Sustainability Related Events during Teach-In Week...
September 18, 12:00 pm ”The Service & Politics of Hunger”
by Hinckley Forum
Presenter: Bennion Center
Location: Hinckley Caucus Room, Orson Spencer Hall 255
September 18-19 ”Redfest Goes Green”
Presenter: ASUU Presenters Office
Location: Olpin Student Union
Two full days of music and activities happening in a greener-than-usual context. More details coming soon…..
September 22, 5:30 pm “…ction – form follows fun”
by Mark Muckenheim, Principal, Urban Environments
Presenter: College of Architecture+Planning Lecture Series
Location: Art & Architecture Building Room 127
The vastly visual lecture “...ction – form follows fun...“ covers the work of urban environments architects in an exemplary way, it gives a close insight into the working methods, the conceptions and the philosophy of interesting projects and architectural speculations, that span around the globe encountering different sets of problems that contemporary architects are facing in the near future
September 23, 12:15 pm ”Development vs Preservation in Another Dimension India’s Environmental Activists, Issues They Face, and Tools of Their Trade”
by Ritwick Dutta & Kanchi Kohli
Presenter: The Wallace Stegner Center Greenbag Series
Location: Law School Room 107
A presentation and discussion with Indian Supreme Court Advocate Ritwick Dutta and NGO Activist and reporter Kanchi Kohli
September 23, 6:00 pm “Bennion Center Hunger Banquet”
Presenter: Lowell Bennion Service Learning Center
Location: Union Saltair Room
Sept 23, 8:00pm-9:30pm, "County Council Environmental Debate"
Presenter: Wasatch Front Forum
Location: Westminster College Gore Auditorium (see map)
SL County Council Candidates Mark Crocket, Jani Iwamoto, Roger Harding, Randy Horiuchi, Michael Jensen, Paul Pugmeyer, and Steven L. DeBry will address what the Salt Lake County Council do to address environmental issues in our community. This debate will be podcast and moderated by KRCL radio.
September 24, 6:30 pm “Analysis of Carbon Off-Setting Markets”
by Gian Zini
Presenter: Sustainability Salon
Location: City Library Conference Room A, 210 East 4th South
September 24, 11:00 am “2008 Election Analysis”
Presenter: Hinckley Institute
Location: Hinckley Institute of Politics Caucus Room
The next U.S. federal administration will play a key role in setting national energy policy, environmental policy, health insurance programs and other sustainability-related policies. Learn more about the role these issues will play in the 2008 election.
September 24, 1:00PM, " Cleaning Up Utah's Air"
Guest Speakers: Former Governor Olene Walker and Bryce Bird from the Utah Division of Air Quality
Location: Orson Spencer Hall Room 255
All faculty members and students in your departments are invited to attend a forum co-sponsored by the Utah Foundation and the Hinckley Institute. This interesting forum will be a roundtable discussion on Utah's air quality and the best strategies to cleanup air on the Wasatch Front.
September 25, 10:45 am, "Utah's Energy Future"
Guest Speakers: Raul Deju, the President of Energy Solutions, Sarah Wright, the Executive Director of Utah Clean Energy, and Ted Rampton, Government Affairs Manager of the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems.
Location: Orson Spencer Hall Room 255
The forum will be a round table discussion on power generation strategies, their economic feasibility, their impacts on the environment, and the future of energy in Utah. The forum is co-sponsored by the Utah Foundation and the Hinckley Institute.
September 25, 10:00 to 2:00 pm ”U of Utah Campus Farmers Market”
Presenter: Well-U, U of U Student Health Advisory Committee, SEED, U of U Sustainability Office, Utah Dept. of Health - Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program
Location: Webster’s Lawn (located east of Pioneer Memorial Theater)
About 20 vendors will supply produce, prepared food, plants and crafts. .
September 25, 7:00 FILM: "The American Southwest: Are we running dry?"
Directed by James Thebaut and narrated by Jane Seymour,
Location: Fort Douglas Post Theatre
"The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?"
looks at the water crisis in the American Southwest. Urban land use planning and water needs of cities vie for public attention at the same time that climate change creates uncertainties for municipal water supplies. Vital sources such as Lake Powell, Lake Mead, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta system, the Rio Grande and the Colorado River are being asked to do more while basin precipitation levels drop. Thebalt interviews key thought leaders in the White House and Congress, as well as water authorities and scientists, posing difficult questions about water use and resuse, conservation, land use, urban growth and water policy.
Q&A with James Thebaut following the showing.
September 30, 7:00 pm “The World Without Us “
by Alan Weisman, Writer
Presenter: The Wallace Stegner Center
Location: University of Utah Libby Gardner Concert Hall
In one of the most audacious thought experiments of our time, Alan Weisman imagines what might happen to the Earth if humans vanished. The World Without Us shows us humanity’s true impact on the environment in a wholly original way, and challenges each of us to re-imagine our planet—and our place within it. New York Times Bestseller and TIME Magazine’s #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007" Tickets are $10 through the Kingsbury Hall, 801.581.7100 or www.kingsburyhall.org NOTE: September 8 6:30 pm Utah Museum of Natural History will hold a Book Club Discussion on “The World without Us”. http://www.umnh.utah.edu/bookclub
October 2, 7:00 FILM: "Flow: For the Love of Water"
Directed by Irena Salina"
Location: Fort Douglas Post Theatre
"Flow: For the Love of Water" investigates the global water crisis. In interviews with scientists and activists, Salina builds a case against the growing
privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Flow asks the question, “Can anyone really own water?” at a time when communities struggle with finding and paying for water delivery. Salina’s film offers practical
solutions to the water crisis and highlights people developing new technologies.
Round table discussion following the showing.
October 3, 10am-3pm Sustainability Summit
Location: The Leonardo Third Floor Conference Center (“Terzo”)
209 East 500 South, Salt Lake City
We know there are many individuals, groups, and organizations in this
valley who are passionate about sustainable community. We know
there are many amazing projects, programs, and collaborations. What
might happen if we came together to deepen our connection with
each other? What might be sparked that could have our individual
efforts flourish and expand? Our format for this summit will be interactive - including large groups, small groups, and
personal reflections. Together we will ask questions of each other, reflect, and tell stories. Together
we will listen to the wisdom and experience already present in participants. Together we will notice
patterns and practices – the work we do. We will imagine new possibilities to practice sustainable
community at greater scale in the Salt Lake Valley.
*The participant cost is $30 per person (lunch included) to help cover hard costs.
October 9, 7:00PM FILM: " Liquid Assets: The Story of our Water Infrastructure"
Produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting
Location: Fort Douglas Post Theatre
"Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure" tells the story of essential infrastructure systems: water, wastewater and stormwater. The systems — some in the ground for more than 100 years — provide a critical pubic health functon and are essential for economic development
and growth. Largely out of sight and mind, these aging systems have not been maintained, and some estimates suggest this is the single largest public works endeavor in our nation’s history. Exploring the history, engineering challenges, and political and economic realities in urban and rural locations, the documentary provides an understanding of the hidden assets that support our way of life.
Round table discussion following the showing.