SEAK Meeting October 5, 2004 at 7:30 PM. Students for Environmental Activism and Knowledge (SEAK) will meet TONIGHT, Tuesday, at 7:30 PM at the KOROUVA MILKBAR (where we will meet for the rest of the year).

Students for Environmental Activism and Knowledge (SEAK) will hold its first meeting of the Fall 2004 semster on Tuesday, September 7, 2004 at 7:30 PM in the McCombs Center Lounge. Come on out and get involved in our plans for this semester.

Does environmental degradation push countries into war? Can an impoverished environment promote terrorism? Can the answer to these questions be true? Or, are they false presumptions? Find out.

March 26, 2003 - at 7:00 p.m. CT on PBS
Lord Caskey Community Center
Refreshments Provided
"on the brink" program viewing and discussion session

"On The Brink" focuses on case studies that link armed conflict and political crises with environmental issues such as the loss of grasslands, spreading disease, deforestation, soil erosion, water scarcities, surging populations and global climate change. The program features the work of scientists, community organizers and political leaders, as they grapple with the fact that the world's political security may be bound up with the quality of the land, air and water."

Meetings, Fall 2002: Southwestern Environmental Awareness Klub (S.E.A.K.) meets weekly at the Korouva Milkbar...Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. Questions? Contact Stephanie Ritter

The Williamson County Extension Service and Southwestern University will sponsor a seminar on November 14, 2000 from 7:00pm to 9:00 pm at the Williamson County Extension Service Meeting Room located on Inner Loop Road in Georgetown. The seminar will focus on genetically modified organisms and how they can affect our food supply. The seminar has been planned by Randy Rivera and Mike Simpson of the Extension Executive Committee, Emily Niemeyer of Southwestern University and Ron Leps, Williamson County Extension Agent.

The seminar will focus on genetically modified crops and foods. Dr. Deborah Eastman, Assistant Professor of Biology at Southwestern University will discuss "What is GMO". Dr. Keith Redding, Monsanto's Global Registration Affairs Manager from St. Louis, Missouri will discuss "Regulations and Risk Assessment."

Agricultural biotechnology moves from the developers to seed companies to farmers. Farmers then sell crops to grain elevators and processors. Grain processors interact with domestic and export markets and with feed and food manufacturers, who then sell to supermarkets and consumers. Ultimately, it is the consumer who will play a major role in the acceptance or rejection of biotech type products.

This seminar will focus on some basic facts regarding agricultural biotechnology. The program is free and open to the public. Additional information on the program can be obtained from Ron Leps at the Williamson County Extension Office at (512) 930-4400 or Emily Niemeyer at x1721.

What will happen to the global environment if every family in India buys a car? Why do Americans waste so much food and energy? Is a single global consumer culture covering the world? What is really causing Global Warming?

Come hear Dr. Richard Wilk, Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University, address these topics and more in his talk:

Global Consumerism and the Environment
4 PM, Cullen Auditorium
Monday, October 9
A reception will follow the lecture

Dr. Wilk's visit to the Southwestern Campus is being sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Environmental Studies Program.

Dr. Wilk specializes in economic anthropology, development, and globalization, among other topics. He has conducted research in Belize and the United States, and has worked in the development arena in Belize. He is also Dr. Melissa Johnson's main mentor.

His publications include Economies and Cultures: Foundations of Economic Anthropology (Westview, 1996).  Beauty Queens on the Global Stage: Gender, Contests, and Power (edited with Cohen and Stoeltje. Routledge, 1995). Household Ecology: Economic Change and Domestic Life Among the Kekchi Maya in Belize (Arizona, 1991) and numerous articles on questions of globalization, consumer culture and development. 

Dr. Wilk will be available in the Korouva Milkbar between 2-3 PM on Monday for informal discussion for interested students, staff and faculty.

Thursday, March 2, 2000 at 4PM in Cullen Auditorium: Dr. Sandra Steingraber, author of Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment will be this year's Jesse Daniel Ames Speaker. Dr. Steingraber is a biologist, poet and cancer survivor and her talk will span across all of the University's academic divisions, and will highlight the important connections between the environment, women, and questions of social justice.

Tues., November 16, 1999 at 5 pm, Olin 105
LOU GOLD: SLIDES AND STORIES OF THE OREGON WILDERNESS

Renowned storyteller Lou Gold, tireless voice for Ancient Forests everywhere, will present his nationally honored slide show and lecture, "Lessons From the Ancient Forest: Healing Ourselves and Mother Earth," at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, in Olin 105. He will speak on both the science and spirituality of the Ancient Forests, including an exciting new proposal to protect the Siskiyou Mountains, the West Coast's Center of biodiversity. A discussion will follow.

Gold has spent 12 summers conducting vigil on top of Bald Mountain in the wilderness of Southern Oregon. He has been honored by the National Wildlife Federation with its National Conservation Achievement Award. Contact: Laura Hobgood-Oster, assistant professor of religion and philosophy, x1669, or Emily Niemeyer, assistant professor of chemistry, x1721.