EVENTS
UPCOMING:
Friday, March 26, 2010:
The Center for Earth Jurisprudence will host
“Who’s Next? (And What Will We Leave Them?):
Safeguarding the Earth for Future Generations”
The program highlights themes of interdependence and sustainability by examining ongoing efforts to reconcile current human needs and the needs of future generations of all species. Speakers draw connections between human health and the health of ecosystems, and propose ways to balance human social and economic needs with the preservation of the Earth’s species and wild spaces. Speakers also expand the discussion to include legal approaches to combat climate change and its consequences. The program concentrates on the Central Florida area, relating local efforts to broader issues of state, national and international concern. Practical and ethical considerations will be included throughout the presentations and discussion will be encouraged. The keynote address will be given by Alyson Craig Flournoy, professor of law and director of the Environmental & Land Use Law Program at the University of Florida Levin School of Law. Professor Flournoy will make the case for a National Environmental Legacy Act, based upon considerations of climate change, natural capital, and intergenerational justice.
Four hours of CLE credit, including ethics credit, have been applied for. The program will be held at the Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law in Orlando, Florida.
Pre-registration is $35 for attorneys seeking CLE credit, if received on or before March 22; after March 22, registration is $40. Reduced rates are available for students and community members. Continental breakfast and lunch are included in the registration fee. For additional information or to register, contact Jane Goddard (jgoddard@mail.barry.edu; 321-206-5788).
Tuesday, July 13, 2010:
Drs. Vandana and Mira Shiva speak at the
Center for Earth Jurisprudence conference and dinner
“Ecological Integrity: Reconnecting Humans, Health and Habitat”
Dr. Vandana Shiva, author and renowned environmental activist, is the founder of Navdanya, a movement to protect biological and cultural diversity and food security that has helped create the largest direct marketing, fair trade organic network in India (www.navdanya.org). Dr. Vandana Shiva is the winner of the Right Livelihood Award, the “alternative Nobel Prize,” and has authored such works as “Stolen Harvest - The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply” and “Earth Democracy - Justice, Sustainability, and Peace.”
Her sister, Dr. Mira Shiva is a physician and public health activist; she has devoted three decades to issues of primary health care; the right to health, food and essential medicines; and gender and social justice. Director of the Initiative for Health Equity and Society and a founding member of the worldwide People’s Health Movement (www.phmovement.org), she was awarded India’s National Award for Women’s Development Through Application of Science and Technology for her pioneering work in women’s health, right to life-saving medicines and rational health care.
They are joined by a panel of experts, featuring:
Dr. Mahadev Bhat, professor at FIU’s Department of Earth and Environment (http://agroecology.fiu.edu/)
Léonie Hermantin, deputy director of the Lambi Fund (www.lambifund.org) of Haiti, and
Susan Luck, president of the EarthRose Institute (www.earthrose.org).
Conference ($15 students; $45): 2:30 - 5:45 p.m.
Dinner, keynote by Dr. Vandana Shiva ($50): 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Both conference and dinner ($80 early registration; $90 after May 15, 2010)
Click here for more information.
To register, please e-mail crauseo-danclair@stu.edu.
Click here for recent workshops, including:
“The Everglades and Ecosystem Restoration - Sharing the Corps Values,” with principal deputy assistant secretary of the army (Civil Works) Terrence “Rock” Salt
or
“In It Together - Protecting the Everglades and Florida Bay,” with superintendent of Everglades National Park Dan Kimball
and other recent events.