Ball State University
ER-T2-6: Sustainability Events

1. Ball State University hosts biennial international interdisciplinary Greening of the Campus Conferences which allow people representing diverse areas in university communities to share information on the social, environmental and economic issues of sustainability. Over the years, key note presentations have been made by: _____Ray Anderson _____George Basile _____Janine Benyus _____Robert Berkebile _____Geoff Chase _____Anthonly Cortese _____Robert Costanza _____John Dibiaggio _____Christine Ervine _____Pliny Fisk III _____Susan Flader _____Hilary French _____Eban Goodstein _____Jonathan Harris _____Hazel Henderson _____Nan Jenks-Jay _____Frances Moore Lappe _____Richard Norgaard _____Chris O'Brien _____Michael Ogden _____Sabine O'Hara _____David Orr _____Sara Parkin _____John Perlin _____David Quammen _____Jerome Ringo _____Debra Rowe _____John Ryan _____Jane Shaw _____Cindy Shea _____Michael Shuman _____Sharon Stine _____Dorceta Taylor _____Mathis Wackernagel 2. The Ball State University Bracken Environmental Fund has been used to sponsor three major lectures for student, faculty, admnistrators, staff, and surrounding residents of the Muncie Community. They have included: _____Thomas Friedman New York Times foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman will share his outlook on the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy from his new book Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America (September 2008), a number one New York Times bestseller. http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CentersandInstitutes/COTE/News/20082009/ThomasFriedman.aspx _____Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Speaker. Bracken Environmental Lecture Series. 'Our Environmental Destiny'. One of Time magazine's 'Heroes for the Planet,' Mr. Kennedy will discuss the role that natural resources play in our work, our health, and our identity as Americans. A passionate environmental speaker, he reminds us that we have a responsibility to protect and preserve our planet for future generations. Mr. Kennedy is chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeepers, senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the former president and now chair of the Waterkeeper Alliance. _____Paul Hawken In the Inaugural Bracken Environmental Series Lecture, Paul Hawken discussed ""Natural Capitalism: The Coming Efficiency Revolution" a book co-authored with Amory and Hunter Lovins. Hawken is a respected businessman, environmentalist and author whose books include the best sellers "Growing a Business" and "The Ecology of Commerce," plus "Seven Tomorrows" and "The Next Economy." His books have been published in more than 50 countries and 27 languages. Hawken chairs The Natural Step, U.S., and co-chairs The Natural Step, International.

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