Abstract A Spiritual and Pragmatic Approach to Climate Change and Sustainability with Diana Petrochelli, Permaculturist and Corporate Consultant The Rothko Chapel February 4, 2008, 7:30 pm Reception will followJoin us at The Rothko Chapel for an evening of dialogue about how to combat climate change from the grassroots as well as the top down. Diana Petrochelli will share her expertise in designing ecologically sustainable communities in Argentina and Equatorial Guinea where...

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Held by the Broken Obelisk

Abstract "Climate Justice: The Time is Now, The Place is Here" with Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director, UPROSE In conversation with Bryan Parras, co-founder of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (T.E.J.A.S.) and Dirty Fuels Gulf Organizer with Sierra ClubFrances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture Series in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights Presented in partnership with the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at UT’s School of LawAntena...

Abstract Symposium keynote by Terry Tempest Willams. Other participants includ Reverend Sally Bingham, Reverend Fred Small, Kristin Barker, Dr. D. Z. Cofield, Zahra Jamal PhD, Margaret Swedish, Janet Redman, Jim Blackburn, Makani Themba, Tom Ricker, Monica White PhD, Anne McClintock PhD, Gita Sen, Gloria Lowe, Elizabeth Gregory PhD, Frank Joyce, Carl Gibson, Pam McMichael, David Benson, M. NourbeSe Philip, Rick Lowe, Mel Chin, Carrie Schneider.Sessions included: A Faithful and Moral...

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By George Archibald, PhD about rescuing cranes in remote areas of North Korea

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A film about the situation of Djenne, Mali by Jean-Louis Bourgeois, Architectural Historian. Presented at Rice Media Center

Abstract Dancing on Thin Ice with The Seldoms Co-presented by DiverseWorks Pay What You Can, suggested contribution $20Chicago-based company, The Seldoms, shared an excerpt of Floe, a new dance theater work that explores madness, delusion, oil extraction, the vanishing of Arctic ice, and rising sea levels. Floe embodies the fragmentation of our global conversation on climate change as it veers from anti-science conspiracy theories to the very real impacts of global warming on communities...

Abstract Anne McClintock, Ph.D. Suggested donation $10What can feminism teach us about alternative ways to approach the environment? Ecofeminism envisions feminism and ecology as interconnected, arguing that the worldview that causes environmental degradation is the same that causes inequality for women. On Earth Day, Anne McClintock, Ph.D. discusses what ecofeminism can teach us, and how it can change the way we treat the Earth. Dr. McClintock is a writer, feminist scholar and public...

Abstract Jim Blackburn Suggested donation $10Our values and belief structures were derived when the world was relatively empty of humans and human impacts. That is no longer the situation as the Earth is being filled up and in some cases overwhelmed by human impacts. Earth Church is a concept of earth-focused spirituality derived in part from existing faith concepts and in part from the realities that we face as we encounter a future that includes climate change, water supply shortages...

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Presented by Ian Prattis