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Sustainability Speaker Series |
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The Office of Sustainability Initiatives holds an annual Sustainability Speaker Series. The 2007/2008 school year’s speakers included:
Paul Hawken, business entrepreneur and influential environmentalist who recently authored: Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came Into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming" and the seminal work "The Ecology of Commerce."
Barbara Kingsolver, noted author and local food advocate to discuss "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life."
Alice Waters, chef and owner of Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California and a leader in introducing healthy, local, and sustainable foods and food gardens into elementary education.
In 2008/2009 school year the Sustainability Speaker Series will include:
Michael Pollan, noted journalist and author of, among other works, "The Omnivore’s Dilemma."
Jay Hakes, director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum and author of "The Quest for Energy Independence."
Steve Sanderson, former dean of Emory College and president of Wildlife Conservation Society, will present lectures related to climate change.
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