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October 6-7, 2009 At Water's Edge: Complacency, Thirst, Action
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Preliminary Events
Film Screening
Monday, October 5
7:30 pm, Knickerbocker Theatre
Flow: For Love of Water
Sponsored by Women’s Studies and Political Science
Discussion following the film, with facilitator Joel Toppen
CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER? Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigates what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century.
Art Exhibition
DePree Art Gallery
Gallery Open Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm, and Sunday 1pm - 5pm
River Fugues by Margaret Cogswell
Internationally known artist and 2009 Guggenheim Award recipient Margaret Cogswell uses space, sound, video, and sculpture to explore the interaction between the great rivers of North America
and post-industrial American culture.
Film Screening: Latin American Film Series
Tuesday, October 6
3:00 pm, Fried-Hemenway Auditorium, Martha Miller Center 135
Until the Last Drop: Tales from El Salvador's Agua-Apocalypse
The battle over how to manage El Salvador’s water could reverberate throughout Latin America, where water is becoming ever more scarce.
Symposium Events: Tuesday, October 6
Tuesday Evening Keynote Address
7:00 pm, Dimnent Chapel
Solving the World's Water Crisis: No Time for Complacency
Peter H. Gleick
President, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security
Wednesday, October 7
Wednesday Morning Keynote Address
9:00 am, Dimnent Chapel
Providing Safe Water for All in the 21st Century
Joan B. Rose
Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, Michigan State University
Wednesday Morning Focus Sessions
10:30 am, at various locations on campus (see below)
Knowing the Water Commons: A Scientific Foundation for Action
Charles P. Dunning
Assistant Director of the Wisconsin Water Science Center, USGS
(Wichers Auditorium, Nykerk Hall )
The Sacredness of Water: A Native American Perspective
Leland Little Dog and Lynn LaPointe
Sicangu Lakota Oyate, Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
(Cook Auditorium, DePree Art Center )
Local Waters: The Lake Macatawa Watershed Project
Graham Peaslee
Professor of Chemistry and Geological & Environmental Sciences and Department Chair, Hope College
Mary Fales
Watershed Coordinator, Macatawa Area Watershed Project
(Winants Auditorium, Graves Hall)
No Complacency: Imagination, Story-sharing, and Calls to Action, Part 1
Alison Swan
Great Lakes Author and Environmental Activist
(Maas Conference Room)
Wednesday Afternoon Focus Sessions
1:00 pm, at various locations on campus (see below)
Critical Questions and Critical Answers about Water and Health
Joan B. Rose
Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, MSU
(Maas Auditorium)
Water, Justice and Christ: Why Water is Thicker Than Blood!
Mark Husbands
Leonard and Majorie Maas Associate Professor of Reformed Theology, Hope College
(Cook Auditorium, DePree Art Center)
Critical Issues of Water in Michigan: Focusing on Sustainable Water
Quantity and Quality
Alan Steinman
Director, Annis Water Resources Institute, GVSU
(Wichers Auditorium, Nykerk Hall)
Cheap, Clean Water: Generating It Locally
Robert McDonald
President, AquaClara Foundation
(Winants Auditorium, Graves Hall)
Wednesday Afternoon Department-Sponsored Sessions
2:15 pm, at several locations on campus
DEPARTMENTS OF COMMUNICATION AND WOMEN'S STUDIES
Martha Miller Building, Rotunda
An Ecofeminist Reflects on Water
Sara Ebenreck Leeland, Ph.D.
A Feminist Analysis of How Companies Market Natural Cleaning Products: The Greenwashing of the Clorox Greenworks Product Line
Teresa Heinz Housel, Assistant Professor of Communications
Plastic Water Bottles & The Environment
Student Panel, with Ashley Austin and Tessa Talsma
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING
VanderWerf Hall, Room 104
Collaborating for Clean Water
Hope Students and Engineers Without Borders
DEPARTMENT OF DANCE
Dow Center, 2nd Floor, Studio 207
Water: Imagery for Dance
Steven Iannacone and dANCEpROjECt
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Lubbers Hall, Room 120
Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes, Part 2
Alison Swan, Heather Sellers and Jackie Bartley
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Wichers Auditorium, Nykerk Hall
The American West: Whiskey is for Drinking and Water Is for Fighting Over
Jack Holmes, Professor of Political Science
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK
Winants Auditorium, Graves Hall
The Value of Tap Water: The facts, the myths, and other consumer concerns
Gay Porter De Nileon, Publications Manager
American Water Works Association, Denver, Colorado
HOPE COLLEGE SUSTAINABILITY TASK FORCE
Cook Auditorium, DePree Art Center
The Greening of the Orange & Blue
Greg Maybury, Director of Operations, Hope College
Thursday, October 8
Thursday Afternoon Department-Sponsored Session
4:00 pm
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
Maas Conference Room
Water Ethics in an Era of Climate Change: An Ecofeminist Perspective
Sara Ebenreck Leeland, Ph.D.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Lecture by Robert Glennon, author of Unquenchable
7:00 pm
Dimnent Chapel
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