Bill McKibben Lectures Next Week!!
The American Studies Sustainability Project kicks off with a lecture by Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet on Thursday, September 22, at 5:00 in Ingram Hall, Blair School of Music. His talk is titled Global and Local: Reports from the Fight for a Working Planet, and will be followed by a reception and book signing.
American Studies Road Trip Series: Blue Gold: Water Rights and Wrongs
Wednesday, October 5, 4 pm to 7 pm
Registration Deadline, Wednesday, September 28, 5pm
Join us for a tour of the Metro Nashville Water Treatment Plant at
Whites Creek with Cecelia Tichi, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of
English. Learn about Metro Nashville's efforts to treat waste water in a
sustainable way.
Email: americanstudies@vanderbilt.edu to register. This trip is part of the American Studies Sustainability Project.
OACS Eco Rolling Seminar 2011: A Look at the Environment through the Lens of Mountain Top Removal
Fall Break: October 6- 8, 2011
Application deadline: 5pm, Friday, September 30
The Eco Rolling Seminar takes an in-depth look at the critical issue of
the environment and energy through the lens of mountain top removal
(mtr). Students will travel to Hindman, Kentucky in 3 vans.
Accommodations are at the historic Hindman Settlement School, nestled in
the Appalachian hills. The trip includes panel discussions, a tour of
an active mountain top removal site by a coal company plus a bee hive
reclamation site. You will wear beekeeper gear! Expect to do some
hiking!!
Discussions will be devoted to
community activism, bio diversity, "Ecological philosophy" and the
current state of energy and energy alternatives.
Cost of the seminar for all Vanderbilt students is $75.00 which includes meals, accommodations and transportation.
Faculty cost:$240
For more information and to register, visit the OACS Website.
Vanderbilt participants:
- Beth Conklin - Anthropology Department
- Leslie Kirby - Psychology Department
- SPEAR
The Eco Rolling Seminar is sponsored
by The Office of Active Citizenship and Service and the Office of the
Dean of Students. Co-sponsored by American Studies and SPEAR.
For further information about the Eco Rolling Seminar contact Shaiya Baer: shaiya.baer@vanderbilt.edu or 615 429.5804
Vandy SPEAR:
- CLIMATE CONNECTIONS CARNIVAL: This year, in conjunction with 350.org's
National Day of Action (9/24), we're putting on a carnival to show how
the climate affects every aspect of our lives, and we need lots of
volunteers! Email Nicole: nicola.c.yuroski@vanderbilt.edu.
- ECO-SUDS: Interested in helping make soap from biodiesel byproducts? Email Emma: emma.c.steigerwald@vanderbilt.edu.
Volunteer Opportunity: Green Homes Tour of Middle Tennessee, October 8-9
You will become an expert on Green
Homes. As a team you will be on site on the tour days to meet visitors
to ensure a perfect view of the green Home. Green Home Managers become
experts on their homes and will help assist with tickets, directing
people to areas, orientation of the Home and yard, provide educational
resources, and help with parking, crowd control and basic instructions
(health and safety.
For more information, contact Dave Parker: dsparker.leedap@gmail.com.
Other Sustainability Events in September:
- International Lens Screening: How I Ended This Summer (2010), Wednesday, September 21, 7:00 p.m. Sarratt Cinema (Discussion led by Kostya Kustanovich)
- Green Screen: The Last Mountain Nationwide Campus Skype Event, Wednesday, September 21, 7:00 p.m., Commons Multipurpose Room
- Vanderbilt Dining: Annual Farm to Fork, Tuesday, September 27, 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., Peabody Esplanade
- Laura Dassow Walls, William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame: Alexander von Humboldt’s American Horizons, September 29, 2011, 5:00 p.m., Buttrick 306.
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9/21 7:00 p.m.
I-Lens: How I Ended
This Summer
9/21 7:00 p.m.
Green Screen:The Last Mountain
9/22 5:00 p.m.
Bill McKibben, Author of Eaarth,
Global and Local: Reports from the Fight for a Working Planet
9/29 4:10 p.m.
Laura Dassow Walls, Alexander von Humboldt’s American Horizons
10/06-10/09
OACS Eco Rolling Seminar 2011
10/09 2:00 p.m.
Green Screen: Queen of the Sun
10/13 5:00 p.m.
Gabriel Warren, Polar Probings: Sculpture by Gabriel Warren (Opening Reception)
10/19 4:10 p.m.
Van Jones, Rebuild The American Dream: Green Jobs & Beyond
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