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Is Environmentalism Really Dead?

Sponsored by Wrigley Institute, Dept. of Geography, Center for Sustainable Cities, Environment First, ECO-SC, Tyler Environmental Studies, the Unruh Political Student Assoc., Shifting Baselines Ocean Media Project

Wed, April 20, 2005 from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Admission: Free

Davidson Conference Center (DCC)
University Park Campus

Since the November defeat of the Democratic Party, the environmental movement has taken a knife to itself with a series of essays proclaiming the movement to be a massive failure. But is is REALLY dead?

A talk and panel debate featuring Mark Dowie, author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated "Losing Ground: American Environmentalism at the Close of the Twentieth Century" and former editor of Mother Jones.

4:30 - Talk: "Environmentalism: D.O.A. or just a little organ failure? - Mark Dowie
6:00 - Intermission
6:30 - Panel Debate:
- Mark Dowie, U.C. Berkeley
- Joshua Holst - Cal. League of Conservation Voters
- Dr. Jeremy Jackson - World Wildlife Fund board
- Michele Kremer - Director, Surfrider Foundation
- Barry Nelson - Natural Resources Defense Council
- Dr. Mary Nichols - Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment.

 

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