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.
But wait…there's more!
Green Bag Luncheon Series:
Cooking with Sustainable and Local Foods from the VU Farmers’ Market
Wednesday, September 21, Noon – 1pm, Sarratt 189
Presenters: Stacey Kendrick, health educator at Health Plus; Jeff Themm, Nashville Farmers’ Market Director
This educational series,
sponsored by the Sustainability and Environmental Management Office
(SEMO) and the American Studies Sustainability Project, 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, visit: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/sustainvu
Or email: sustainvu@vanderbilt.edu
I-Lens: How I Ended This Summer (2010)
Wednesday, September 21, 7:00 p.m. Sarratt Cinema (Free)
Discussion led by Kostya Kustanovich
Sergei and Pavel are the only
scientists stationed on a desolate outpost in the Arctic Circle. They
are conditioned to the isolation and harsh surroundings of their
meteorological station but when Pavel receives important radio message,
he can’t find the right time to tell Sergei. Madness sets in as fear,
lies, and suspicions start poisoning their delicate atmosphere in this
stunning existential drama of survival. Russian with English Subtitles.
Not Rated. 124 mins. 35mm.
Green Screen: The Last Mountain Nationwide Campus Skype Event
Wednesday, September 21, 7:00 p.m., Commons Multipurpose Room (Free)
The Last Mountain is a movie
depicting the effects and controversy over mountain-top removal mining, a
practice which involves destroying mountain faces to access coal
deposits, causing environmental, health and ethical dilemmas. While
focusing on the issue of coal mining, the movie also questions the
larger problem of human energy consumption and creation.
Moving Planet Day: 24 September 2011
CLIMATE CONNECTIONS CARNIVAL: This year, in conjunction with 350.org's
National Day of Action (9/24), Vandy SPEAR is 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.
American Studies Road Trip Series: Blue Gold: Water Rights and Wrongs
October 5, 4 pm to 7 pm
Registration Deadline: 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.
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, 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, $240 for Faculty. Registration includes
meals, accommodations and transportation.
For more information and to register, visit the OACS Website.
Vanderbilt participants:
- Beth Conklin - Anthropology Department
- Leslie Kirby - Psychology Department
- David Wood - Philosophy 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.eduor 615 429.5804
Vandy SPEAR:
- ECO-SUDS: Interested in helping make soap from biodiesel byproducts? Email Emma: emma.c.steigerwald@vanderbilt.edu.
Other Sustainability Events in September:
- 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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