Schedule

DePauw Discourse 2007: Sustainability and Global Citizenship

October 4

2:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Registration
Walden Inn & Conference Center

4:00 p.m.
Building the Climate Movement
East College, Meharry Hall
Bill McKibben, author and environmental activist

5:30 p.m.
DePauw Discourse 2007 Kickoff Reception
Walden Inn & Conference Center, galleria

6:30 p.m.
Harvest Dinner Featuring Regional, Seasonal Specialties
Walden Inn & Conference Center

8:00 p.m.
Screening of the Leonardo DiCaprio Environmental Documentary The 11th Hour
Featuring Insight from the Film's Experts
(Tickets required for admission)
Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, Moore Theatre
Bill McKibben, author and environmental activist
Wallace J. Nichols '89, senior research scientist for Ocean Conservancy
Greg Watson, senior advisor for clean energy technology, Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, vice president for sustainable development and renewable energy, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Moderator: Jennifer J. Everett, assistant professor of philosophy, sustainability programs coordinator, DePauw University


October 5

8:00 a.m.
Breakfast Featuring Recipes from Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Walden Inn & Conference Center

9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Business and Government Solutions to Global Environmental Problems
Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, Thompson Recital Hall
Glenn T. Prickett, senior vice president for business and U.S. government relations,
executive director of the Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, Conservation International
Moderator: Kerry E. Pannell, associate professor and department chair of economics and management, DePauw University

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
A Brave New Ocean or an Ocean Revolution?
Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, Thompson Recital Hall
Wallace J. Nichols '89, senior researcher for Ocean Conservancy
Moderator: Jay S. Hosler '89, Lee G. Hall Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor of Biology, DePauw University

Noon - 1:15 p.m.
Discourse Luncheon: The Truth About Sustainable Agriculture
(student reservations required by Sept. 28, tammygaffney@depauw.edu, ext. 4085)
Memorial Student Union Building, ballroom
Andy Miller, director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture
Moderator: Michele T. Villinski, associate professor of economics and management,
James W. Emison director of the McDermond Center for Management and Entrepreneurship, director of the Management Fellows Program, DePauw University

1:45 - 3:00 p.m.
Coming Clean: The Case for Innovative and Renewable Energy
Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, Thompson Recital Hall
Greg Watson, senior advisor for clean energy technology, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, vice president for sustainable development and renewable energy,
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Kay Pashos '81, vice president of regulatory strategy for Duke Energy
Moderator: Tim D. Cope, assistant professor of geosciences, DePauw University

3:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Climate Change and the Indigenous People of the Amazon:
A Conservation Story in Photographs
Memorial Student Union Building, ballroom
Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier, executive director of the International League of Conservation Photographers, senior director of visual resources for Conservation International

5:30 p.m.
Reception
Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, Grand Rotunda

6:30 p.m.
DePauw Discourse 2007 Celebration and Dinner with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, Great Hall

8:00 p.m.
The Contract With Our Future
Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, Kresge Auditorium
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., author and environmental activist


October 6

8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
Walden Inn & Conference Center

9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Should We Praise or Shoot the Messenger? Environmental Coverage in the National Media
Presented by the Gertrude and G.D. Crain Lecture Series
Walden Inn & Conference Center
Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post environmental reporter
Moderator: Jeffrey M. McCall '76, John D. Hughes Professor of Communication and Theatre, DePauw University

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Exploring the Edge: Geology, Photography and Writing Projects in the Quarry (learn more)
(by invitation only)
DePauw University Nature Park
Ian and Mimi Rolland Welcome and Activities Center
Manning Environmental Field Station
Joseph W. Heithaus, associate professor and department chair of English, DePauw University
Cynthia O'Dell, associate professor and department chair of art, DePauw University
Jeanette K. Pope, assistant professor of geosciences and coordinator of the
Women in Science Program, DePauw University

12:30 p.m.
Closing Picnic
DePauw University Nature Park, Ian and Mimi Rolland Welcome and Activities Center