This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first Earth Day, and the University of Illinois at Chicago has a month of activities planned for April. Distinguished speakers will address topics from urban ecology to rainforest-derived medicines to environmental pollution and cancer. Earth Month 2000 is organized by UIC's Green Campus Council, a group of individuals, organizations, and academic and administrative departments from across campus that seeks to ensure that UIC, as an urban educational institution, is environmentally aware and responsible.
All events are free and open to the public.
For more information, call 996-2517. 1200 W. Harrison St. In spite of recent dramatic shifts in weather patterns, American leaders continue to find it difficult to respond to the threat of global warming. Bieder, from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs, looks for the reasons why, focusing on the period between the Rio Conference in 1992 and the Kyoto Conference in 1997. The exchange is organized by the UICycle Waste Reduction and Recycling Program.