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Author, Activist Anna Lappe To Speak At Chatham University January 26
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Anna Lappe, author, activist, and co-founder of the Small Planet Institute will hold a free lecture on January 26 at 5:00 p.m. in the Eddy Theatre on the Chatham University's Shadyside Campus. The program is sponsored by Chatham University’s Master of Arts in Food Studies Program, the School of Sustainability and the Environment, and the Rachel Carson Institute – along with PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture.
Her lecture, “Firing-Up Food Activism, Cooling-Down the Planet,” promises to be an inspiring talk about sustaining communities and encouraging innovative and democratic solutions to hunger, inequality, and environmental degradation.
Ms. Lappe's journey through the global food system shows us where the problems reside and what people across the globe are doing in everyday actions to challenge and change our world. Her most recent books include “Diet for a Hot Planet” and “Hope’s Edge.”
The Small Planet Institute was founded by and Anna and her mother, Frances Moore Lappe in 2001 to help pursue examples of democracy as a rewarding way of life: a culture in which citizens infuse the values of inclusion, fairness, and mutual accountability into all dimensions of public life.
The Institute supports people and projects around the world who work to remake societal rules into shared values, focusing on collaborative public education, media programs, and outreach campaigns.
“Firing-Up Food Activism, Cooling-Down the Planet” is co-sponsored by the following community partners: The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Grow Pittsburgh, Slow Food Pittsburgh, Just Harvest, The East End Co-op, and the Pittsburgh Food Forest.
Admission is free. For more information call 412-365-2473 or send email to: ajulier@chatham.edu.
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1/17/2011 |
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