Renewal: Perspectives and Possibilities
in an Age of Climate Crisis
Thursday, Sept. 22
7:30 p.m. Keynote Address
"How Big is Too Big? Global Warming and Moral Choices," by Bill McKibben, author and Middlebury College Visiting Scholar in Environmental Studies, on the 16th anniversary of his book "The End of Nature"
Mead Chapel on Hepburn Road off College Street (Route 125)
Friday, Sept. 23
1:30 p.m. Wind Turbine Dedication Ceremony
Recycling Center, off College Street (Route 125)
3-4:30 p.m. Lecture with Discussion
"Anthropogenic Warming Began Well Before the Industrial Era" by Bill Ruddiman, author and leading paleoclimatologist
Rm. 216, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Bicentennial Way off College St./Rte. 125
4:30 p.m. Dance Performance
"The Birdhouse Project" is directed by Middlebury College Professor of Dance Andrea Olsen with original music by David Rothenberg, and a set by Vermont visual artist and birdhouse designer Carl Phelps.
In front (quad side) of McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Bicentennial Way off College St. (Rte. 125)
7:30-9:30 p.m. Discussion Panel
"Global Changes, Local Impacts: Climate Change and Indigenous
Communities"
Speakers:
Craig Fleener, Regional Wildlife Biologist with the Council of Athabascan Tribal Groups in Fort Yukon, Alaska
Darren Ranco, Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and Environmental Studies, Dartmouth College
Enele Sopoaga, Tuvalu Ambassador to the United Nations
John Mameamskum, Director-General, Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach in Quebec, Canada
Rm. 216, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Bicentennial Way off College St./Rte. 125
Saturday, Sept. 24
9:30-11:30 a.m. Discussion Panel
"Religious and Ethical Perspectives on Climate Change"
Speakers:
Laurel Kearns, Associate Professor of Sociology of Religion and Environmental Studies, Drew University Theological School
Paul Gorman, Executive director, National Religious Partnership for the Environment
Barbara Lerman-Golomb, Communications Director, Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
Rm. 216, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Bicentennial Way off College St./Rte. 125
12 p.m. Dance Performance
"The Birdhouse Project" is performed by 20 students, alumni and faculty dancers, directed by Middlebury College Professor of Dance Andrea Olsen with original music by David Rothenberg, and has a set by Vermont visual artist and birdhouse designer Carl Phelps.
In front (quad side) of McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Bicentennial Way off College St./Rte. 125
1-3 p.m. Discussion Panel
"Solutions: Policy Initiatives by Government, Business, and Civil Society"
Speakers:
Meg Boyle, Executive Director, The Climate Campaign
Rachel Harold, Investor Programs Fellow, Coalition for Environmental Responsible Economies (CERES)
Michael Dorsey, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Dartmouth College
Rm. 216, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Bicentennial Way off College St./Rte. 125
The discussion will be followed by a summary and final thoughts from John Elder, author and professor of English and Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, and Middlebury students.
The symposium lectures, panel discussions and dance performances are all free and open to the public. For more information, visit the symposium Web site at http://go.middlebury.edu/clifford or contact Peter Ryan, Middlebury College associate professor of geology and environmental studies, and symposium organizer, at pryan@middlebury.edu or 802-443-2557.