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Videos From the Chicago Regional Forum on Ethics and Sustainability are Now Available for Viewing
Regional Cultures of Conservation, Chicago Regional Forum on Ethics and SustainabilityFebruary 8th, 2011
For the 2010 Chicago Regional Forum on Ethics and Sustainability, we were fortunate to have eight excellent speakers. For each of our topics—which were thematically based on Chicago Wilderness’s four initiatives—nationally recognized scholars and authors of Moral Ground, were paired with local Chicagoans known for their regional work and impact. Videos of each of these talks can be accessed below, along with the opening and closing remarks from ethicist Michael Nelson. We invite your comments on our Vimeo webpages! See a write up of the day’s presentations by CHN Director of Midwest Cultures of Conservation, Gavin Van Horn, in our upcoming December issue of Minding Nature. See also in this issue a related article by Moral Ground editors and authors Kathleen Dean Moore and Michael Nelson.
Opening Remarks by Michael Nelson
Session I – Kathleen Dean Moore
Session II – Scott Russel Sanders
Session III – Suzanne Malec-McKenna
Session IV: Robin Morris Collin
Closing Remarks by Michael Nelson
In Session 1, which centered on concerns about water, philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore spoke lyrically about her relationship to her own watershed as well as the underappreciated values of water. Chicago water commissioner Debra Shore then gave a primer on the history and use of water in the Chicagoland area, appealing to the audience to become involved in local water policy.
In Session 2, which focused on place-based education, conservation writer Scott Russell Sanders offered insights and resources in relation to the importance of childhood experiences and explorations of the natural world. Fuller Park Community Development founder Michael Howard shared from his own childhood experiences in farming, connecting these formative moments to his work in revitalizing urban areas and restoring vacant spaces in south Chicago.
In Session 3, the speakers addressed how we process information about climate change and how we might best engage others when communicating and mitigating environmental impacts. Wildlife biologist John Vucetich spoke about an ethics of empathy and the role that science can play in developing such a perspective. Chicago’s Commissioner for the Department of the Environment,Suzanne Malec-McKenna, provided a perspective on how to embed environmental concerns in locally meaningful issues and language.
In Session 4, dedicated to the community values of ecological restoration, law professor Robin Morris Collin shared from her own experiences as a former Chicagoite and focused on the connection between human healing and sustainable communities. Alaka Wali, the applied cultural research director at the Field Museum, highlighted the connection between the physical, political, and spiritual dimensions of restoration and her work in the Calumet region.
View or Host a ‘Green Fire’ Screening…
Ideas of Humans and Nature, Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our TimeJanuary 4th, 2011
Green Fire Showings in 2011:
February 5 (7pm): Albuquerque, NM at the National Hispanic Cultural Center World Premiere!
March 5 (TBD): Chicago, IL at Chicago Wilderness Wild Things conference Chicago Preview!
More dates to come!
To host a Green Fire screening go to the Green Fire movie website.
To find out more about the film go to our Green Fire project page.
Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time from Jeannine Richards on Vimeo.
Watch Video of CHN Director of Bioethics Speaking on the Ethics of Sustainability
April 30th, 2010
On April 15 CHN Director of Bioethics Bruce Jennings spoke at a symposium on sustainability co-sponsored by the Earth Institute of Columbia University and the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities. A version of his remarks is included in the April 2010 issue of Minding Nature. A video of the symposium is now available for viewing at: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/watch/212
Bruce Jennings at the Earth Institute
Regional Cultures of Conservation, The Philosophy and Politics of Planning: A Case Study of the Hudson River ValleyApril 13th, 2010
CHN Director of Bioethics Bruce Jennings will speak at an upcoming symposium and webcast on sustainability. On April 15, 2010, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities will convene a panel discussion on “Navigating Sustainability: The Hudson and Beyond” at Barnard College. The symposium will be available as a live webcast. For further information about the symposium and webcast, click on this link to the Earth Institute website.
CHN Colleague Works for Sustainability in His Own Community
September 2nd, 2009
As an elected official in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, Bruce Jennings, CHN Director of Bioethics, is spearheading the greening of the community. Recently, BP corporation, which owns and is remediating a large brownfield site in Hastings, donated a solar vehicle for community use. The presentation on September 2, 2009 was covered on the local TV station and included a short comment by Jennings. You can view the brief broadcast segment below or here.
CHN Senior Fellow gives presentation at the Commonwealth Club of California
July 20th, 2009
The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, the nation’s oldest and largest public affairs forum, recently hosted CHN Senior Fellow, Peter Brown, to give a talk entitled, “Building a Whole Earth Economy.” Watch the video of Peter’s presentation and the Q&A session below or at Fora TV.
CHN values applied at the local level in New York
April 7th, 2009
CHN colleague Bruce Jennings was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, a suburban town approximately 15 miles north of New York City. As trustee he will be working on sustainability and climate change issues on the local level. This clip is of a brief address he gave to the Hastings community on these issues during his inaugural board meeting on April 7, 2009.
CHN’s Senior Fellow Peter Brown discusses “Building a Whole Earth Economy”
February 10th, 2009
CHN Senior Fellow Peter Brown’s new book, Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy, co-authored with Geoffrey Garver, is now available on Amazon, in many bookstores, and from Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Learn more about the book, the Moral Economy Project and the authors here: http://www.moraleconomy.org/.
“It Is Time to Order a New Economic Order,” an op-ed by Brown and Garver featured recently on the Huffington Post, was developed to respond to the current flurry of activity in Washington aimed at getting business-as-usual underway again. Right Relationship expands in marvelous ways on the themes in the op-ed. Read the op-ed on the Huffington Post here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-brown-and-geoff-garver/it-is-time-to-order-a-new_b_165358.html
CHN Board Member Gus Speth Discusses His New Book
December 1st, 2008
The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability is the most recent book by Gus Speth, Dean of Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Humans and Nature. He is an accomplished environmental leader, lawyer, author and the founder of many organizations.
Read a review of Speth’s book in our journal Minding Nature, Vol 1 No 1. Read more about the author, his work and the book at http://www.thebridgeattheedgeoftheworld.com/.
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