{"id":864,"date":"2017-01-27T15:31:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/?p=864"},"modified":"2017-01-27T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:32:04","slug":"wooster-speaker-series-spring-2017-environmental-challenges-to-the-global-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"Wooster Speaker Series, Spring 2017: Environmental Challenges to the Global Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/files\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-27-at-10.29.20-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-867\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/files\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-27-at-10.29.20-AM-1024x282.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-01-27-at-10-29-20-am\" width=\"752\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/93\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-27-at-10.29.20-AM-1024x282.png 1024w, https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/93\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-27-at-10.29.20-AM-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/93\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-27-at-10.29.20-AM-768x211.png 768w, https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/93\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-27-at-10.29.20-AM-400x110.png 400w, https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/93\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-27-at-10.29.20-AM-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/93\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-27-at-10.29.20-AM.png 1846w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OWU&#8217;s\u00a0peer institution to the north, <strong>Wooster College,<\/strong> is hosting a speaker series this spring called\u00a0<strong>Environmental Challenges to the Global Community.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wooster.edu\/news\/releases\/2017\/january\/great-decisions\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The annual series starts Feb. 2, when <strong>Robert Musil,<\/strong> president and CEO of the Rachel Carson Council (RCC), presents <strong>\u201cAnother Silent Spring? The Continuing Relevance of Rachel Carson\u2019s Ecological Vision\u201d<\/strong> at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 9, there will be a screening of <strong>\u201cThe Age of Consequences,\u201d<\/strong> a 2016 film that investigates climate change\u2019s impacts on resource scarcity, migration, and conflict, at 7 p.m., followed on Friday, Feb. 10, with a luncheon lecture <strong>\u201cSolutions to Climate Change in the Age of Consequences\u201d<\/strong> by the writer, director, and producer <strong>Jared Scott.<\/strong> That will be held at Kittredge Dining Hall (535 E. Wayne Ave.) from 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The third lecture, scheduled on Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m., features <strong>Jeff Hoffman,<\/strong> the co-founder of Priceline.com, who will make the case of <strong>\u201cInnovation for Global Problems \u2013 How Entrepreneurs Can Save the World.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next, academic, activist, and author <strong>Raj Patel<\/strong> will analyze <strong>\u201cHow Will We Feed 10 Billion People Sustainably?\u201d<\/strong> on March 2, at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0series closes with a visit from <strong>Spencer Abraham,<\/strong> the U.S. Secretary of Energy (2001-05) under President George W. Bush, on March 30, at 7:30 p.m. He will present <strong>\u201cLights Out! Ten Myths About (and Real Solutions to) America\u2019s Energy Crisis.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/files\/2017\/01\/GD-flier-2017-for-Sharing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-865\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/files\/2017\/01\/GD-flier-2017-for-Sharing-688x1024.png\" alt=\"gd-flier-2017-for-sharing\" width=\"688\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/93\/2017\/01\/GD-flier-2017-for-Sharing-688x1024.png 688w, https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/93\/2017\/01\/GD-flier-2017-for-Sharing-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/93\/2017\/01\/GD-flier-2017-for-Sharing-768x1143.png 768w, https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/93\/2017\/01\/GD-flier-2017-for-Sharing-400x595.png 400w, https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/93\/2017\/01\/GD-flier-2017-for-Sharing-300x446.png 300w, https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/93\/2017\/01\/GD-flier-2017-for-Sharing-150x223.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OWU&#8217;s peer institution to the north, Wooster College, is hosting a speaker series this spring called Environmental Challenges to the Global Community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-special-events"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}