Tuesday, September 28, 2010

This Week in Themester, September 27-October 1

This Week in Themester

The following events are associated with Themester: sustain•ability: Thriving on a Small Planet. All events listed are open to the public and all are free except those designated with a $.

See THIS WEEK IN THEMESTER at
http://themester.indiana.edu/thisweek.shtml for place, time and other details.

COLL-T 200 LECTURE: Peak Oil: The Community Response on Reaching a Fundamental Ecological Limit (Dave Rollo, Bloomington City Councilmember, Research Associate, Department of Biology)

PUBLIC LECTURE: Coal’s role in Indiana’s future (Tom Sparrow , Purdue University)

FILM SCREENING: The End of Suburbia (2004, 78 min)

COLL-T 200 LECTURE: Redefining Prosperity: The Economics of Sustainability (Heather Reynolds, Department of Biology)

STAGE PRODUCTION: AwareFest: The Bloomington Playwrights Project presents eight short plays about keeping our world green.
~ A Bloomington community event, $ ~

PUBLIC LECTURE: Global Inequality, Within-Nation Inequality, and the Changing Distribution of Income (Art Alderson, Indiana University)

PUBLIC LECTURE: Majora Carter, environmental activist and consultant

PUBLIC LECTURE: Climate Science: Regional Manifestations (Linda Mearns, National Center for Atmospheric Research)

STUDENT SUMMIT: greenINg our economy, a Student Empowerment Summit, featuring Majora Carter

PANEL DISCUSSION: Design Matters: Sustainability and the Built Environment

EXHIBITION: Exhibition: African Reinventions: Reused Materials in Popular Culture Sustainability-themed tours at the IU Art Museum start September 23. Contact the IUAM Tour coordinator (855-7719 or prahn@indiana.edu) to schedule.

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