Archive for the ‘Climate change’ Category
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
“The Story of Stuff,” a 20-minute video that covers environmental, psychological and social impacts of our consumption oriented society, will be shown on Wed. July 9 at 6 pm in Room 116 at Wheeler Art Center, 1035 Sanders, sponsored by Marion County Green Party, Campaign for Sustainable Economics, The Black and Latino Institute, and Simple Living Group of Indianapolis. Discussion afterwards will be lead by Greg Buck. For more info, contact Greg Buck at ecothink@yahoo.com or 917-1638.
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
Why don’t more of us live greener lives? It’s too expensive? We don’t know what impact our consumption has on the environment? We don’t know which local businesses are ecologically sound? John Steinbach will explain how a simple guide can answer these and many more questions.
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Sometimes it seems that Barack Obama’s main constructive foreign policy message is: “I like Dick Lugar.” Come to Marian college to find out why this is not a bad argument when Senator Lugar delivers his first public speech to the renamed Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies. (more…)
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Members of the three Abrahamic faiths comprise over half of the world’s population. With growing environmental challenges that threaten our planet, what is the theological mandate to care for the earth? What is currently being done to confront these challenges and reverse unsustainable trends? Is there benefit in working together? Discuss the Jewish answer in this three-faith discussion. (more…)
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Members of the three Abrahamic faiths comprise over half of the world’s population. With growing environmental challenges that threaten our planet, what is the theological mandate to care for the earth? What is currently being done to confront these challenges and reverse unsustainable trends? Is there benefit in working together? Discuss the Muslim answer in this three-faith discussion. (more…)
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Members of the three Abrahamic faiths comprise over half of the world’s population. With growing environmental challenges that threaten our planet, what is the theological mandate to care for the earth? What is currently being done to confront these challenges and reverse unsustainable trends? Is there benefit in working together? Discuss the Christian answer in this three-faith discussion. (more…)
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Get it? “Whirled Peas” and “World Peace”! The idea is that these near-homophones may be more closely linked than you’d think. Will eating fresh and local contribute to defusing global conflicts and crises? We’ll see. (more…)
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Are you looking for locavores? Then come to the “Premier Educational Event for Food Consumers, Small Farmers, Gardeners, and Energy Users Who Want A More Sustainable Lifestyle,” the place to go for a taste and feel of what Bill McKibben and Michael Pollan will talk about when they come to later. (more…)
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Bill McKibben proposes “pursuing prosperity in a more local direction, with cities, suburbs, and regions producing more of their own food, generating more of their own energy, and even creating more of their own culture and entertainment.” That sounds like a Smaller Indiana. (more…)
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