The Sustainable Community Development Initiative at Grand Valley
invites faculty, staff and students to attend a new series that
encourages conversations about sustainability.
Lunchtime
Sustainability Conversations will be held each month in room
2201 in the Kirkhof Center, from noon-1 p.m. A presentation from a
TEDx conference will be shown and followed by a discussion. TEDx
events — conferences based on idea sharing — are organized all over
the world. Grand Valley hosted its first TEDx event last fall.
The first session takes place Friday, February 25, with a
discussion on The Happy Planet Index, a system that tracks national
well-being against resource use. The event is free and lunch will be
provided.
Dates through the semester include:
March 16:
Obesity + Hunger = 1 Global Food Issue
Ellen Gustafson, co-creator of the FEED bags, said that hunger
and obesity are two sides of the same coin. She launched the 30
Project, a way to change how people farm and eat in the next 30 years,
and solve the global food inequalities behind both epidemics.
April 8:
An Ecofeminist Perspective
At TEDxGrandValley, Julia Mason, assistant professor of women
and gender studies, shares her thoughts on the connection between how
people treat the planet and each other.
April 22:
The Economic Injustice of Plastic
Van Jones said that plastic trash hits poor people and countries
“first and worst,” with consequences everyone shares no matter where
we live and what we earn.
Visit the SCDI website for more information.
