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You think Hoosiers don’t care about global climate change, energy politics, and the way we live? You can meet a large share of those who do on September 15.

When: Saturday September 15, 2007 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Where: Holliday Park’s Nature Center 6363 Spring Mill Road, Indianapolis

From Nuvo:

Concern for the Earth led Greg Buck of the Campaign for Sustainable Economics to organize the upcoming Symposium on Economics and Sustainability. The event is the culmination of years of “cognitive dissonance” he experienced on hearing traditional economists’ view that the ecosystem must suffer to accommodate economic growth.

Through discussions of local food security, peak oil, socially responsible investing and natural capital, Buck hopes to demonstrate the necessity for a new paradigm, one grounded in caring for the Earth as humankind’s life support system.

“Economic growth for wealthy countries has turned into a problem,” he explains. “You see it on a global level when you consider catastrophic climate change, when you consider peak oil, when you consider that our species diversity is being reduced. That’s not a petty matter. It’s the diversity of plants that we can eat that allows us to survive if some species die off, whether that’s due to human cause or a more natural cause.”

Buck advocates a steady-state economy, which ensures equilibrium with the Earth’s carrying capacity. “We’ve put such a great pressure on it,” he says. “Basically, we just need to be living within our means.”

He has enlisted socially responsible financial advisor Bill Stant, campaign finance reform advocate Jack Miller, global warming expert John Blair and several politicians to speak at the free all-day event. The conference will examine Indiana’s contribution to global warming and in general rethink “business as usual.”

Registration: 317-917-1638 or ecothinker@gmail.com
More information: www.rideshare.us (enter lookup code 123)

Topics:

• “Indiana’s Contribution to Global Warming” by John Blair.
• Peak Oil with David Pilbrow
• Socially Responsible Investing with Bill Stant of L. B. Stant and Associates, LLC – licensed to sell securities in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Maine, Washington State, California.
• Natural capital and rethinking economics.
• The future of Campaign for Sustainable Economics.
• Local food security with Michael Simmons.
• Panel discussion of politicians, moderated by Keni Washington, with
  o Steve Bonney (independent candidate for governor of Indiana),
  o Jack Miller (advocate for campaign finance reform with Indiana Alliance for Democracy) and
  o Karl Hardy (Green Party candidate for South Bend Common Council) and
  o U.S. Representative Julia Carson or a proxy.
   

If this event sounds interesting, you should check out … DePauw’s Discourse on Sustainability and Global Citizenship October 4 - 6; and the discussion of Climate Change and Faith Communities November 10.

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