Environmental Theme Semester

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Monday, January 12 Art & the Natural World - January 12-28, Slusser Gallery, Art & Architecture Building.
Curator: Janie Paul
Opening Reception: Friday, January 16, 7-9 pm, Slusser Gallery Local visual artists exhibit their works including painting, prints, sculpture & installation pieces. More information on this event is available here.

Thursday, January 15 Film: "Koyannisquatsi" - 7 pm, Natural Science Auditorium.

Tuesday, January 20 Vernice Miller: Environmental Justice and the Ideals of MLK
Director of Environmental Justice at NRCD

4:00-5:00 pm, Location: 1040 Dana.
Please join us this Martin Luther King holiday time for a forum on issues of environmental justice and equity. More information on this event is available here.

Tuesday, January 20 FOOTSTEPS INTO CHANGE - a humbling African odyssey

Patrick Giantonio's multi-media presentation of his four year walk across Africa
7:00 pm, Angell Hall Auditorium B

Tuesday, January 20 Rethinking Agriculture in the Age of Ecology - DeRoy Seminar Room, Angell Hall. Times TBA.
Visiting environmental historians Wes Jackson and Donald Worster will begin teaching this special DeRoy-Graf seminar course sponsored by the LS&A Honors Program. The course will be taught on January 20 - 23 and February 11 - 13. Enrollment is open to Honors Program students; other students may be able to participate if space allows. Contact Professor James Walker (jcgw@umich.edu) for more information.

Wednesday, January 21 Stephanie Mills Reading - Shaman Drum Bookshop, 8:00 pm.
More information on this event is available here.

Thursday, January 22 Donald Worster - Public Lecture, 7:30 pm, 1210 Chemistry Building
Visiting environmental historian Donald Worster will give a free public lecture. Title: "John Wesley Powell and The Colorado River". More information on Donald Worster is available here.

Saturday, January 24 Monet at Vétheuil - University of Michigan Museum of Art.
An exhibition of the twelve impressionist masterpieces by the French painter opens today at the University art museum. The show runs through March 15; more information is available here.

Tuesday, January 27 Reading: Joan Nassauer

Editor of Placing Nature: Culture and Landscape Ecology
Shaman Drum bookstore, 4-6 pm
more information is available here.

Thursday, January 29 Film: "Gorillas in the Mist" - Natural Science Auditorium, 7 pm.
Click here for more information

Friday afternoon - Saturday, January 30-31 Forum: "After Kyoto what Next?: Prospects for the Future."
1324 E. Hall
Friday, Jan. 30, 3:00 pm - Keynote Addresses
Saturday, Jan. 31, 9:30 am - Panel Discussion
more information is available here.

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Monday, January 12	Art & the Natural World - January 12-28, Slusser Gallery, Art & Architecture Building. Curator: Janie Paul Opening Reception: Friday, January 16, 7-9 pm, Slusser Gallery Local visual artists exhibit their works including painting, prints, sculpture & installation pieces. More information on this event is available here.

Thursday, January 15	Film: "Koyannisquatsi" - 7 pm, Natural Science Auditorium.


Tuesday, January 20	Vernice Miller: Environmental Justice and the Ideals of MLK Director of Environmental Justice at NRCD 4:00-5:00 pm, Location: 1040 Dana. Please join us this Martin Luther King holiday time for a forum on issues of environmental justice and equity. More information on this event is available here.

Tuesday, January 20	FOOTSTEPS INTO CHANGE - a humbling African odyssey Patrick Giantonio's multi-media presentation of his four year walk across Africa 7:00 pm, Angell Hall Auditorium B

Tuesday, January 20	Rethinking Agriculture in the Age of Ecology - DeRoy Seminar Room, Angell Hall. Times TBA. Visiting environmental historians Wes Jackson and Donald Worster will begin teaching this special DeRoy-Graf seminar course sponsored by the LS&A Honors Program. The course will be taught on January 20 - 23 and February 11 - 13. Enrollment is open to Honors Program students; other students may be able to participate if space allows. Contact Professor James Walker (jcgw@umich.edu) for more information.

Wednesday, January 21	Stephanie Mills Reading - Shaman Drum Bookshop, 8:00 pm. More information on this event is available here.

Thursday, January 22	Donald Worster - Public Lecture, 7:30 pm, 1210 Chemistry Building Visiting environmental historian Donald Worster will give a free public lecture. Title: "John Wesley Powell and The Colorado River". More information on Donald Worster is available here.

Saturday, January 24	Monet at Vétheuil - University of Michigan Museum of Art. An exhibition of the twelve impressionist masterpieces by the French painter opens today at the University art museum. The show runs through March 15; more information is available here.

Tuesday, January 27	Reading: Joan Nassauer Editor of Placing Nature: Culture and Landscape Ecology Shaman Drum bookstore, 4-6 pm more information is available here.

Thursday, January 29	Film: "Gorillas in the Mist" - Natural Science Auditorium, 7 pm. Click here for more information

Friday afternoon - Saturday, January 30-31	Forum: "After Kyoto what Next?: Prospects for the Future." 1324 E. Hall Friday, Jan. 30, 3:00 pm - Keynote Addresses Saturday, Jan. 31, 9:30 am - Panel Discussion more information is available here.