Happy Halloween-eve! If you’re looking for things to do after Saturday, look no further! UYW’s gotcha covered:
Tuesday, November 3rd
Indigenous Organizing for Climate Justice: Jihan Gearon, Native Energy Organizer, Indigenous Environmental Network & Global Justice Ecology Project, asks some hard questions: How is climate change impacting communities in the U.S.? What would real solutions look like? How are some impacted communities organizing for climate justice leading up to, during, and after the Copenhagen Climate Negotiations in December? Come find out, Tuesday, Nov 3rd, 12-1pm, UEL.
Wednesday, November 4th
A Sense of Wonder: A one-woman show about Rachel Carson, “the patron saint of the environmental movement,” A Sense of Wonder has been touring the United States for over ten years. The play has been the centerpiece of regional and national conferences on conservation, education, journalism, and the environment. Kaiulani Lee has performed it at over one hundred universities as well as at the Smithsonian Institute, the United Nations, the Sierra Club’s Centennial in San Francisco, and the Department of the Interior’s 150th anniversary celebration. In addition, she opened the 2005 World Expo in Japan and performed the play on Capitol Hill, bringing Miss Carson’s voice once again to the halls of Congress. Free, Wed November 4th, 8pm in Salomon 101.
Operation Wallacea: Scientific Conservation Expeditions in South Africa and Mozambique, Honduras, Madagascar, Peru, Egypt and Indonesia with opportunities to complete Forest, Marine, and Cultural Research in Summer 2010! Gain Field Experience as a Research Assistant working with our diverse pool of on-site scientists studying climatology, biodiversity, marine studies, desert studies, conservation and wildlife management, forest ecology, sociological and cultural studies and more! Wednesday, Nov 4 12-1pm in UEL. More info.
Thursday, November 5th
COST lecture: Climate Change: Elijah Huge, Art and Art History Dept., Wesleyan University, Timmons Roberts, Sociology and Environmental Studies, Brown University, and Hugh Ducklow, The Ecosystems Center, MBL, Woods Hole, will give three presentations on their individual discipline’s view of climate change.
A panel discussion and Q&A will follow individual presentations. Part of the “Nature and Legacy” series for 2009-10, sponsored by the Cogut Center for the Humanities, Committee for Science and Technology Studies, Environmental Studies and the Environmental Change Initiative. Thursday, November 5th, Pembroke Hall 305, 4-6pm. More info.
