Looking ahead, we summon hope to imagine solutions to challenges before us. The question in front of us is how to fit ourselves into our future. Challenge Week 2001, to be held during the week of April 16-22, presents an opportunity to engage this question as a community, leading up to Earth Day on April 22. We are scheduling a symposium, in-class presentations and workshops, an information fair, a picnic, a concert, and a celebration of spring on Earth Day. During the week, we will hear addresses by prominent speakers and participate in workshops, all designed to inform our discussions of proposed answers.
Events are free and open to the public.
Ralph Nader, Green Party 2000 presidential candidate and veteran advocate of consumer and environmental protection, prescribes his cure for what ails us. A fitting future necessitates a sustainable economy, one that draws its sustenance from renewable resources. Mr. Nader presents his vision of how to get from our present state of crisis management to a future state of ecologically sound stability. Julian Keniry Photo courtesy of National Wildlife Federation Julian Keniry, director of the Campus Ecology Program of the National Wildlife Federation, turns our attention to the locale in which we live and work. Drawing on her experience as a lecturer and workshop convener at campuses around the United States, she makes a case that solutions can begin at home, even when home is a college campus.