Conference: Environmental Justice and Green Economy

Environmental Justice, the Green Economy and the Transformation of the University Curriculum

June 4 @ 1:00-4:30pm

Bren Hall, Room 1424

The Center for Black Studies Research and the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management are sponsoring this one day mini-conference. The keynote speaker is Professor Carolyn Finney, Department of Environmental Science and Policy Management, University of California, Berkeley. Her talk will focus on the relation of African Americans to the environment and to environmental movements, organizations, and educational institutions.

Panelists as well as the audience will be asked to comment on the topic presented and on how students, faculty, and departments can integrate environmental justice and green economy concerns into the UCSB curriculum. The panelists include: Prof. Sarah Anderson, Bren School; Tiffany Mayville, EAB, Environmental Justice; Maricela Morales, CAUSE (Coastal Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy); and Prof. Clyde Woods, Center for Black Studies Research.

The panel will be followed by a reception on Decker's Deck.

This is the inaugural event for a year-long series of conversations on environmental justice, green economy, and curriculum transformation sponsored by the Center for Black Studies Research and the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management.

Co-sponsors: the Department of Black Studies, the Environmental Justice Coalition of the Environmental Advisory Board and Environmental Studies

For more information contact:
Assoc. Prof. Clyde Woods, Acting Director, Center for Black Studies Research, cwoods@blackstudies.ucsb.edu or Rori Cowan, the conference organizer, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Rori Cowan, rcowan@bren.ucsb.edu.

For more information on Prof. Carolyn Finney see http://ecnr.berkeley.edu/facPage/dispFP.php?I=1615