Among the Center’s initiatives are public programs that address the ethical dimensions of contemporary social problems. In the 2009-10 academic year, we will continue The Ethics of Food and the Environment series, now in its third year.

The 2009-10 series is still being finalized. Please continue to check back as we firm up the schedule and announce more details of each event.




Fall | Winter | Spring


Fall 2009


October 8, 2009
"Redefining Soul Food: Politics and Pleasures of Food and Eating in the Black Communities"
Bryant Terry (Eco Chef)

Co-sponsors:  Program in African & African American Studies, the Program in Human Biology, Modern Thought & Literature, Black Graduate Students Association, and Feminist Studies.
 
October 29, 2009
Maquilapolis: City of Factories (film)
Faculty Talk Back led by Gabe Garcia


November 5, 2009
“The Garden Project - Growing Plants, Growing People”
Cathrine Sneed (founder The Garden Project)







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Winter 2010

January 7, 2010
"Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds about Animals and Food"
Gene Baur (president & founder of Farm Sanctuary)

[Bldg 260, Rm 113, 4:45pm]


January 21, 2010
"Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food"
Kathleen Merrigan (current Deputy Secretary, US Department of Agriculture / former Director, "Agriculture, Food and Environment Program," Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University)

 
[Annenberg Auditorium, 7:00pm]

Review of Merrigan's talk.

 
 February 4, 2010
"The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite"
David Kessler (Author / Professor UCSF School of Medicine / former commissioner of the Food & Drug Administration)

Co-sponsored by Storey House, ASSU Speakers Bureau, Department of History, Stanford in Government.

[Cubberley Auditorium, 7:30pm]


February 11, 2010
"The Climate Change Problem: Science, Ethics and Policy"
Stephen Schneider (Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies & Biology, Stanford)

[Annenberg Auditorium, 7:30pm]








February 18, 2010
"Designing a Path to Sustainable Development"
Jeffrey Sachs (Director, The Earth Institute / Health Policy and Management, Columbia)

[Memorial Auditorium, 7:30pm. This event is free and open to the public; however, tickets are required. For information about securing tickets, click here.

This is event is co-sponsored by the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Department of Economics.

February 25, 2010
Killer-at-Large (film)
Faculty Talk Back led by Christopher Gardner (Stanford Prevention Research Center)

[Annenberg Auditorium, 7:00pm]
 

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Spring 2010


April 8, 2010
“Understanding Social Ecological Systems”
Elinor Ostrom (recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics  / Political Science, Indiana University)

[Annenberg Auditorium, 7:30pm]

This is event is co-sponsored by the Woods Institute for the Environment.


April 29, 2010
William Kennedy (Advisor, US Millennium Challenge Corporation)

[Annenberg Auditorium, 7:00pm]






May 20, 2010
"Energy, Food, Environment: Understanding the Links"
Vaclav Smil (Environment & Geography, University of Manitoba)

[Annenberg Auditorium, 7:00pm]





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The Ethics of Food & the Environment: past events.