Environmental Sustainability: Science, Politics and Community Action Program and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Present a

FALL BROWN BAG SPEAKER SERIES
Join students, academics and community activists as we create a learning community. Visit with regional and national experts to explore how we can work together for environmental change.
Monday,
Oct. 4th
noon 		Building Advocacy Organizations and Coalitions for Environmental Change
Presenter: Ron Kroese, Minnesota Environmental Partnership
Monday,
Oct. 11t
noon		 Sustainability in Cities, Some Puzzles
Presenter: Kai Lee, Williams College
Monday,
Oct. 18th
noon 		Why Don’t We Have Sustainable Agriculture Now?
Presenter: Richard Levins, Professor Emeritus, University of MN
Thursday,
Nov. 11th
noon 		International Aid, Agriculture, and Development, An Ethiopian Case Study Presenter: Tsegaye Nega, Carleton College
Monday,
Nov. 15th
noon 		Farming and Eating as if Nature Matters
Presenter: Dana Jackson, Land Stewardship Project
Monday,
Nov. 22nd
noon		 Understanding Scale
Presenter: Mark Ritchie, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Monday,
Nov. 29th
5:30 pm 		Preventing Harm in the Commons: What is the Role of Government?
Presenters: Carolyn Raffensperger, Julia Earl and Kathleen Schuler
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Monday,
Dec. 6th

1:00 – 3:00 		Facilitating Environmental Conflict
Presenter: Brian Stenquist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Free and open to the public!

Bring your lunch.

We convene at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2104 Stephens Ave. South, Minneapolis.

For more information, contact Julia Nerbonne at 651- 287-3308