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.

Unless otherwise noted, all events are expected to take place at 7:00 pm. Location to be announced.


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 21, 2010
Killer-at-Large (film)
Faculty Talk Back led by Christopher Gardner (Stanford Prevention Research)

February 4, 2010
[Note location and time of event: Cubberley Auditorium, 7:30pm]
David Kessler (Author of The End of Overeating and former commissioner of the Food & Drug Administration)







February 11, 2010
Stephen Schneider (Biology, Stanford)











February 18, 2010
[Note location and time of event: Memorial Auditorium, 7:30pm]
Jeffrey Sachs (Health Policy and Management, Columbia)







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Spring 2010



April 8, 2010
Elinor Ostrom (Political Science, Indiana University)






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







May 20, 2010
Vaclav Smil (Environment & Geography, University of Manitoba)






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The Ethics of Food & the Environment: past events.