Sustainability Events, 3/12 - 3/18
Luz Rivera Martinez: Sowing Struggle: Urban and Rural Social Movements in Tlaxcala, Mexico
Tuesday, March 13th, 4:00 PM
Buttrick 101
Luz of CNUC (Consejo Nacional Urbano Campesino) will speak about her 20
years of experience constructing autonomy, organizing outside the
electoral system, and resisting free trade. She established CNUC (the
National Urban and Peasant Council) in the late 1980s to coordinate
resistance to the impending North American Free Trade Agreement, and
today the organization includes thousands of peasant families across the
Mexican state of Tlaxcala. As CNUC's lead organizer, Luz has worked
tirelessly to demand government accountability, defend family farms, and
build inspiring, community-based health, education, and infrastructure
projects. Luz is an amazingly inspiring speaker with a wealth of
experience and her talk will have important lessons for anyone
interested in women's, peasant, and labor movements.
Presentation will be in Spanish with simultaneous translation into
English. Luz's tour is organized by the Mexico Solidarity Network and
co-sponsored at Vanderbilt by the Robert Penn Warren Center for
Humanities, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Vanderbilt
Campaign for Fair Food, the Workers' Dignity Project, and the American
Studies Sustainability Project.
Introduction to Northwest Earth Institute Small Group Discussion Courses
Thursday, March 15 from 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Green Hill Library
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, contact John Patrick
or Rebecca Selove at 615-876-0899 or at rebecca.selove@gmail.com.
Next Week
Words and Woods: Featuring Steve Baskauf
Wednesday, March 21, 11:30 am
117 Alumni Hall
The flowers are blooming. On March 21st, at 11:30 a.m., Biology Lecturer
Steve Baskauf will lead a tour of the Vanderbilt Arboretum. Baskauf is
the creator of Vanderbilt's online tree tour, as well as the creator of
Bioimages, an interactive online ecology resource. The tree tour will
leave from the Writing Studio at Alumni Hall, and it will be followed by
a short writing exercise. Please join us for this special event. Visit
the Writing Studio website.
Stay Connected and Spread the Word!
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3/13 4:00 p.m.
Luz Rivera Martinez, Sowing Struggle: Urban and Rural Social Movements in Tlaxcala, Mexico
3/21 11:30 a.m.
Words and Woods: Featuring Steve Baskauf
3/28 12:00 p.m.
Green Bag Luncheon Series: Sustainable Landscaping and Gardening
3/29 4:10 p.m.
David Bollier, The Commons as a Counterpoint to the Market/State Duopoly
4/5 4:10 p.m.
Jim Wescoat, Water and Work in the Mughal Landscape
4/18 12:00 p.m.
Green Bag Luncheon Series: Northwest Earth Institute Course Intro
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