YEAR OF THE ENVIRONMENT FALL EVENTS
Moorpark College holds as part of its mission facilitating critical thinking both inside and outside the classroom, as well as preparing students to be responsible members of the global community. One of the greatest challenges before us as students and citizens is safeguarding the environment and addressing the effects that our actions have on the biosphere. The academic year 2007-2008 is dedicated to inquiry, dialogue, and action toward the goal of protecting and sustaining our environment. We hereby designate this “The Year of the Environment: From Awareness to Action.”
To date, the speakers scheduled for fall semester are:
09/10/2007 Sandra Steingraber, author of Living Downstream
Performing Arts Center 1 - 2 pm
Author of this year's One Campus One Book selection, Ms. Steingraber will speak about the connections between environmental pollutants and her cancer.
more info at steingraber.com
09/25/2007 Fine-tooning the Planet: Environmental Cartoons by Steve Greenberg
Performing Arts Center 7pm
Steve Greenberg is an editorial cartoonist and news artist for the Ventura County Star. He previously worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Los Angeles Daily News. His cartoons have reaped honors nearly every year of his career, including the 1994 Global Media Award for cartooning on overpopulation.
more info at greenberg-art.com
10/14/2007 and 10/18/07 O Mother Earth, O Father Sky + The Butterfly Project
Studio Theatre 2 pm on 10/14 and 8 pm on 10/18
A performance-for-the-public of the multi-media performance plus a lecture on processes involved in saving two species of endangered butterflies presented immediately after "O Mother Earth, O Father Sky." Proceeds from these performances will benefit the Butterfly Project.
10/17/2007 Faculty Lecture by Dr. Cynthia Stringfield: Calfornia Condor Project
MC Television Studio Noon
Stringfield is the veterinarian at America's Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College. She will discuss the status and successes of the condor project. email:cstringfield@vcccd.edu
11/14/2007 Faculty Lecture by Lori Clark: The Impact of Urbanization on a Coastal Estuary
MC Television Studio Noon
Clark will review research she conducted with the Hudson River Foundation on the environmental state of the New York and New Jersey harbor estuary, and will relate those findings to Southern California coastal areas. email: loriclark@vcccd.edu
11/19/2007 "California's Landmark Global Laws: How California is leading the way on global warming."
Guest Lecture by Fran Pavley: The Future of AB32 and AB1493
MC Performing Arts Center 1pm. more info at franpavley.com |
