All lectures start at 6 p.m. in the Friends Hall unless otherwise noted

1/30/02 CAN THE ACADEMY TAKE THE LEAD ON CREATING SUSTAINABILITY?

• What has Ramapo been doing toward the goal of sustainability?
• History and Vision of Ramapo AEC - William Makofske
• ES Curriculum and Conferences - Michael Edelstein and Wayne Hayes
• The NJHEPS Program - Jim Quigley

2/6/02 WAR AND PEACE: GLOBALIZATION - CONFLICTS AND GLOBAL JUSTICE

• Trent Schroyer, International Network for Cultural Alternatives to Development
• Ward Morehouse, President, Council on International and Public Affairs, and Co-Director of Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy
• Ruth Caplan, Alliance for Democracy

2/13/02 AN INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY MOVEMENT?

• Rodney D. Smith, President, Ramapo College
• Kristin Dawkins, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
• Diane Dillan Ridgley, Director of Interface, Inc.

2/20/02 GLOBAL CRIME, CORRUPTION, AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

• Craig Van Note, The Monitor: The Consortium of Conservation, Environmental and Animal Welfare Groups
• Stuart Auchincloss, Socially Responsible Investing

2/27/02 HOW ARE PEOPLE WORKING OUT STRATEGIES TO NEUTRALIZE THE LOCAL IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION?

• David Lewit, Report from Social Development Summit in Porto Alegre
• Debra Harry, Indigenous People's Council

3/6/02 CHANGING OUR THOUGHT PATTERNS TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY: HOW CAN WE DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY?

• Rob Young, Cornell University
• Gene Bazan, Penn State Sustainability Center

3/13/02 CREATING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RELOCALIZING FOOD SYSTEMS

• Joan Gussow, Author and Professor of Nutrition, Columbia University
• Kathy Lawrence, National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture

3/20/02 MODEL INNOVATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY

• Alanna Hartzok, Earth Rights - Land Use and Taxation Policy
• Greg Nagle , Cornell University

3/27/02 SPRING BREAK

4/3/02 GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR LOCAL/REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY BUILDING

• Wolfgang Sachs, Author of Greening the North, President of German Greenpeace

4/10/02 HOW CAN WE ENFORCE ECOLOGICAL REGENERATION?

RIVER KEEPERS PANEL

Captain Bill Sheehan, Hackensack (Delaware River Keeper)

4/17/02 GOING LOCAL: HOW CAN WE CREATE VIABLE LOCAL ECONOMIES?

• Michael Shuman, Author of Going Local, and Co-Director of Institute for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship

4/24/02 HOW CAN WE USE THE MEDIA TO HELP AWAKEN A RADICAL SUSTAINABILITY MOVEMENT?

• Carolyn Raffensberger, The Science and Environmental Health Network
• Robert Hennelly, Environmental Journalist

5/1/02 BUILDING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS

• William Makofske, Professor of Physics, Ramapo College
• Alan Nogee, Union of Concerned Scientists

5/8/02 HOW CAN WE LINK ETHICS, SPIRITUAL LIFE, AND SUSTAINING THE EARTH?

• Catherine Keller, Theology, Drew University
• Sister Miriam McGillis, Genesis Farm