September
Enduring Questions: the Mark Collier Lecture Series’ focus
for the 2008-2009 is Sustaining our Common Humanity: Shared
Spaces/Shared Places. The first two lectures will be held in Kulas Musical
Arts Building, 96 Front St., Berea. They are free and open to the
public.
Wednesday, September 17, 8:00 p.m.
Dr. Edward O. Wilson, professor emeritus at Harvard, is considered
the founder of the sustainability movement. He has received scores
of awards, including two Pulitzers, the Tyler Prize for
Environmental Achievement, and the National Medal of Science.
October
Monday, October 20, 8:00 p.m.
Dr. Stuart Hart
Chair of Sustainable Global Enterprise and Professor of Management
at Cornell University, is one of the world's top authorities on the
implications of sustainable development and environmentalism for
business strategy.
Tuesday, October 21, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sustainability Symposium
All events take place in Sandstone III, Strosacker Hall, 120 E. Grand St., Berea.
Four panel discussions
Sustainable Corporations 9:30 a.m.
Moderator - David Nash, coordinator, Corporate Sustainability
Network; Steven Percy, retired CEO, BP America; Jonathan Ratner, sustainability director, Forest City Enterprises; Pat Conway,
co-owner, Great Lakes Brewing Company; Joseph Biber, sustainability
team, Sherwin-Williams
Sustainable Communities 11:00 a.m.
Moderator - John Mitterholzer, senior program officer, Gund
Foundation; David Beach, director, GreenCity BlueLake, Natural
History Museum; Andrew Watterson, sustainability director, City of
Cleveland; Elaine Price, program officer, Cuyahoga County Planning
Commission
Sustainable Colleges and Universities 1:30
p.m.
Moderator - David Krueger, B-W professor; Gene Matthews, director
of buildings and grounds, CWRU; Tom Lee, VP for administration and
finance, B-W; Nathan Engstrom, sustainability director, Oberlin
Sustainable Citizens 3:00 p.m.
Moderator - Tom Morley, president, LubeStop; Stephanie Strong, program director,
Entrepreneurs for Sustainability; Christina Ayers, director, Office
for a Healthy Environment, Cleveland Clinic; B-W student
January
Friday, January 23, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Dr. Shakti Butler
Enduring Questions Lecture and Martin Luther King Celebration Keynote Speaker
Producer and director of the groundbreaking documentaries The Way Home and Light in the Shadows, Butler is a powerful voice for social justice in the world today. A multiracial African-American, she strives to create venues for constructive conversations on oppression through the lens of race, yet moves beyond black and white and speaks to the interconnectedness of racism, classism, sexism and homophobia.
Kleist Center for Art & Drama, 95 E. Bagley Rd., Berea.
February
Sunday, February 18, Monday, February 19, 2009
Theo and Belle Moll Lectures
Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell
March
Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Dr. Kwame Appiah
Enduring Questions Lecture
The Lawrence S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy at Princton, Appiah challenges us to look beyond the real and imagined boundaries that divide us to see our common humanity. He asks probing questions about identity and ethical behavior in a world where the shifting sands of race, ethnicity, religion and nationalism make the answers we seek more important and more complex than ever. Kleist Center for Art & Drama, 95 E. Bagley Rd., Berea.
275 Eastland Rd.