Bellarmine Forum 2006
Title:
Earth to You: Do Something. Now.
Feature:
Environmental responsibility is the theme of LMU’s 2006 Bellarmine Forum, titled “Earth to You: Do Something. Now.” The week-long forum, which runs from Sunday, Oct. 29, through Friday, Nov. 3, will examine environmental issues in terms of injustice, economics, ethics, spirituality, green design, cultural ecology and the “Green City.”
“The purpose of the forum is to get students involved in a university-wide conversation about the environmental problems we face, and just as important, the practical solutions that we can implement in our own lives,” says Scott Cameron, professor of philosophy and one of the event’s planners.
Leading environmental activists will participate, including Jean Michel Cousteau, son of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and founder of Ocean Futures Society; Yvon Chouinard, founder of the Patagonia clothing company; Robert F. Kennedy Jr., chief prosecuting attorney for Riverkeeper, and Laurie David, Hollywood producer and founder of Stop Global Warming.
The forum, which is sponsored by Fred Segal Santa Monica, will also include a dance performance in the Ballona wetlands; screenings of the documentaries “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Endangered Species” and “Too Hot Not to Handle”; student-organized fairs; and a non-profit organization expo. LMU’s efforts to create an environmentally responsible and sustainable campus will also be highlighted.
Cameron says it only makes sense that the forum be hosted by LMU, where students and faculty are excited and engaged by environmental issues. “LMU is a local treasure in its commitment to recycling and using green power and recapturing water and using electric vehicles,” he says.
Free and open to the public, most events will take place on the campus. Some events require RSVP. For more information about speakers, panels and workshops, visit www.lmu.edu/bellarmineforum