesasne Mohawk tribal member Mike Wahrare Tarbell will talk about
how Native American perspectives on the environment differ from those of
Western Civilization, as well as how they differ among the various tribes across
the country. The event will take place
outside on the grounds of the “Pow Wow.”
September 20, at 7:30 p.m.: Controversial Speaker Series: “Jobs versus the Environment”
Minnesota
House of Representatives member Alice Hausman,
who sits on the Environment and Natural resources Committee, will talk about
the relationship between the economy and the environment and the controversies
and issues surrounding the idea that you can’t protect the environment and
create jobs. The event will take place
in O’Kain Auditorium.
October 3, at 7:30 p.m.: “Multiple-Use Management of Natural Resources: Local Perspectives”
Dave
Martin, chairperson of Allegheny Alive, a local consortium
of civic and municipal leaders, will talk about the viability of the
multiple-use management philosophy as a mechanism for achieving
sustainability. The event will be held
in Fisher 107.
October 10, at 7:30 p.m.: “The Concept of Wilderness and Deep Ecology
Principles”
A
representative from the Allegheny Defense Project will talk
about such environmental values structures as “Gaia,” “The Land Ethic,” and
“Deep Ecology.” The idea of “wilderness”
and what it means to have wilderness will be discussed. According to Thoreau: “In wildness is the
preservation of the world.” This event will
be held in O’Kain Auditorium.
October 17, at 7:30 p.m.: “Community Sustainability and the Natural Step”
Connie
Grenz from Kane Hardwood, national facilitator
of the “Natural Step,” will talk about the need to develop better relationships
between local communities and business and industry, particularly in the areas
of recycling and locally sustainable economies.
The event will be held in Fisher 107.
November 14, at 7:30 p.m.: “The Sportsman’s Role in the Environmental Movement”
Dick
Smith, president of the Warren County Sportsman’s Association
will talk about how hunters and fisherman in many ways helped to energize the
early environmental movement, and the ways in which they are currently
contributing to the movement, as well as their interests in the future. The event is in Fisher 107.