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"Building For A Sustainable Future" Marist National Teach-In 2/5/09, Student Center
| Films in the Nelly Goletti Theatre |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Ecological Footprint (30 min), Dir Patsy Northcutt. Humans are the most successful species on the planet.
But our growing economy is placing unprecedented demand on the planet's limited ecological resources.
How can we assure our future well-being?
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Give Me Green (27 min), Dir Isaac Brown and Eric Flagg. Lawns are undeniably an American symbol. But what do they really symbolize?
Pride and prosperity? Or waste and conformity? Give me Green takes a humorous look
at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on the environment,
our wallets and our outlook on life.
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Flow: For the Love of Water (85 min), Dir. Irena Salina (Shown again at 3:20 p.m.)
Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigates what experts label the most important
political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. |
| 12:45 p.m. |
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (52 min), Dir. Davis Guggenheim.
Cities should be a solution not a problem for human beings. The city of Curitiba, Brazil,
has demonstrated for the past 40 years how to transform problems into cost-effective solutions that
can be applied in most cities around the world. |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Trashed (77 min), Dir. Bill Kirkos. A provocative investigation of one of the fastest
growing industries in North America. The garbage business. The film examines a fundamental element
of modern American culture--the disposal of what our society defines as "waste". It is an
issue influenced by every American, most of whom never consider the consequences. |
| 3:20 p.m. |
Flow (85 min) see above at 11:00 a.m. |
| Workshops scheduled for Performing Arts Room: |
| 9:30 a.m. |
"Environment and the 17th century" with Janine Peterson, Dr. Michael O'Sullivan and Dr. Nick Marshall |
| 10:10 a.m. |
"FDR and the Environment" with Dr. David Woolner,
and "State Sponsored Sustainable Gardening During the FDR Years" with Dr. Fred Opie |
| 11:00 a.m. |
"Perspectives from Philosophy" with Dr. Henry Pratt, Dr. Bryce Kiernan, and Dr. Andrei Buckareff |
| 12 noon |
"Politics of Water" with Dr. Richard Feldman, Dr. Tom Lynch and Dr. Dr. Paula Willoquet |
| 1:00 p.m. |
"Integrating Sustainability Into The Curriculum" with Dr. Ann Davis, Dr. Steve Mercier, and Dr. Michael Tannenbaum |
| 2:00 p.m. |
"Reducing Your Carbon Footprint" perspectives from Marist students |
| 3:00 p.m. |
"Eating and Living Sustainably" with Dr. Georganna Ulary, Wendy Burkahrt-Speigel,
Poughkeepsie Farm Project and William Goodman, Esq. and Board Member, Eco Village, Ithaca, New York |
| 4:00 p.m. |
"What Can You Do To Contribute To Cleaner Air In New York" with Tim Lewis, Clean AirNY and Metropool |
| Nelly Goletti Theater |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Keynote speaker - Mr. Graham Wyatt, partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP,
"Sustainable Design in Architecture and Sustainable Features of Marist College's new
Hancock Technology Center", introduced by Dr. Merolli, Executive Vice President
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| Student Center Third Floor |
| 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Vendor and educational displays located in the Student Center third floor |
- Marist Recycling display
- Metropool
- Hudson Valley Clean Energy
- Scenic Hudson
- Clean AirNY
- Clearwater
- On-line carbon calculator demo
- Computer set up for students to type in ideas for future sustainability teach-ins
- Hudson River Valley Review
- Fashionology table
- Marist Ride Share
- Information Technology
- Sodexo and composting
- Physical Plant display
Library
Display on books related to sustainability
| Performing Art Room or Cabaret |
| 9:00 p.m. |
Open Mic Night with sustainability theme, sponsored by SPC |
