Sustainability Events, 1/16 - 1/22
Lewis Hyde: "Defending the Cultural Commons"
January 19, 2012, 4:10 p.m., Johnson Center Auditorium
Lewis Hyde
is a poet, essayist, translator, and cultural critic with a particular
interest in the public life of the imagination. Hyde's most recent book,
Common as Air, is a spirited defense of our "cultural
commons," that vast store of ideas, inventions, and works of art that we
have inherited from the past and that continues to enrich in the
present. A MacArthur Fellow and former director of undergraduate
creative writing at Harvard University, Hyde teaches during the fall
semesters at Kenyon College, where he is the Richard L. Thomas Professor
of Creative Writing.
Cosponsors: Department of English, The Martha Ingram Rivers Commons, and Department of Philosophy
MLK Day of Service, 1/16
Visit the Office of Active Citizenship and Service website
for a great list of service opportunities, including work with
Nashville Mobile Market, Vandy SPEAR, Vanderbilt Garden Initiative,
Vanderbilt Sierra Club, and Second Harvest Nashville.
Road Trip Sign-up: Nashville Environmental Justice
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Explore key sites in the battle
for environmental justice in Nashville with David Padgett, Associate
Professor of Geography at Tennessee State University; Joe Bandy,
Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching; and local activists.
Email americanstudies@vanderbilt.edu to register.
This trip is part of the American Studies Sustainability Project.
Next Week
Green Bag Luncheon Series: Sustainable Food Choices Offered by VU Dining/Cooking with Herbs
Wednesday, January 25, Sarratt 189
Presenters: Suzanne Herron, VU Dining; Stacey Kendrick, Health Plus
Sponsored by the Sustainability and
Environmental Management Office (SEMO) and the American Studies
Sustainability Project, the Green Bag luncheon series focuses on the
environment and sustainability, both at work and at home. This
educational series features informal lunchtime discussions and/or
workshops – from sustainable food and dining choices to backyard
composting to utility savings at home and work and much more. So bring
your lunch and join us to learn interesting ways to incorporate
sustainability into your life!
For more information or to view past Green Bag sessions, visit, www.vanderbilt.edu/sustainvu/, or contact SEMO.
Upcoming Community Events
ASCE: Integrated Approach to Sustainability Workshop
Join local and national
sustainability leaders to learn how you can incorporate the principles
of sustainability into the practice of civil engineering. Earn 4 PDHs.
- WHEN: January 19, 2012, 1:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- WHERE: Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nashville, TN
- Keynote Speaker: State Senator Andy Berke (D-Chattanooga)
- Register Online or (800) 548-2723
Introduction to Northwest Earth Institute Small Group Discussion Courses
Friday, February 3 from 6:30-8:00 p.m., David Lipscomb University, Ezell Center-Room 138
Since 1996, over 100,000 people
nationwide (in work places, faith communities, schools, nonprofits, and
neighborhoods) have participated in these courses developed by NWEI (a
nonprofit based in Portland OR). Now they're coming to Nashville! Come
and learn more. Some example course titles are "Menu for the Future,"
"Voluntary Simplicity," and "Healthy Children - Healthy Planet." For
details, visit the Transition Nashville Meetup Page.
Stay Connected and Spread the Word!
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1/19 4:10 p.m.
Lewis Hyde, Defending the Cultural Commons
1/25 12:00 p.m.
Green Bag Luncheon Series: Sustainable Food Choices
2/4
Road Trip: Nashville Environmental Justice
2/9 4:10 p.m.
Peter Gleick, Conflicting Visions for Water: Common Property or Private Good?
2/23 All Day
Spring Literary Symposium: Sustainability and Creative Writing
2/24
Symposium: "Barriers to Renewable Energy"
3/1 4:10 p.m.
Elinor Ostrom, Updating the Theory of Collective Action and the Commons
3/20 4:10 p.m.
David Bollier, The Commons as a Counterpoint to the Market/State Duopoly
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