This year, the theme focuses on the concepts of citizenship and the environment, with the goal of exploring the following questions:
- How should we as Americans think about our civic obligations to the environment?
- How, and to what extent, can concepts such as “environmental citizenship,” the “green state” and “environmental justice” help us understand and address issues of environmental responsibility and sustainability facing the U.S. today?
- How might we envision a post-liberal state in the U.S. that embodies the moral values of “ecological stewardship” and “green democracy”?
The Civic Forum discusses issues of civic life, leadership and engagement in an effort to sharpen and sustain our efforts to ethically and effectively participate in the communities in which we live.
THURSDAY, MARCH 27. 2008
Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel
7:00–7:30 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Andrew A. Latham, Associate Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship
Brian C. Rosenberg, President of Macalester College
7:30 - 8:20 pm Keynote Address
On John Muir ’s Trail – Nature and Society in an Age of Liberal Principles
Donald E. Worster, Hall Distinguished Professor of History, University of Kansas
8:20 – 8:45pm Response
Professor Christopher Wells, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
8:45 – 10:00pm Open Discussion
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008
Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel
PANEL #1
9:30 – 9:40am Introduction
Karin Trail-Johnson, Associate Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship
9:40 – 10:10 am Transcending the Industrial Mind: Ecological Development, Governance, and Identity
Timothy DenHerder-Thomas ’09
10:10-10:40 am Growing Environmental Citizens: Education for the Green State
Clare Ryan '08
10:40-10:55 Break
10:55-11:20 Response
Professor Martin Gunderson, DeWitt Wallace Professor, Philosophy
11:20 – 11:50am Questions and Comments
PANEL #2
1:30 - 1:40pm Introduction
Professor Dan Hornbach, DeWitt Wallace Professor and Chair, Environmental Studies Department
1:40 - 2:10pm Nature and Humanity: Bridging the Divide
Alese Colehour ‘09 (presented by Justin Lee '08)
2:10 - 2:40pm Competing Visions of a Green World Order: Transatlantic Tensions over Environmental Governance
Momchil Jelev ’08
2:40 - 2:55pm Break
2:55 - 3:20pm Response
Roopali Phadke, Assistant Profesor, Environmental Studies
3:20 - 4:00pm Questions and Comments
4:00 - 4:05pm Closing Remarks
Ahmed I. Samatar, James Wallace Professor and Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008
Smail Gallery, Olin Rice
4:30-6:30 pm - "Sustain the Conversation"
The Institute for Global Citizenship Student Council is sponsoring this post Civic Forum event to encourage dialogue related to the forum's themes of citizenship and the environment. Come join students, community partners and local alums working in the field of sustainability or environmental issues in lively conversations and put the theory to practice. Sample various table discussions while sampling delicious appetizers.
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